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I have symptoms and have been on the road to diagnosis of something since end of Jan in which time symptoms have progressed. I am in extreme off the scale pain now in left shoulder and down back and between shoulders. Pain in back upper flank especially...
Hello, new here.. already found some incredibly reassuring comments and posts so thank you. loved one recently diagnosed last week with pancreatic cancer spread to the liver, has been declined chemo / transplant , but hasn’t been seen by an oncologist...
Hi, I had my Whipple surgery Feb 16, 2018 and have done quite well, however, I have a terrible time with going to the bathroom. I feel the pressure that I need to go, yet when I try to go, I cannot. I have ended up in the hospital man times for this....
My tumor was 3cm and they decided to operate all went well took what they needed to take plus spleen. But nothing is straight forward had results back took 22 lymph nodes and found cancer in 7 and my margin wasn't clear meaning cancer cells still around...
I’ve recently had a Whipples procedure and started chemo. My normally mild lichen planus (mucous membrane in the mouth condition) has flared up and now makes it hard for me to talk or eat. It’s also very painful. Has anyone else had this experience?
Hi Is it normal for a cancer patient be given Fentanyl patches and oramorph ? Also Mum has a pacemaker is Fentanyl safe to take ? Thank you
Hi, I just wanted to start of by saying I am going to the doctors on Wednesday I have an appointment. However for the last few weeks, I have had right lower tummy pain tender when touch it. Bloating, pain in the side and upper in the back . Not lost weight...
Hi All, as I type I am currently sat in the ward waiting room. This is my first treatment day. I have a PICC line fitted already. I just want to get started now. Once I get going I'll be able to deal with whatever is coming, the past fortnight has been...
Hello..I’m Annabel 54 and was diagnosed in January during a 5 week hospital stay for severe jaundice and itching. I’m borderline stage 2-3 operable and now making the big decision to either go for Folfirinox or palliative GemCap. by next Thursday. At...
I'm writing on behalf of my wife Anne who has terminal pancreatic cancer. She is taking Creon 25000 capsules - 4 a day. But more recently she has been suffering with extreme discomfort with abdominal bloating and wind which she finds hard to pass. This...
