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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...
Hello... Iv recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and it has been a nightmare over the last 10 weeks. My life has completly changed in so many ways. I have just turned 39 and was on holiday in Tunisia with my husband living our best lives....
My sister had the Wipple surgery about two and a half months now and she is still struggling with her appetite, nausea and occasional vomiting. She was taken into hospital for a second time due to dizziness and poor food intake. A feeding tube was inserted...
Hi all, hope this is okay to post. Over the last two years I’ve been to the doctors several times for losing weight, floating stools and fatigue. They never tested anything else as my Vitamin D was really low. fast forward to a month ago I’ve...
My husband has locally advanced PC and has had chemotherapy for 4 months so far. His latest CT scan shows there is no shrinkage of the tumor but it hasnt grown either. We are not sure what to make of this,. We thought that if the tumor wasnt shrinking...
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...
My partner was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer which has also spread to his liver. He starts chemo next week but seems to be deteriorating very quickly, he can hardly eat and he is so thin, he doesn’t think he will even make it to his chemo...
My mum was diagnosed last week along with metastasis in her lungs. A stent was fitted Friday to help with the jaundice and itching. Mum didn't want to know how serious it is or how long she may have but as an only child and single I needed to know what...
