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CA19-9 now 14000. No decrease at all during chemo. Husband has decided to cease chemo as the last 3 weeks have not been kind. Extreme fatigue, abdominal pain and DVT pain in right calf. Not sleeping very well at all. One benefit - farting has decreased dramatically!! Handing it all over to our Creator and Lord, Jesus Christ. 🙂 Hopefully the effects of chemo will go (if it is the effects of chemo being observed) and there might be some improvement in the short term.

Hi. My name is Mark. I am 43 years of age. I live in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, having moved from Sydney around 8 years ago. My partner’s name is Nat, and we have no children. For the last 10 years I have worked for a major health insurance company in and around their call center in lower level management and organizational roles.

6 months of lonliness. The days pass with exhaustion, anger, regret and fear. Time stops, speeds up and all throughout I feel lost. At times, abet few, I feel 'myself', then I am hit with the loss and am taken aback by the grief. I am frightened that time passing will take me away from this and that memories will fade. I am just so angry with all of this!

Just complete 4th treatment of 12 treatment cycle. CA 19-9 result is 9600 😞 Was 1200 at diagnosis (mid Nov), 2062 at post op check up (mid Jan) and 6050 2 weeks ago (10 March) 😞 Not sure what is going on but as the tumour was inoperative and has metastisized... does this mean the chemo is having no effect? Two gastric bypasses performed instead of a Whipple.

its been over a year since mum passed away. in the past few months i cant even look at her pictures. when i feel sad i push it out of my mind. i feel numb when it comes to thinking of mum. is this normal to feel numb? i feel scared that if i let my self go and really feel my pain i wont handle it...am i not letting myself grieve?