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Hello found out about 5 weeks ago my mum has PC, it took 2 weeks for the in depth CT Scan and another week for results confirming it is localy advanced into artery so unresectable and I'd T4 tumor at this time. Referred for Endoscopy but have been told...
Hi I am new to the forum and hoping to get some advice. Pancreatic cancer diagnosis in October 2020, whipple surgery in November 2020, followed by 6 months of Chemo which ended in June 2021. My last CT scan in February 2022 was clear. We are now considering...
Hi. I'm entering my third year of chemotherapy treatment. I have cancer unknown primary source For two years I've been treated with Carboplatin and plaxatol. This session it's been changed to Carboplatin and gemcitabine, which is used in other cancer...
Hi I’m new here and joined because my mother has just heard out of the blue that she has late stage, inoperable pancreatic cancer. Diagnosed yesterday, after 12 days in hospital and home this afternoon with palliative and district nurses coming to call...
Hello everyone. My brother was diagnosed with pacreatic cancer at Christmas. It had already spread to liver and lungs and the prognosis is poor. However, he is only 43 with three young children and a huge fighting spirit. He is currently on his 11th...
Hello, I've joined because I really feel I need to talk. A few days ago, my mum was given a shock diagnosis of advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer. It has to be 100% confirmed by endoscopy and biopsy, but they are pretty certain from scans etc....
Hoping for some guidance/ similar experiences. My dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer on Tuesday, the day after our grandas funeral. Very out of the bluea, he had only returned from Australia 2 weeks ago after visiting my little sister...
Hi, My name is Andy and I've recently been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. I have my next consultation on Tuesday but understand the treatment plan is Chemo and then hopefully surgery. To be honest it is all very overwhelming and only seems to...
Hello to you all. I’ve just been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer , with metastatic cancers in lungs and other places. The news was delivered on Ward rounds and now I have returned home I have been left in limbo. Biopsy has been delayed until...
So things have moved rapidly with some dodgy blood tests on 30/11, a ct scan on 1/12 and results given by a locum gp at 615p, on that fateful Friday night 2/12 that it was stage 4 advanced pancreatic cancer which had metastasised to the left adrenal gland...
