Hi everyone This is a question for people with PC. Are you struggling with wind through the night? This is a new thing for me. I've slept quite badly this week because of it. To be blunt, I relax and go to sleep but then I fart cos I'm so relaxed and...
My 66 year old mother-in-law has just been diagnosed with PC, she lives in Portugal as an ex pat. We are so worried and are flying out end of the week. The information we have so far is that it's quite advanced approximately over two inches and has spread...
Hi everybody, my husband was diagnosed in February with stage 4 PC, liver and lung mets. He was told there were no treatment options as he became so poorly so quickly. However, recently he has stabilised a little and it’s now been agreed he can start...
So my mum had the whipples procedure at the beginning of December, she had a phone call appointment and was told the cancer was bigger than they thought and it had also travled in to blood vessels and lymphnodes. They haven't staged her cancer either...
Question: If you/loved one have had chemo, what physical state where you in beforehand and did this contribute to how you coped with it/success of treatment? I have read through so many websites, forums, posts, even trawling through medical journals...
Hi everyone, today we got my dad's diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Up until a few weeks ago he was very well and healthy. I am a cancer scientist so I had a good idea this diagnosis was coming so for the last few weeks I have been at rock bottom...
Long story short, following a Whipple op in Aug 2020 I had 12 cycles of Folfurinox. Got the all clear May 2021 only for it to return with liver metastases. Just completed another six months of gemcitabine/abraxane and scans show no change from Jan scans...
Hi, I’ve recently just finished chemotherapy after having had a Whipple’s procedure in August last year, and have an appointment with my U.K. oncologist on the 11th May. I had completed 17 of 18 planned infusions of gemcitabine (plus capecitabine for...
Hi My mum was sent home from hospital she is 84 with the diagnosis of Pancreatic cancer which has spread to her stomach and liver she has been given 3 mths to live with no treatment it has been two weeks and she is litterally dieing of starvation I have...
My husband was diagnosed a year ago with a large pancreatic tumour. He now has developed secondarys in his peritoneum and is today having a permanent drain fitted for ascites. They are concerned about his low blood oxygen levels. Has anyone else experienced...
