Hi all. My brother has just turned 39 years old and has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer a few days ago. He has been given 3-6 months to live. The cancer is an adenocarcinoma (5 cm) in the head of his pancreas, and has also metastasised...
Hi Everyone, My dad has been recently diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer which has now spread to his stomach. Unfortunately right now due to his lack of appetite he cannot find anything to eat that is helping him and the doctors will not consider...
Hello all, nice to meet you. I have stage 4 pancreatic cancer and am a Type 1 diabetic, and I’m nearing the end stages of my life. I’ve taken care of everything I need to and am currently just trying to enjoy the time I have left with the people I love...
Hi, I have stage 4 cancer and cannot decide which chemo regime to try. At first I thought Folfirinox then change my mind as scared of side effects and chose ge m and Abraxane, but now I am worried about loosing my hair ! does Folfirinox cause hair...
Hi, saw the oncologist today to discuss my options. I am / was a fit healthy 60 year old. I enjoy my holidays and my fitness. I have stage 4 with lung mets. Options are chemo triple,dual or single. 6 months of hell for a few xtra months doesn’t really...
Well I honestly can't believe what I have been told, in February I had a tumour removed from my lung ..cancer free I was told..follow on appointments to keep a check ( I decided against the removal the lobe due to no activity) .I was told in February...
Hello! My dad is an 80 yo male who had whipple 5 months ago and has vomited bile at least once a day since. It usually happens in the middle of the night while sedentary. He takes very little nutrition orally and is on TPN at night for 12 hours. He...
Morning Everyone I haven't posted before on here but I'm looking for anyone who can relate and has had a similar experience to offer their support. My Dad has cancer of the duodenium which was found accidentally (we were very lucky it was found) and...
Hi all, Hope this is okay to post. For the last 6-12 months I’ve been having multiple health issues. I’ve been to the GPs so many times and told it’s just anxiety. Eventually they realised its not all in my head and started scrambling to figure out...
Apologies for potential gibberish. Syill running on an hour of sleep a night after a month and not functioning my best My husband was totally unexpectedly diagnosed with stage 4 cancer if pancreas tail after what was beleved to be a hernia complication...
