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Hi all My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer 3 months ago. Been a total roller coaster since then as Im sure many can relate. Horrible seeing the impact it's had on him and I dread whats to come, think I'm just trying to ignore it...
Hi, I had my whipple 5 years ago for a precancerous cyst. I am still suffering from frequent bouts of diarhea . Roger
Hello to everyone in thus group. I hope what I contribute will be of help or comfort & support but might immediately seem so. My Wife was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in May 2020 just a?while?After lock down and ad you can imagine presented...
Hello, new to this group and struggling to cope. My fit and healthy 75 mother starter to lose weight and suffer heartburn during May, by the last week of May she couldn’t eat or keep water down. On the 1st June we were told the devastating news that she...
Hi everyone i am in the West Midlands area & I am looking for names of consultants that deal with pancreatic cancer.
Hi, My mum after 13 months of being in and out of hospital, numerous biopsies and scans has today been diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer. We have been told that the only treatment is palliative chemo, to try to slow it down. Chemo every 2 weeks...
12 weeks ago our world turned upside down when mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I'm now the main Care giver and it's absolutely fine but today especially I'm feeling totally overwhelmed with the prospect of her starting chemo on Monday. Up until...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in November last year 2021 and underwent surgery removing half my pancreas and tail which had infarcted the spleen also removed with gallbladder and 13 lymph nodes. The cancer was in two of the lymph...
I just want to introduce myself. I'm "doing great" - by which I mean I seem to be recovering from the surgery, and am walking a couple of miles a day, doing meditations, breathing, stretching, and all that, but also, the trauma, grief, and sens of loss...
Hello friends, and happy Friday. Mum is starting her first round of Folfirinox next week. I am planning to go with her for this first session, if she wants me - and I think she does. Can anyone tell me how long it generally takes the sickness and general...
