The Story So Far
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:36 pm
Hello all this is all new to me I have never used a forum before, I guess someone out their is reading this & may be able to help, if not, well nothing ventured nothing gained.
The story so far..
My mother in her early sixty's was diagnosed mid April following suspected gall stones, following a CT scan, having become jaundiced she was informed she had cancer of the Pancreas & a tumor measuring 2cm,the good news was it was found early & their was no sign it had spread, my mother was fit & active all indications were this was operable.She had a Stent fitted which has sorted the jaundice. She then waited six weeks to have an endoscope, this revealed the tumor had now grown to 5cm & cancer had spread to the liver. This was a massive blow to her & all the family, she has now undergone two weeks of chemo including clinical trials, sorry but I don't know the names of all the treatments she is receiving. The problem now is she is struggling with pain so much so that today she has been unable to attend her chemo therapy session, she has been bed bound for most of the last week & eating very little, my Dad is at a loss as how to comfort her any further as am I my wife my two bothers & their wives. She is so determined to get back to some sort of normality but this pain she is suffering is preventing this. We were old by the Oncologist very early on that their is no reason my mother should suffer any undue pain, we all, my mother included, do not know whether the pain she is experiencing is the treatment taking effect on the tumor & something she can expect or should this be controlled. She has tried some of the Morphine based pain relief offered but found it left her feeling very fussy headed & quite frankly depressed. I would like to hear of other peoples experiences so at least we can be asking the correct questions of the doctors. We all want Mum to have the best possible quality of what ever life she has left.
The story so far..
My mother in her early sixty's was diagnosed mid April following suspected gall stones, following a CT scan, having become jaundiced she was informed she had cancer of the Pancreas & a tumor measuring 2cm,the good news was it was found early & their was no sign it had spread, my mother was fit & active all indications were this was operable.She had a Stent fitted which has sorted the jaundice. She then waited six weeks to have an endoscope, this revealed the tumor had now grown to 5cm & cancer had spread to the liver. This was a massive blow to her & all the family, she has now undergone two weeks of chemo including clinical trials, sorry but I don't know the names of all the treatments she is receiving. The problem now is she is struggling with pain so much so that today she has been unable to attend her chemo therapy session, she has been bed bound for most of the last week & eating very little, my Dad is at a loss as how to comfort her any further as am I my wife my two bothers & their wives. She is so determined to get back to some sort of normality but this pain she is suffering is preventing this. We were old by the Oncologist very early on that their is no reason my mother should suffer any undue pain, we all, my mother included, do not know whether the pain she is experiencing is the treatment taking effect on the tumor & something she can expect or should this be controlled. She has tried some of the Morphine based pain relief offered but found it left her feeling very fussy headed & quite frankly depressed. I would like to hear of other peoples experiences so at least we can be asking the correct questions of the doctors. We all want Mum to have the best possible quality of what ever life she has left.