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Hi all, I am Decaf total newbie diagnosed with inoperable PC. Looking for support and information. Has anyone turned down clinical trials , chemotherapy etc and gone for straight palliative care?
Hi, I’m new here and was just looking for a bit of advice if anyone has any. My dad is now having just palliative care with PC cancer that has spread to his liver and stomach. He is on lots of medication but the reason I am posting is because he is...
Hello everyone After a long haul I have finally got my diagnosis of pancreatic cancer stage 4 - it’s scary and overwhelming but I am determined to keep active and be normal - whatever that is - as long as I can. I have my first oncology appointment...
Hi all, My wife of 33 years has been healthy all of her life, until she went yellow and spent our 33 anniversary in A&E. Reading other stories I think we have been comparatively fortunate that the tumour pinched off the bile duct whilst it is comparatively...
Hello, I am a wife, mother ,daughter and granny before 4.11.22 I was dealing with long covid, upcoming brothers wedding, thinking it will soon be Christmas oh and I will be 50th soon. Then 4.11.22 mam informed me she had been feeling ill been to hospital...
Hi Everyone, me again. im not sure that I’m husband is on the right amount of morphine. He takes between 30-40mls of oral morph in 24 hour period and 20mls of long release tablet morphine over 24 hour period. Is that about average for everyone taking...
Hi everyone. My mum was diagnosed with locally advanced pancreatic cancer last December. She managed the majority of her chemo like a trooper. She finished her chemo in July. Mum lost her appetite about June time and in August was put on supplements...
Hi All, as above im a new to this forum, Husband was diagnosed late September aged 47 after having a scan for his groin. Found a small liaison on the Pancreas and I’m sure like you all was a complete shock. I found telling my 12, 14 and 18 year old...
Hello I would be so grateful for information on an MRI of the pancreas I am on neo adjuvant chemo for an aggressive breast cancer at the moment that is in multiple lymph nodes. There will then be surgery, radiotherapy and possibly more chemo after...
Hello everyone Just joined the group. So mum, 70, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer with liver metastases last Tuesday following a full body CT scan. Her main symptoms only being bloating, mild tummy ache over the last 10 days. For the...
