Pancreatic Cancer

How is your mother doing today?

On 11/21/2005 Jeanniec wrote:

My uncle who is a healthy, non smoking, active 60 year old was diagnosed in june with inoperable pancreatic cancer. He was sent home with a pat on the back. I did research and found good things on Essiac tea and the Budwig diet. Even though he isn't into herbal medicine, he started on 4 oz. of essaic(ordered from "anursestea.com" or something similar, you can find it on the essiac site), and 4 oz. of flax seed oil in cottage cheese per day. He just went back for his four month check up and the tumor was almost gone! You should check it out. Good luck!

On 5/18/2005 Annettedb wrote:

My Mom was in Florida this winter and I visited her in the middle of February....she complained of feeling tired and I noticed she wasn't eating as much as usual. She came back to Jersey on March 17th and I decided to take her to the hospital on March 20th because she was pretty tired and out of it. She complained of some travelling pains through her body and pains beneath her breasts. They found through her blood her liver enzymes triple what they should be and after a CT Scan found a large tumor on her liver coming from stage 5 pancreatic cancer. She passed away on May 11, 2005. I was with her non-stop from the minute of being told of the spread to her liver until the minute she passed. She was 76, white, never smoked, and otherwise basically healthy and full of life. I never knew that because a 76 year old women feels tired that it would mean she'd be dead in 2 months. I am destroyed by this and in need of help. She was my best friend. I can't believe something like this could happen but I know by talking to people that it's not that unusally with this type of Cancer. I have prayed but sometimes I feel so lost. It is a horrible illiness.

My father in law to be was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer stage 4, metastisis to liver, stomach on january 3, 2007. We made arrangements to go to the local cancer center here in houston, and he recieved his first chemo treatment on 01/12/07. It was debilitating, as we had expected, but he was not down for the count. On 01/19/07 he went to see his doctor, and was put on morphine patches for pain, as he was in excrutiating pain and had been for some time. Today is 01/20/07, and he has gone down his extremely in the last 24 hours. He is set to fly to Illinois treatment center on Tuesday, but at the rate he is progressing, i fear he will not make it there. His wife is in total denial, and is having a very hard time of it, despite her family and friends trying to help her. He is having trouble realizing that he cannot get up and walk on the morphine, he cannot function as he normally did, and while he is on the morphine he is not understanding this when we tell him. I have contacted the ctc and explained this to them, but unfortunatley the caseworker handling our case, will not be in until monday. I want to make special travel arrangements for him. He cannot function without the morphine, but he cannot travel having the trouble he is having. I feel like im in a catch 22 here.Ctc is our last hope. It is all we have left. The doctors here say " get your affairs in order, and wait" ctc has offered hope, and it is in our grasp, but how do we make it to the center with him in this condition? How do I help his wife come to terms with the fact that her husband has cancer, a serious cancer, that could and will kill him eventually. We sleep in shifts, 4 hours at a time, we constantly care for him, and his needs, what else can we do?

lost and loosing hope,

sissy

On 1/6/2004 Marian B. wrote:

My son's best friend is 31. He has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I think it has spread to the lymph nodes. From my reading, the median for this kind of cancer is an african-american, over 60, with diabetes! Is there anyone else out there with a similar story? If so, please respond with your treatments, support and any info you have thank you very much. Marian

HI. My mother - american Jewish, from askinazi decent- Eastern european , 61 yrs old- same diagnosis, diabetic.  Not operable at this time, suggesting aggressive chemo therapy. spread to the stomach area of the lymphnodes Going for 2nd opions this week.  What have you done so far?

I had just recently signed up here at CancerCompass, right after I had read your posting.  I know it was dated sometime ago, but I wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed it and hold on to it.  You see, about 2 weeks ago my dad went to the hospital after experiencing 2-3 months of abdomin pain, once admitted we thought it was the gallbladder.  Then we got the devastating news.  They found lumps on the liver, and then after a CT scan and a biopsy.  It was confirmed cancer in the pancreas that has spread to the liver.  It is such a long haul already and it's only been 3 weeks.  We have read so much and studied so much and are trying to understand this disease.  On his first stay in the hospital I gave him my yellow LIVESTRONG bracelet to hold onto.  I wear my pink cancer cure one, as he wears that one.  So needless to say as we proceed down this path we hear all sorts of stories with not the best endings, then we hear the off one with an outstanding glimmer of hope.  Such as your message did for me.  I can't tell you how much I appreciated it and am holding onto, becuase I know there is hope, and as we pray and keep our spirits high there are people just like us going through this as well. I just wanted to say thanks for reminding me of faith, hope and to keep positive.  Take care!

Hello,

My Father was diagnosed with stage !V PC in November. They discovered it when he underwent a minor hernia surgery. He started chemo with Gemzar the next day. He had 14 chemo treatments.  He just started the Rexim G clinical trial in Rochester at the Mayo Clinic. He is in his 2nd week of treatment.  He is tolerating the treatment well with no side effects other that being a little tired. At first I was just praying that my Dad would be comfortable and have no pain. Now I'm praying for a cure. My Dad is hopeful and so am I. This is my first post on this board.

How is your loved one doing? 

Robin