My husbands mum was seen by general surgery consultant last Monday after previously having had ultrasound and body scan
We were told there was a tumour on her pancreas and cluster showing on her liver - I understand that it is difficult to dianose in the early stages
Unfortunately as was spread to liver was inoperable and the way forward was to have a biopsy to the liver to confirm consultants diagnosis - we went home in a daze
Later in the afternoon - telephone call from nurse to arrange biopsy for next day - 9am
Arrived admissions ward 8.30am and allocated bed
At 1.30pm mum-in-law was transferred for procedure - I took father-in-law to find him some lunch
At 3.30pm we went to ward 7 no mum, try ward 37 again no mum, told to wait in the day room about 4.30pm ward clerical staff came looking for us mum had been asking for us - we went to Angiplasy unit where mum was very upset as the nurses had been trying to find us for 2 hours
At 5pm mum transferred to ward 37 as Angiplasy unit was closing
As mum was not too well she was eventually told she ad to stay overnight - I got my father-in-law home at 8.30pm after 11 hours at the hospital
We were all exhausted and mum really wanted to come home with us
Mum is in a daze, as we all are, and dad cant understand why there are no drugs to kill the cancer
We have been told today mum has an appointment with chemo consultant on Wednesday
I have looked at the blogs, and forums and been on chatrooms twice - but seems that pancreatic cancer is not discussed very much - does any one have any advice on what to expect re chemo etc
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Miriam
Glad you both enjoyed your day at the seaside - where?
Seaside chips - urm yummy - not been to the coast since march 2006 - seems to be forever and a day
Tell your mum no one notices the wheelchair - if it means she can spend some time enjoying the coast and surrondings then thats great
Mum seems to be getting more tired as time goes on - tho she still enjoys our visits and her brothers come to see her - we have told visitors that mornings are the best time
How u doing? The seaside was Lytham St. Annes she loved the fish n chips too. Ohhh such a long time since you have been to the coast, you really must try and get some of that fresh air.
Mum is getting used to the wheelchair, in fact my 17 yr old daughter had decorated it for her, made it look really jazzy with her name on too so mum is quite proud of it now. We will be out and about again this weekend whilst mum can enjoy it. Hows your mum? Yes you will know when she is getting tired and the best times to visit, your mum will probably have more energy too to enjoy the visits in the morning times. Is she eating ok? does your mum have the energy drinks? Hows the cellulitis has it gone? Thinking of you Christine lots of love & hugs stay strong xxx
Love the idea of decorated wheelchair - sounds great
Mums not really eating much - just small amounts - the nurse says she needs to have her Fortisip but Mum says they are yukky too sweet and they make her blood sugars go so high - she is diabetic - Mum does seem to be getting weaker
So we tried to dilute them down with milk as the nurse suggested and guess what - it made here sick - great - so the small amount of food we managed to get Mum to eat was a waste of time - heyho
The cellulitis is a lot better - I am still Aquaeous creaming her legs each day to get the dry skin to peel but she now has a pressure sore on her heel - bit messy to say the least
Seems we solve one problem and along comes another LOL
Hope you have a nice weekend and the weather is good to you - enjoy - let me know where you go and what you get to do
so sorry for you and your family . you will be in shock at the moment , i was the same as my mum died a week ago . this last 7 days has just gone in a blur .
at least we know we did all we can for them,although it never feels enough ,coz we couldn't cure them .
keep strong ,and help each other through .love carol xx
