Pancreatic Cancer UK

Hi Karen, My husband also does not want to accept the illness and does not want to apply for disabled badge etc. I have managed to get some flexible working and a laptop - so I can do some work at home, which will help (could not reduce hours due to my job) I am so sorry about your husband, I hope t...

Thank you for responses. Karen - really sorry to hear about your hubby, how long ago was this? Hope you are coping. I have looked into benefits - but I earn too much to receive any - I am in a catch 22 situation. I am going to look at if I can reduce my hours at work though. We also unfortunately ju...

Thank you all for your replies and kind words, although comforting that others understand it is horrible to think that others have to go through this. I am really sorry to hear about your husband Hilary, makes me realise I should focus on the good days as time together is so precious. I only started...

I am writing this in the hope that putting it 'down on paper' (or to speak) will help me deal with the emotions I am currently facing. I am sure many of you will understand the difficult emotions of living with someone with pancreatic cancer. A short summary - my husband (aged 44) was diagnosed in A...

Hi Emma, I am sorry to hear of your husbands diagnosis, my husband was diagnosed in April this year and I remember how awful and confusing it was in those first few weeks. I found it helpful to write questions down to take to the oncology appointments as I could never remember anything when we got t...

Thanks Cathy for your reply, and sorry to hear your husband also has this diagnosis. My husband has been on creon. We have had further appointments and the issue seems to be the tumour pressing on vein cutting off blood supply to colon. So we are waiting on specialist in this area for an appointment...

Hi, My husband was diagnoses with pancreatic cancer with liver mets in April. We have had a difficult journey so far. But we finally managed to get the back pain under control. However over last few weeks he has been having pains when eating and using the toilet. Recently he spent a week in hospital...

Hi Lem, My husband was 'out of it' on the morphine, talking rubbish and doing strange things, this was due to the morphine (side effects), he also had severe mood swings - again a side effect. I had a battle with the doctors about this (I am a nurse myself and so knew it was the side effects, but do...

Sorry to hear about your Dads pain. My husband was diagnosed 4 months ago and suffered with severe pain (now much more under control) - very much like your father, although he had in daytime night time pain was the worst. He was also on morphine and oramorph (liquid). But had side effects from this....