Family, friends and carers
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My Mum
by emmao- 16 replies
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Hello all, I'm new to all of this and only discovered this great website yesterday morning. My mum had felt a bit under the weather earlier this year, particularly with a loss of appetite, but just put it down to her 'flu jab. She started losing weight, but not at an alarming rate, and as I now know her doctor just put it down to anxiety. Mum saw her doctor around the time of her and Dad's 40th wedding anniversary in early March, as she noticed her eyes looked yellow. The doctor sent off a blood sample and jaundice was confirmed. Mum was then referred to her local hospital for an ultrasound scan which revealed what was thought to be a gallstone, measuring appr…
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severe constipation - Help!!!!
by sandra- 2 replies
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Hi My husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 3 weeks ago. He is under the care of the palliative team, a nurse prescribed codranthramer on Thursday, he took 2 on Thursday night followed by 2 last night and 2 more this morning. He was in terrible pain last night and again this evening, also not able to eat. I have tried the "bomb" of juice and milk of magnesia suggested on this forum but nothing has worked so far. He had a glass of the "bomb" this morning and another this afternoon. I am scared to try anything else and he won't let me call the doctor. Can anyone advise? Many thanks Sandra
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Update on Dad
by PB- 3 replies
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Hi Guys Just with writitng with a further update on Dad's condition. He spent two weeks in hospital having treatment and a stent fitted. The Macmiilan nurse was called and she set up the morphine pump and he is aslo have two anti sickness drugs and a steroid to try and make him hungry and reduce the swelling around the tumor. He has started to eat a little and the jaundice seems to have cleared a bit, but he is very thin. Care has been arranged to help him get washed and dressed. He is getting around the house ok but the Morphine makes him confused and he is having bad dreams. Not sure there is much more they can do for him and how much longer he has or wh…
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Hi there!My father was told on march 7th 2007 that he had pancreatic cancer,a real shock to us all.He has been my mothers carer as she has cancer,and now he has been told that he has only a matter of weeks left himself. He had a stent put in and his colour has improved tremendously,but he has lost so much weight and is so tired all the time.The Dr told us that when the stent gets blocked, normaly they would go through the process again to unblock it,but he told us that my father will not make it that long so will not have the oppertunity to have it done again.Im very worried as i have no idea what to expect,ive noticed that when he burps that there is a really rotten so…
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Told only Fri 20th April. My dad is only 67.
by Guest lillian1506- 3 replies
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After all the months of pain and hospital stays and never ending blood samples me and my dad were given the real diagnosis on Friday 20th April. Due to his already ill health and severe diabetes the major operation is out of the question. I am so devastated but I know there is only one outcome for him but WHEN. My Dad has suffered with this since before December 06, The Doc did mention Chemo the other day but can someone please be honest with me that he should just forget the chemo and take each day as it comes now. has anyone had similar situation and lost the loved one, If so how long did they last, He is only 67, I am now thinking that he has already survived 4 months …
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waiting for diagnosis
by sandra- 6 replies
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Just found this web site and just need to get as much info as I can. My husband has been ill since last October after a "tummy bug", he has lost over 2stone and is so so tired, (washing a couple of dishes exhausts him). He is also in alot of pain day and night especially when lying down. He does not want to eat and when I insist he runs straight to the toilet. Anyway after many tests including cameras and scans he was told on 29/03/07 it may be cancer of the pancreas. So now we are waiting to be referred to Belfast for more tests. Just wondered if anyone can tell me what to expect when we get to Belfast. Sandra
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Information
by ARF- 3 replies
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Hi, I live in Essex, UK. My mum has PC. She is 66. She returned home from a holiday in Spain in Oct 2006 and began to lose weight. She became jaundiced and had digestive problems. After several months of seemingly endless blood tests through her GP, she was referred to a digestion specialist. After scans and an endoscope etc he told her 2 weeks ago that she had a growth on her Pancreas which was 99% likely to be mailignant. He stated that it was very difficult to do a biopsy because of the location of the pancreas. He advised that she should see an oncologist and that chemo could possibly shrink the tumour for resection. Today mum went to see the oncologist and w…
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UK Health Care - So Depressing
by Guest Barb (Canada)- 2 replies
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I am following/reading this board and sometimes posting with respect to my Mom's PC. We are in the UK. I am from Canada (hence post name), but here to help care for my Mom (71 years old). We are under a research Professor in one of the best PC Centres in the UK. However, it is becoming depressing as the care in the UK is so much more delayed than that what similar patients are experiencing in North America who are getting DX, prognosis and treatment started within days if not weeks. I always thought North America was so much worse because of the cost, but at least they are not going through these tremendous delays. My Mom's first Ultrasound when marker was …
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message for BeverlyFinn
by Support Team- 1 reply
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Dear Beverly I tried to return your email but it failed. I am posting your message here hoping that you see it and either get direct responses here or email us again. "We have just had confirmed today that my mum, who is 78, has Pancreatic cancer, which has spread to her liver. I am in Australia and will be returning shortly as the Doctors have advised that I return earlier than my planned trip in June. We have never had anyone in our immediate family with cancer and I could really do with someone to talk to who has experienced this as a family member. Any offers would be gratefully accepted." I am sorry that you are going through this and from such a…
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What to expect
by Guest Barb (Canada)- 2 replies
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My Mom was diagnosed 7/3/2007 with Stage IV(a) PC in the body of the pancreas 6-8 months given. Biopsy scheduled for Monday coming. Results not for one week later and then hopefully scheduled chemo as part of a clinical trial. It is so worrying right now though as we have seen a significant decline in her health since diagnosis (only 3 weeks ago). She has gone from co-codomol twice per day to 5 ml of liquid morphine as needed effective today. Tremendous pain over the last two days. Is she even going to get enough time to take chemo ? Mom was very positive on diagnosis but is now thinking she will not likely last 6 months and is very distraught. MacMillan nurs…
