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My husband has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that has spread to his lungs & liver hes agreed to radiotherapy once hes had a biopsy anyone out there going through the same ?
Hi All, Last week I lost my mother to pancreatic cancer after her year-long battle. Quite a tough time obviously, but now that she's gone my thoughts turn to the risk posed to me of possibly inheriting the disease. Her oncologist told me to go get genetic...
My mum has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had the Whipple operation. She lives on the continent and I need to manage my own work, annual leave, my children, travel and so on while wanting to support her during the hopefully 6 months...
Ampullary Adenocarcinoma - Diagnosed 28th June 2025 following urgent ERCP - Biopsy results confirmed cancer 2 weeks later. Was scheduled for Whipple on Monday 11th August at Royal Free in London. Had all pre-op checks, blood tests etc, hotel booked...
My husband has stage 4 terminal cancer. When he gets up in the morning his head is spinning so much he has difficulty. He can’t drink a whole glass of water. Is there anything to help this.
Hi, My mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last November. For a couple of months prior to that she had complained of what felt like indigestion and stomach pains, initially it was put down to acid reflux until her blood test results showed a deranged...
It's not quite the wee small hours but nearly. My wife sleeps soundly at my side- thank God- but I find myself impotent at the knowledge I'm going to lose my life long love.. In 2021 we were on holiday and she turned yellow overnight. Soon after she...
Hi there. My name is Sally. I'm 69 and live in Spain. I am recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and am pretty terrified. I've had breast cancer before but this feels like a whole new ball game. The committee meets next week to discuss my treatment...
Hi there, my husband aged 53 was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer which was/is such a shock! Otherwise fit and healthy, non smoker and doesn’t really drink, he thankfully was able to have e whipple which was pretty grim ,it was found to be a...
Sadly my husband has pancreatic cancer and it's spread to his liver he was having chemotherapy and doing so well but sadly he has now had a stroke due to blood clots. We are now having to struggle with visiting him in hospital every day and sadly there...
