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Last week my 55yr old brother was diagnosed with Pancreatic and liver cancer. I feel like time is of the essence now as my brother is rapidly declining and skin and bone, eyes are yellow and he’s being sick. Can you please tell me if there’s a time...
Had a shock today… I know there’s nothing that can be done but I just wanted to voice it. We found out my husband had recurrent pancreatic cancer last June and that it had spread to the liver on 23rd December with CA19-9 levels at 6821. Today we went...
Hi. Not really quite sure what to say. I'm 71 years old. Was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023. Thankfully, that was fully cured by radiation. At a routine CT Scan with Thorax 6 weeks ago to check all was still ok, the young lady noticed something near...
Hi am new to this and hoping I can get some advice. My husband was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer last June. He is going through strong treatment of chemotherapy (Folfirinox and others) to shrink the tumour with possible hope of surgery. At the moment...
My wife had folferinox and stereotactic radiotherapy. It reduced the pancreatic tumour, hence we suspect her reduced need for insulin. However metastic tumours have appeared in the liver though rendering her unsuitable for surgery. She was borderline...
Hi everyone. I’m a 31 yr old woman and I’m experiencing symptoms of pancreatic cancer and I’m terrified. I’m actively pursuing a diagnosis but here is what I am experiencing: -Dull ache in my right side. It comes and goes seemingly randomly (this has...
Hello, new to the forum but was hoping to gain in site to how people organise or do any sort of planning. I am caring for my husband who has inoperable pancreatic cancer that has already spread to his liver. He has been offered a round of chemo starting...
Hello. I am 43 and was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer in March last year. Since my diagnosis I have had six months of Folfirinox, which mostly stabilised the cancer, followed by three months of no treatment, and I am now back on chemo and tablets...
Hi everyone, I just wanted to post here to get some support, from the intiial point were I thought something could be wrong to how we got here is only two monhts and it's a pretty bleak prognosis. My parent has been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic...
The oncologist we saw at Broomfield Hospital said it was standard practice that once pancreatic cancer has spread to the liver no surgery is performed and only chemotherapy is offered. No other form of treatment is on offer. My wife has had folferinox...
