Hi, My lovely Mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2023 after a 4cm tumor was found on her pancreas. She had the whipple operation and managed 8 rounds of chemo afterwards before she had to stop due to serious side effects, and a CT scan last...
Hi All, my husband was diagnosed prior to the summer with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. His third primary cancer in 9 months. He had 80% of his pancreas and spleen removed during the summer. In the next week he will be starting chemo with folfirinox...
Hi My mum was diagnosed stage 4 PDAC end of January 2024. Had several good months of gemcitabine abraxane but showed progression after 7 cycles. She has now had 4 cycles of FOLFOX, the latest being today. From late Sept to yesterday CA19 risen from...
Hello, I am reaching out today to hopefully get some advice on some positive ways I can help support my partners mum, who has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It is not resectable, and therefore they are planning to use chemotherapy to...
Hi I hope this is okay to post, but I need someone to talk too I am looking for some advice. I have severe health anxiety and am terrified that symptoms i am having could be the worst case scenario. To put into context, around 6 -7 weeks ago I started...
Hi all, hope this is okay to post. Over the last two years I’ve been to the doctors several times for losing weight, floating stools and fatigue. They never tested anything else as my Vitamin D was really low. fast forward to a month ago I’ve...
My husband has locally advanced PC and has had chemotherapy for 4 months so far. His latest CT scan shows there is no shrinkage of the tumor but it hasnt grown either. We are not sure what to make of this,. We thought that if the tumor wasnt shrinking...
My partner was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer which has also spread to his liver. He starts chemo next week but seems to be deteriorating very quickly, he can hardly eat and he is so thin, he doesn’t think he will even make it to his chemo...
Hi again - recently joined in relation to my Mum. We saw surgeon yesterday re ultrasound results and he’s now arranging CT. Quite a large mass also causing dilated bile duct. Surgeon thinks more likely to be cancer than not but awaiting diagnosis. Bit...
Iv not yet been diagnosed… however having investigations. 5weeks ago I had a tender tummy to touch, had bloods done and my crp was 71 and ca125 (ovarian) was 105. Had an ultrasound of ovary’s and that was all ok. 2 weeks after I had abdominal pain which...
