Pancreatic Cancer UK

Hey Leila, Just caught up on you and your dad .. the runs needs to be checked out asap,he will probably get to the stage where he won;t want to eat and drink he needs to be checked for dehydration quickly .. docs can do way more for him and I agree Creon isnt going to solve the problem if creon isnt...

cathy, lol just imagining you singing .. 'we shall not we shall not be moved' handcuffing yourself to the docs desk lol...

Aw leila, thanx for your kind words, at the time I was so exhausted but the urge to care for your loved one supercedes anything else..the thing is no medical professional will care as much as you..I can see this changing you...as you say you are normally a quiet person...and it does change you..you ...

This is my thread btw honey...you'll see my journey on here with info on the drugs problems we faced and how it was overcome ... some of the things on there might help you question when/if you face these issues yourselves .. drugs suit everyone differently its just really to let you know what questi...

oh leila, my heart bleeds for you, I found this initially with my mom she would fight against anything I had researched (mostly on this site) ... the district nurses are great BUT they aren't specialists and with varying degrees of knowledge, they will normally say speak to your macmillan nurse, the...

Hi there, My mom was the same backwards and forwards for 2 years after constant nagging abdominal pain leading to the back .. it astounds me that she was fobbed off with a virus everytuime she went .. to the point that others thought she just had a low pain threshold...the sudden onset of diabetes w...

wow what an amazing girl she is you must be very proud of her Mike.
hugz
Marie

Hi arlene, so happy to hear the news, I suffer with hyper-tension myself and I get headaches a lot...My mom was the same, a few times she was released from hospital at 9pm, same as Cathy it was the long wait for drugs to be delivered to that department ... glad you are out of hospital now though .. ...

hi there, not a doctor but whaaaa? All those painkillers target different areas of pain I have been told, however given the diagnosis I think realistically you need to be seeing a specialist with regards to pain management...for eg your allocated Macmillan nurse (if you havent got one yet then push ...

Hi there, I have seen instances of people needing repeated biopsys due to swelling in the pancreatic area ... I think most people have a somewhat distended abdomen just down to side effects from the disease itself (internal swelling) .. what you have to look for is a significant increase .. for bloc...

Hi Dom and welcome,

The itching is horrendous but mom was prescribed Questran sachets which really helped tremendously she took them 3 times a day they mopped up all the excess in her blood .. and you can get sugar free sachets..

Hi there, I am not from a medical background and am merely quoting from my experience looking after my own mom who sadly passed away november just gone...I would deffo err on the side of caution with this one as your mom has exactly the same symptoms as my mom had .. we were told pretty much before ...

aw nikki how awful but at least its not a blood clot thank goodness, although I don't envy him cellulitis either...that damn rollercoaster .. sometimes u just wanna time out and regroup and PC just has a habit of smacking you in the face every 5 minutes ..

thinking of you both
love and hugz
marie
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so pleased for you honey...

remain vigilant and report any changes in health to the docs straight away xxxx
will eb thinking of you take care

love and hugz
marie

Hi I totally agree its one of my biggest points I make to new people on the forum QUESTION EVERYTHING ... the doctor is not god they dont know everything they know a little of this and that thats why theyre a 'general' practitioner..and yes I totally agree some of them are very arrogant .. I am so p...