Stomach tightness
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:02 am
Hi Everyone
Please forgive me if there any mistakes in this post this is my first time.
I hope you are all well in these challenging times.
My partner was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in December 2019 after various tests and 4 weeks in hospital were the initial diagnosis was gallstones she was then transferred to a bigger hospital in the region and had a the WHIPPLE procedure and spent 9 hours in surgery.
Thankfully she came through this traumatic procedure and after around 3 days in intensive care and 7 days on a normal ward she was discharged just before Christmas which was the best present I have ever and will ever have.
She is currently going through chemotherapy which as I am sure you are all aware is very challenging but she is a strong women and despite the fatigue, diahorrea and sickness feeling she is persevering with chemotherapy.
We are currently through 3 chemotherapy treatments with 9 more to go she is on Folfox I believe and it has been reduced from 100% to 80% which as led to her feeling a little less fatigued but still having the other symptoms
My major concern is that she constantly has stomach pain/tightness which also causes back ache the back ache is not as severe as the stomach ache but still there the best way she as found to describe this to me is it is like someone tighting a belt around her stomach this also makes her breathless at times and limits what she can do around the house we did mention this to the oncologist but he didn't seem concerned.
My concern is that nearly 4 months after surgery surely this should have decreased if not is this normal after a WHIPPLE procedure and when is it likely to stop.
I am really just looking for some guidance with this and any help would be greatly appreciated I just want my beautiful partner to have the best possible chance of recovering.
Thanks in advance for reading my post your support is very much appreciated.
Please forgive me if there any mistakes in this post this is my first time.
I hope you are all well in these challenging times.
My partner was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in December 2019 after various tests and 4 weeks in hospital were the initial diagnosis was gallstones she was then transferred to a bigger hospital in the region and had a the WHIPPLE procedure and spent 9 hours in surgery.
Thankfully she came through this traumatic procedure and after around 3 days in intensive care and 7 days on a normal ward she was discharged just before Christmas which was the best present I have ever and will ever have.
She is currently going through chemotherapy which as I am sure you are all aware is very challenging but she is a strong women and despite the fatigue, diahorrea and sickness feeling she is persevering with chemotherapy.
We are currently through 3 chemotherapy treatments with 9 more to go she is on Folfox I believe and it has been reduced from 100% to 80% which as led to her feeling a little less fatigued but still having the other symptoms
My major concern is that she constantly has stomach pain/tightness which also causes back ache the back ache is not as severe as the stomach ache but still there the best way she as found to describe this to me is it is like someone tighting a belt around her stomach this also makes her breathless at times and limits what she can do around the house we did mention this to the oncologist but he didn't seem concerned.
My concern is that nearly 4 months after surgery surely this should have decreased if not is this normal after a WHIPPLE procedure and when is it likely to stop.
I am really just looking for some guidance with this and any help would be greatly appreciated I just want my beautiful partner to have the best possible chance of recovering.
Thanks in advance for reading my post your support is very much appreciated.