My 80 year old mother in law has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She’s had symptoms for months, but they’ve not been properly pursued, cutting a very long story short she has several mental health disorders, dementia and cognitive impairment...
Hi I am new to this I was in Spain and got a pain down my left side I went to the hospital were they gave me a scan and said I had a bleed and a tumour on my pancreas they did a operation took the tumour out but found out it had broke my spleen so they...
What do people use to control these I’ve just done first cycle of chemo but imagine it’s the pancreas pain ? It comes in waves?
I was diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma in the distant tail of the pancreas last Monday. I thought that would be it, they would be whipping me off for chemotherapy or something pretty much straight away. They called after their MDT meeting today...
Hi. I am 55 years old and came into hospital on Friday with suspected gall bladder stones being stuck in my bile duct. I have been told today that I have pancreatic cancer that has spread to my liver. I am having a stent fitted tomorrow to try and clear...
Hi, I have a loved one who has recently been told she has a cancerous tumour (5 cms) beside her pancreas. It is too close to a major artery for it to be surgically removed at present. Her surgeons are going to aggressively attack the tumour with chemo...
Hi. My father has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer with spread to liver. We don’t know any more details than that yet and don’t have a treatment plan yet. I’m in a total state of shock / panic / numbness and I was just hoping to hear some experience...
Any advice please. My mother has adv pancreatic and liver cancer. Her wee tummy has swollen up so much over the past day or two, waiting on a call back from doctor. Is this normal?
Hi. My Dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two weeks ago ( adenocarcinoma in the head of the pancreas). It has just been confirmed that it has spread to the liver (more than one site in the liver) and is inoperable and incurable. He is going to be...
I'm struggling to understand how my mum could have gone so quickly. I was under no illusions she would be cured or last longer than the initial 12 months she was given but the extremely fast decline has shocked not only me but the palliative team that...
