Hi there. My name is Sally. I'm 69 and live in Spain. I am recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and am pretty terrified. I've had breast cancer before but this feels like a whole new ball game. The committee meets next week to discuss my treatment...
Hi there, my husband aged 53 was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer which was/is such a shock! Otherwise fit and healthy, non smoker and doesn’t really drink, he thankfully was able to have e whipple which was pretty grim ,it was found to be a...
Sadly my husband has pancreatic cancer and it's spread to his liver he was having chemotherapy and doing so well but sadly he has now had a stroke due to blood clots. We are now having to struggle with visiting him in hospital every day and sadly there...
Hi, I'm Jo, Have finally this week got a diagnosis after many tests since July. They've confirmed I've a malignant lesion in the head of my pancreas and its spread to the liver. I think we realised quite a while ago that this was going to be the outcome...
Hello everyone I had my gallbladder out two and a half years ago. There was a possibility it could be cancer but they did three samples and said it was clear. at the time I looked into the bile duct and pancreatic cancer as it seemed to have some...
Hi All, just a quick post to say that Ive been approved for surgery after 7 rounds of FOLFIRINOX. Staged now at 1/2 after possible stage 4 due to fatty liver. chemo was vile but made surgery possible Any experiences re surgery to share and recovery...
Hi. I found out in Thursday that I have pancreatic cancer and looks like secondary in my bones. I have to have biopsies yet so it's all very new. I have 2 children..16 and 19...and am so scared of leaving them. I don't feel in good health at all. I...
Hello everyone, kind of new here and hope your day is going well. I wanted to ask if anyone can look back months before they got sick and see they had symptoms of depression. I was diagnosed with Ampullary cancer in August of 24 and was told it was a...
My husband was diagnosed with a 4cm tumour in the tip of the pancreas mid June. It was found by accident while having a CT scan for something else. Luckily for him, he was booked in for distal pancreactomy on 11th of July which he had as planned. A week...
My husband has been ill since a tumour was found in the head of his pancreas. (Easter Saturday). He had severe Jaundice, then infection, now in hospital with Sepsis from the stent. He is still to see an Oncologist. He is very low and unwell. Please suggest...
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