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Hello, I had an endoscopic ultrasound last Thursday and three biopsies were taken from a lesion in the tail of my pancreas. I am now waiting on the results. Doc will call me with results, very soon I hope waiting is the worst. He gave me a referral for...
Hi, my dad has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer within the last 8 weeks, since then they have found it to be in his spine: we are still waiting for The results of his biopsy and for any advice on chemotherapy. We have been advised it is only palliative...
Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum. My dad was diagnosed with pancreas cancer day before Easter this year. He was one of the luckiest and qualified for surgery which he went thru on 22nd of May. Unfortunately yesterday we had his results back and...
Hello everyone, last week I had the primary diagnosed as pancreatic cancer, the primary initially could not be found, my sister died from this awful disease almost two years ago. The secondaries are in the liver and duodenum, I will start chemo on September...
Hi, I was diagnosed with suspected pancreatic cancer last Thursday with unknown primary cause. I experienced severe chest pain since July, treated with antibiotics for 7 days without resolving the severe chest pain and re-admitted to the A&E the second...
My dad who is in his early 80s recently had his blood tests done and had one abnormal reading - his CA Antigen 19-9 level was just over 50. Normal range is around 27. I've heard that high levels of CA 19-9 tends to be associated with cancer of the pancreas...
Recently diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer. I have a cancerous lump in the middle of my Pancreas. Too big for immediate surgery therefore started chemotherapy to try to shrink it. Had 2 sessions up to now. Have been suffering with quite severe backpain...
My mum believes she is coming to the end of her life as she is now struggling with pain and lack of appetite. She is waking up during the night due to pain and so is exhausted during the day. Though she is eating less she has only lost a stone over the...
My husband has been in remission for 18 months after having immunotherapy for bowel cancer which then had to be stopped due to causing ulcerative colitis. Today we have received the report from his CT scan and the conclusion was Suspected paraceliac tumour...
Had about 7 weeks of hell. Have lots of menopause symptoms and ended up with fast tracks for breast, bladder, cervix, lining of womb and ovarian cancer. I have been through so much anxiety. Thankfully all came back okay confirmed hormonal. During the...
