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Hi All I'm looking for some advice as I am a bit worried about some symptoms that I have been experiencing. I am having a dull pain in the top of my abdomen on the left hand side as well pain underneath my left shoulder blade. In addition I also feeling...
Hi, I was diagnosed in June and am waiting for the results of my first scan to see if chemo is working. I have everything crossed but this is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, chemo is brutal but necessary, currently on Folfirinox. Is anyone...
Is there a specific diet for people with pancreas cancer? My husband was diagnosed 2 months ago and he is undergoing chemotherapy right now. He is very nauseous the three days after the chemo and the medication help just a bit. He doesn’t eat these three...
Hi Everyone I was on here alot back In 2017 when my mum and dad were diagnosed with cancer at the same time. Dad had stage 3 osphegeal cancer which had it successfully removed by surgery and had the all clear and is fully discharged now. Mam had...
As far as I am aware I don't have cancer but my partner had the Whipple procedure for pancreatic cancer last year. Following Folfirinox chemotherapy he made a reasonable recovery but, after having a stent fitted in August this year, he has not been well...
Cut long story short, I been in pain since January, now they found a 14mm cystic lesion on tail of pancreas, I'm on 2 different types of morphine and just recently discharged from hospital, my discharge letter says they going to review and discuss with...
Hi all, I’m new to this forum, well I guess you could say I’m new to all of this lol I was diagnosed with resectable pancreatic cancer in March of this year, had to be my own advocate and by May 8th, 2024 I was having Robotic Whipple surgery at UCLA...
So I feel like I need to ask others there experiences of how they started to experience having pancreatic cancer to mainly see if what I’m experiencing matches up. To set the scene around 18 months ago I had a severe case of gastritis that effects my...
Hello. New to this support. My father has terminal pancreatic cancer and has had three rounds of chemo. The first two rounds were just the 1st and 3rd chemical of the cocktail FOLFIRINOX and after his third, he has suffered really badly with stomach issues...
Hello and thank you for listening. I’ve had ultrasound scan with normal appearances of pancreas and normal CT scan. My GP thinks I have symptoms of either pancreatic insufficiency or bile acid malabsorption in the absence of a malignancy showing. Can...
