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Hello all. I’m very new to this having only been given results yesterday. I am very well at the minute but know it can’t last . Although I have been given quite in depth info about the actual cancer, treatment is yet to be sorted although I know it isn...
I have had textbook symptoms of pancreatic cancer for just over a month and been trying to get diagnosis and waiting results and no plan yet or help. I’m worried going to waste away before even get results as am so tired so mustn't be absorbing any nutrients...
In my sixties years old and was suggested before Christmas 2025 that I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer as I was jaundice and had a gall bladder stent inserted which thankfully cleared me up however the cancer had prevented the release of bile etc...
Hello, I am reaching out in the hope that someone can advise me on how to help my husband. He has just been diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer, still awaiting biopsy results. Has been told it is in liver and spleen. He is really struggling to eat and feels...
Hi my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic ca & liver mets 11the January this year. We both suspected it as she lost 20kg over 2years ago. Her mum passed with same. Also she's had lots of other red flags. Finally she saw a new GP who immediately sent her...
My 80 year old mother has just been diagnosed at A&E yesterday. Pancreatic cancer that has probably spread (discharge notes say Likely Pancreatic malignancy with Liver and Adrenal mets i feel so sick and ill and frightened. In 2018 my dad died from...
Hi there, My husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few weeks ago. It has spread to his liver already and we've been told palliative chemo will be the only option. We are still awaiting biopsy results and not sure when treatment will start....
I lost my brother to this awful disease two years ago aged 70 and only just coping with his loss still yesterday my mother in law was diagnosed with it and has already spread she is 86 . I don’t know how long she has but it has brought it all back . How...
Hello, sadly my mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Dec 2025 (originally stage 3, locally advanced, inoperable (by the NHS)) Following a PET CT scan and MRI of her liver, it seems it has spread to her liver and abdominal wall. All other organs...
Hello all, need to connect with others who have Ampullary Cancer please I have questions I know it is treated like PC and is very aggressive please any help would be appreciated
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