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- Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:57 pm
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: Our wonderful nurses
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4471
Re: Our wonderful nurses
Dear Sandra and Mo, Our heartfelt thanks to you both for your lovely wishes. We were all overwhelmed and surprised, but honoured to receive such a prestigious award. It is our privilege to support those affected by pancreatic cancer in a small way. Kindest regards, Jeni. Jeni Jones Pancreatic Cancer...
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:54 pm
- Forum: Treatment & side effects
- Topic: Treatment break
- Replies: 12
- Views: 32650
Re: Treatment break
Theresa,
What amazing news!!!!
Huge congrats - so pleased to hear that you are feeling so well still!
Long may it last!
Jeni.
Jeni Jones
Pancreatic Cancer Specialist Nurse
Support Team
Pancreatic Cancer UK
email: nurse@pancreaticcancer.org.uk
support line: 0808 801 0707
What amazing news!!!!
Huge congrats - so pleased to hear that you are feeling so well still!
Long may it last!
Jeni.
Jeni Jones
Pancreatic Cancer Specialist Nurse
Support Team
Pancreatic Cancer UK
email: nurse@pancreaticcancer.org.uk
support line: 0808 801 0707
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:34 am
- Forum: Patient Experience Forum
- Topic: Newly diagnosed - struggling with chemo
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6359
Re: Newly diagnosed - struggling with chemo
Hello Nighean, Thanks for your post on the forums, and so sorry to hear that you are struggling with nausea and eating at the moment. I will email you directly regarding this if thats ok? Kind regards, Jeni. Jeni Jones Pancreatic Cancer Specialist Nurse Support Team Pancreatic Cancer UK email: nurse...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:49 am
- Forum: Treatment & side effects
- Topic: Recently diagnosed PC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4927
Re: Recently diagnosed PC
This content has been moved from another topic as is from same id: Addendum A few questions I could do some help with please 1. Back pain at night - I take Paracetamol and Ibuprofen but not opiod yet due to constipation. Any alternative? 2. I've suffered considerable weight loss - muscle atrophy, an...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:48 am
- Forum: Treatment & side effects
- Topic: Recently diagnosed PC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4927
Re: Recently diagnosed PC
This content has been moved from another topic as is from same id: I'm a 59 year old male who up until early October led a healthy and active life. I started experiencing backache end of June and on a rare visit to my GP discussed this with them and was told it was muscular. My medical notes showed ...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:44 am
- Forum: Treatment & side effects
- Topic: Recently diagnosed PC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4927
Re: Recently diagnosed PC
Hi there, Welcome to the forums - no doubt, not a place you would choose to be. Thanks for your post, and I am sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I will email you directly with some more information, as quite a bit to post on here. I hope that's ok? Jeni. Jeni Jones P...
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:46 pm
- Forum: Patient Experience Forum
- Topic: Help with floating stool and weight loss
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4597
Re: Help with floating stool and weight loss
Hello JohnDoe, Thanks for your post and enquiry regarding some symptoms your mum is having. John, I am not sure if you are in the UK or not, but I suspect not given the dosing of your mum's creon she is taking, is this correct? Here in the UK, we do not advise anyone who had had pancreatic cancer su...
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:37 am
- Forum: Family, friends and carers
- Topic: Thanks for sharing your experiences . . .
- Replies: 767
- Views: 372702
Re: Thanks for sharing your experiences . . .
Hello Mo! How lovely to hear from you with your wonderfully written forum post, as always. I am so sorry to hear of Raymond's death and the nature in which this occurred - as you say, a waste of a life is the saddest part. Its good to hear that you have a gentleman friend - and that you are going to...
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:25 pm
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: Paranoid newby
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4521
Re: Paranoid newby
Hello DJTrev, Thank you for your post on the forums. I am sorry to hear that you have had some health related concerns of late, and have been suffering from shingles and neuralgia after this. I wonder whether your gp has given you any indication as to how long this pain might be expected to last? An...
- Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:20 pm
- Forum: Patient Experience Forum
- Topic: Newbie.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18099
Re: Newbie.
Hello Pete, Thanks for your post - such an encouraging one too! I am sorry to hear that you have been in hospital with some infections, however, you seem to have made such a great recovery. It's good to hear that you are feeling better after the antibiotics, and that you have learnt to go to your gp...
- Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:57 pm
- Forum: Coping with loss/ Memorial
- Topic: Writing this to help me cope
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22246
Re: Writing this to help me cope
Hi Corinne, That is really good to hear that you feel supported and that you might have the option of bereavement counselling at at later stage. It is a good strategy to handle one day at a time, because no two days turn out to be the same during grief. You know where we are should you need us. Kind...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:45 pm
- Forum: Coping with loss/ Memorial
- Topic: Writing this to help me cope
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22246
Re: Writing this to help me cope
Dear Corinne and Changeofplan, Thank you for your courage to post on the forums, and tell your own stories of your husbands. It is difficult to imagine how you are both coping with the recent events, and the speed at which they took place. It is heartbreaking to read what you all went through, not l...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 10:29 am
- Forum: Ask the nurse
- Topic: Help - scared
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9011
Re: Help - scared
Hi Beans, Thanks for your forum post - I am pleased that you were able to take the step to post. So sorry to hear that you are having health concerns of late, with some worrying symptoms. Can I ask if you know what bloods you had done exactly beans? And also, have you taken a poo sample in at all to...
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 3:16 pm
- Forum: Family, friends and carers
- Topic: Chemo for the older patient
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21082
Re: Chemo for the older patient
Hello StPancreas, Thanks for the update and apologies that we have not replied until now. Sorry to hear about the mix-up with the clinics that your mum was referred to. Its a good thing that you trusted your instinct and made the call to check what was happening. Its great to hear that the nurses we...
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:51 pm
- Forum: Advanced pancreatic cancer
- Topic: Our story so far
- Replies: 10
- Views: 20084
Re: Our story so far
Hello dw010, Thanks so much for your encouraging post and update on your mum. It really is fantastic to hear such good news, and that your mum is feeling so well, gaining weight, mobilising better and able to achieve her goal of cooking the roast dinner. To have such stability of the cancer is also ...