Hi, my husband was given the diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer, spread to liver, on 30 December 2021, after becoming ill in September, and a misdiagnosis of gastritis. He is taking oramorph and morphine patches, creon, epixaban and anti acid. He...
Hi, I too am new to this group. My husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer with some spread to the liver. This just three weeks ago and a massive shock. . We are very much in limbo and i am so worried about him. He has no appetite and the loss of...
My husband (58) is pretty much at the same stage of pancreatic cancer as yours. He finished the Filforinox chemo last Sept and it took him along time to get over it. About 2-3 wks into January this year he was diagnosed with secondarys in his peritoneum...
Hello, I have my pre chemo assessment appointment today and am pooing myself at the thought of chemo to put it mildly. This is palliative and I am wondering how much difference having the chemo works. Also, over the last couple of weeks my back has started...
I found this forum looking for support from other carers, to have a moan and share feelings I don't want my husband to know. He is on the second round of chemo, weekly infusion and daily pills three weeks on then one off. The tumour has spread since the...
Hi. My husband was diagnosed a year ago with Pancreatic cancer. He had a 9cm tumour which we were told was inoperable and he was given 2 years to live. He has been having chemo for months and the tumour shrunk to around half, the oncologist then said...
Hi all. I'm new to this site. I've just spent 2 weeks in hospital for gallbladder and bile duct problems. I went to have a stence put in at the base of the tube as it was too narrow. On doing that procedure they discovered the tumour of the pancreatic...
Hello everyone, I live in Canada and hope you can help at this stressful time. My 85 year old mum living in Scotland was diagnosed with late stage pancreatic cancer five weeks ago, she has a 23 X 20 mm tumor on the pancreas head and it's inoperable...
Hi there. My mother in law was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just before Xmas. She went in for surgery but they didn't get all of it and she now needs 6 months of chemo. My MIL is one of those "do what you have to do, whatever happens, happens" type...
Morning all, I hope you are all ok and have nice things going on. Dad finally gets his scan results tomorrow, after a finishing his palliative chemo regime a month ago -the wait has been stressful, esp as it was delayed. I know side effects go on...
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