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Hi i have stage 4 PC and had 6 cycles of chemo so far but has not made good effect. So now waiting for another chemo but different drug call GemCap. my main issue is keeping the food down after eating. I have appetite and enjoy most of the food...
Hi In February of this year I was taken into hospital with gallbladder problems. With all the scans and a stence fitted. There discovered ampullary cancer. The cancer was in a place I was told was could be operated on to remove the cancer. With further...
My husband had a 5 hour operation in May and is due to start chemo in the next few weeks. His cancer was advanced. He had 50% of his pancreas removed, his spleen was also removed as the tumour had attached itself to it. Then when the surgeon opened him...
Hello everyone. I hope you all don't mind but I just need to vent my feelings tonight. I just need to tell our story and get some understanding of this vile cancer which robs you of a loved one so quickly. At Easter whilst my husband and I were in Tenerife...
Hi all, Have just been informed today by my GP that my CEA has risen ie Pancreas . Very confused at the moment as to what this means. Have to get more blood tests next week to see if it has improved . Have recently just got over the sickness bug .Please...
Hi. I'm Hamish. In April 2020 i went into Hospital to have my Pancreas removed (plus my spleen and other bits and bobs), they then found out that i had cancer in my pancreas so i went on Chemo, which was horrible. its been just over a year since chemo...
My 66 year old mother-in-law has just been diagnosed with PC, she lives in Portugal as an ex pat. We are so worried and are flying out end of the week. The information we have so far is that it's quite advanced approximately over two inches and has spread...
Hi everybody, my husband was diagnosed in February with stage 4 PC, liver and lung mets. He was told there were no treatment options as he became so poorly so quickly. However, recently he has stabilised a little and it’s now been agreed he can start...
Dear all, my sister (60) was being treated for a urine infection. When I dropped in on her last week (Tues) she was very fevered. I took her to casualty. They found lesions on her liver, after her ct scan we were told yesterday afternoon it was cancer...
Please can anyone tell me how long after a Whipple and just started chemo - Gem/ Cap did you try alcohol, and was there sny bad effects. Thanks
