Hi I'm here because back in May my mum had been in hospital for 4 weeks when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, she'd been having pains in her abdomen, while hubby and I had been on honeymoon and hadn't told us. When we came home I knew something wasn't right she was jaundiced. Her doctor sent her straight to hospital and investigations began. She had a stent put in to open a blockage in the bile duct and had several scans. Then we were brought in to be told the diagnosis. Hospitals were only allowing one of us in as a designated visitor. Now bearing in mind theres 4 of us 2 daughters 2 sons you can imagine how hard this was. Only two of us were allowed in to be told and we had to relay the information back to the other two. So 6 months on mum finished her chemo on 1st Dec and we are waiting on an appointment to go and see what next steps are! At 3 months she had a ct scan done which showed a reduction, we don't know how significant the reduction is yet but its positive news no matter how small, the best we were hoping for was it had stayed the same! As you can imagine it's hard to get too positive as a other 3 months of chemo has passed and were hoping its the same. She had a s an done 5th Dec so shouldn't be much longer to wait to find out. Mum is so strong, she's an inspirational lady at 73 she would like to continue with chemo if they'll let her. She has tolerated this first round really well, she hasn't lost her hair and has never been sick with it which helps with her positivity. Here's hoping for some positive news soon. Would welcome any comments from any of you with similar circumstances. Sometimes it's easier to talk to people who aren't family.
