Partner diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer

JessH I am so sorry that you are both going through this awful time when you should just be looking forward to the baby. Can the hospital prescribe liquid food/ protein drinks?If your husband is weak and in pain, the pain management practitioner should be able to help.My husband is pretty weak at the moment and was about to start chemo last week, but was admitted to hospital with a very high fever and infection.He has now been transferred from the general hospital to the specialist cancer hospital and I am feeling relieved. It is hard, but you have to push the cancer team to help you more.Do you have family, who can support you?You are both in our thoughts and prayers.

1. Thank you for your kind response Anjohannes. He has been prescribed fortisip drinks and has been managing to eat ok over the last couple of weeks but he spent last weekend in hospital and had a lot of fluid drained from his abdomen, since being discharged he was vomiting a lot and some blood in his vomit so went back to hospital and they’ve put it down to severe gastritis. He is now struggling with acid reflux and hiccups which is causing him to vomit again so he is scared to eat too much and is now feeling really weak. None of the medication he is taking to help with acid reflux seems to be working. We are going to see how he feels tomorrow and call the cancer team if he is no better. I just want to get him to Wednesday next week and feeling a bit better for this Chemo. We do have a great family support around us but he is reluctant to see anybody at the moment because of the way he feels and looks but I am encouraging him to talk to family members and not just me. Thanks again for your reply and I am sorry you and your husband are also going through this, I hope your husband can start his chemo soon. 

JesseH… My husband was having the same symptoms (without the full vomiting) last week in the general hospital,He could not eat because of pain and THEY weren’t facilitating any soft food.So I brought in baby food and soups .. small sips and tiny portions. He’s now eating ok, but small portions. Really lean on the cancer team, they are the experts.I know how scary it is and tbh, I have learnt to only trust the GI oncology team at the specialist hospital as we have had shocking experiences at generalist hospitals even the past week where a junior doctor wanted to put a DNR on his file…. I went politely ballistic! But he’s now in the care of the chief GI oncologist at the specialist cancer hospital.Where are you located?Please take care of yourself.Sending virtual hugs.