Good morning….im at a loss really. My brother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer end of March and was fortunate enough to have whipples procedure, but needs chemo as 2 out of the 29 lymph node’s where positive. He’s done really well recovering from the whipples procedure, yes he struggled for a few weeks, lost a lot of weight, but he got there in the end. He was just getting back to feeling great when he then had to start his chemo. His first round was Tuesday and he was ok until Thursday and then it totally floored him, he’s been so poorly with it. It’s only his first round and has said he’s not sure if he can continue with it. I have said that I’m sure it can be tweak to make it more tolerable, but I’m not am not an expert. He spoke to his nurses about feeling so poorly and they prescribed a different anti sickness tablet but that did not seem to help, although yesterday he managed to keep water and his medication down, but it’s awful to see him like this…..does this get better over time, he has a good support network around him and we are trying to encourage him to stick with it..but i feel like im pestering him daily with the questions of how is he? can see this group is so supportive of one another with great advise from people.Thank you x
Hi TG286
I'm sorry to read how poorly your brother has been after having chemo and hope that the new anti sickness tablets are now having an effect. If not, it's important that he gets back in touch with the chemo unit.
I'm not a member of this forum but noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list again.
While you're waiting for replies, it would be great if you could put something about your brother's diagnosis and treatment to date into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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