Pancreatic Cancer UK

Hi Kerry It does sound as though your Dad's disease is fairly well progressed. It's great that he's been offered the trial and there's no harm in giving it a go if he's accepted on it. It's in the nature of all us carers to want them to fight to the bitter end, but it's good that you've got it in yo...

This happened when my husband was taking it and he ended up with 10000s...not ideal when he was already taking between 6 and 8 25000s per meal.

I'm pretty sure there is another brand too...but can't remember what it's called.

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Hi Suzy Have you read Marmalade's thread 'our journey without chemo'? Might give you a bit of insight. I'm assuming that the fluid is in the abdominal cavity if it's surrounding his organs...if so, this can be drained and will make him much more comfortable. However, from my own experience, the appe...

It is a cruel disease Jennifer...the downslide can be rapid. With a bit of luck, he may pick up from the sepsis.

Much love

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She has entirely the right attitude. I am convinced that it was his positive attitude that got my husband as much time as we got.

I hope she enjoys the school holidays.

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Great news that the tumours are reducing...but I have to say, that good as trials are, I wouldn't want to risk getting the placebo, especially as the chemo she is currently on seems to be working well.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

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I agree, it's best to be honest with the children, they will resent you and not trust you otherwise. My daughter was 8 when my husband was diagnosed and 10 when I had to tell her he was going to die...she had a cry, said she loved him and then went out to play. Macmillan have a leaflet on dealing wi...

Hi Jen I used procal powder to add to my husband's food...they were great as they add calories and protein without altering taste or texture. The best thing would be to encourage him to eat just what he fancies...all my husband fancied at times was cereal, the consultant said eat cereal then. My hus...

Good on all fronts...good bloods, good appetite and good stable disease. You're right Keith...even the tiniest spark of positivity makes a huge difference.

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I was under the impression that pancreatic cancer was a qualifying disease and should be accepted. I suppose it depends on the prognosis...I think life expectancy has to be 6 months or less, which hopefully, following the treatment isn't the case. Have you got a palliative care team? They may be abl...

Keep an eye on her abdomen...it might be an idea to measure it...fluid (ascites) can build up in and around the abdomen, particularly if the liver is affected.

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Hi Jennifer, sorry you've had to find us. Jaundice is absolutely horrible and I think was the time my husband was most unwell throughout the whole progression of the disease. The itching is unbearable and I can understand G not sleeping and feeling pretty rotten...atarax is a strong antihistamine ty...

My confidence is nil. And I used to have it in bucketloads...I've worked all over the country, lived alone in many different places and more or less tackled anything that was thrown at me...now I'm a quivering wreck at the thought of going to asda on my own! I still do stuff because I have to...like...

And soldier on we must...but I'm here to tell you that it doesn't get any easier. People say time heals, but it doesn't. People say that you learn to live with it, but I'm 18 months down the line and find myself crying much more and generally just feeling very morose a lot of the time. I feel like m...

Keith, I've posted this a few times in the past on other threads, and it might be a load of rubbish, but our chemo nurses said napolina plum tomatoes have something in them which helps keep neutrophils up...it might be worth a try. The other thing I did was buy a nutri ninja blender and made my husb...