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Hi All, My darling dad is 4 years post stage 4 diagnosis - I am so grateful that he's still here. Chemo has been harsh on him during this this time and he's currently on a break from treatment as he had a nasty case of diverticulitis. He has been...
Morning all, I hope you are all ok and have nice things going on. Dad finally gets his scan results tomorrow, after a finishing his palliative chemo regime a month ago -the wait has been stressful, esp as it was delayed. I know side effects go on...
Hi, My daughter is 22 years old and mostly fit and healthy. she does have anxiety and does worry a lot. Over the last year or two issues with diarrhoea mostly after eating and indigestion. She has had various blood tests colonoscopies and recently...
Hi, I am new here. My mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on New Year’s Day after being unwell for a few weeks. It is stage 4 and she started chemo today. It is a brutal disease, my mum has always been so fit and well and has deteriorated so quickly...
Hi im new here, mu hubby first had a stomach pain on 26th November and on 22nd december was diagnosed with Terminal PC. We also found out last week it has spread to his small intestine, liver and lungs. My husband has declined treatment as currently he...
Hi all, my dad started to get tummy pains & back ache on the 5th November, back & forth to doctors, then A&E until final diagnosis on Christmas eve.. deterioration was super fast, my dad sadly passed on 30th January. He was 66. Broken... I am interested...
Been having abdominal cramps - I am taking creon and in the process of getting chemo treatments. I am on my 4th session with 8 more to go. Has anyone been experiencing cramps. I have only been on creon for 2 weeks but was having same symptoms before....
Hi there, New to this group, long post but I'm really struggling to support my dad who has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The whole process has been diabolical from start to finish, originally starting with a trip to A&E over 12 weeks...
It’s all happened so fast. She had weight loss with stomach and back pain which everyone thought was constipation and after a scan, it’s PC: She’s been staying with me since diagnosis as she was in so much pain and she lives alone. In the week that she...
Hi everyone I hope that you are all well and keeping sane! I must say, my mental health is in turmoil as we still have a week to wait until Dads latest scan results. You know my story - Dad diagnosed with PC in 2019, whipple and folfirinox. All...
