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Just joined the forum and this group for Pancreatic Cancer as I was diagnosed on 12/1/22 with Pancreatic Cancer which has spread to my Liver. They have told me it's too far advanced to operate and offered me several types of Chemo. The best possible results...
Hi. My partner (55) has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Spread to liver, lung and stomach lining. Hard to believe that 8 weeks ago he was fit enough to complete a half Iron Distance triathlon and in that 8 weeks we have been travelling around...
So we found out a few weeks ago that my dad has stage IV pc in head of the pancreas and surrounding blood vessels. He has been told they can’t operate. Not what we were hoping for. He has had a stent put in his bile duct to help the jaundice which has...
Hi all, so we had my dad's oncology appointment & they have decided to try Chemotherapy he will be having Folfirinox, the consultant made out it was mild side effects but after doing some research I am concerned. Has anyone had any experience with this...
Hi all, my mum had another consultant appointment today, they have said that after reviewing her scans they no longer feel she has diverticulitis or pancreatitis but rather lymphoma cancer. They've said that her lymph nodes next to her pancreas are enlarged...
I'm new and just need someone to chat my husband has just been told he has panacrus cancer and it has spread to he's blood vessels I at a loss as what to do
Hi everyone. Hope you had a good Christmas/New Year, or at least not too tiring. I wasdiagnosed PC 6weeks ago following a CT scan of my pancreas and had my first chemo session the week leading up to Christmas. With it being the first time I wasn't sure...
My husband was given a terminal diagnoses on Friday. He had a scan a year ago for a mass on his Pancreas which they said was 99% not cancer but they would scan him every three months and keep an eye n it. Due to Covid this never happened and a year down...
My wife was told last Wednesday she has advanced pancreatic cancer and given just months to live.... Shock doesn't even come close. About a year ago she started suffering with heartburn /indigestion type symptoms... Usual remedies weren't much help. I...
Hi everyone Only just looked up this forum, I was diagnosed with stage 4 inoperable PC in Nov 2020. Did 9 cycles of Folfirinox last year, now in the third cycle of GemCap. I think I’ve done quite well (beaten the stats anyway) but still finding it...
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