Hi Keri, after reading your posts I can actually say what you have said is exactly what I am going through with my mum. Mum is now on her 4th cycle of chemo, she weights around 45kg, she struggles with what to eat and on odd occasions she has tummy pains. I've decided to stop work to care for her as I know anything can happen at any time. She was admitted to Hopstial a few weeks back because her temp was high, and she hates hospitals... Mum takes Ensure a meal supplement when she can't eat, hydrate lite ice blocks if she feels her temp is going up, and just rests as she has lack of energy. It's hard seeing her like this, and I know it's going to get worst... Take it day by day, and make sure you look after yourself too which I know it's hard too do. Life has changed for me now and I know now I have to change with it 😉 Mon ... View more

Hi Dazmak Sorry to hear about your situation, mum has pancreatic cancer as well, she is currently going through chemo treatment. If you ever need to chat feel free to drop me a message happy to listen, take care ... View more

Update: It was mum's bday yesterday and the start of her second cycle of treatment... So far she is going ok, the odd pains but not too bad. She has three cycles then we will know her fate after the third cycle (after re-doing CT Scans). She has lost all her hair now and is still fighting with food, having only Ensure drinks at night and during the day whatever she can keep down. Both dad and myself are doing everything we can to keep her thinking positive and to stay strong ;).   I haven't found anyone who has had a similar experience to what mum has gone through, not too sure if mum is a unquie case... ... View more

  Mum finished her first cycle this week, so next week she will be having a break. She has been ok but coping with odd pains here and there. Eating is the main issue, she now weights 47kgs and has started to loose her hair. She has two more cycles to complete before they will rescan to see if the tumour has shrunk. Before she started chemo she had a upper chest scan and they did find some spots on her lungs but they are not sure if they are cancerous or not. Her oncologist did tell her yesterday that if the spots are cancerous then they will not operate. To be honest all the doctors we have dealt with need lessons in how to speak to patients, I've found they don't even try to put a postive spin on anything they say, and this is what I am having to do so mum can keep fighting. I am not sure what happens if they tell us they can't operate, I guess it's a decision then mum will have to make if she decides not to continue chemo or not?   Does anyone know how a body shuts down if a cancer patient stops chemo, do they suffer?    Is 47kgs very low for a patient who still has two more cycles to complete?    Thanks Mon  ... View more

Mum finished her first cycle this week, so next week she will be having a break. She has been ok but coping with odd pains here and there. Eating is the main issue, she now weights 47kgs and has started to loose her hair. She has two more cycles to complete before they will rescan to see if the tumour has shrunk. Before she started chemo she had a upper chest scan and they did find some spots on her lungs but they are not sure if they are cancerous or not. Her oncologist did tell her yesterday that if the spots are cancerous then they will not operate. To be honest all the doctors we have dealt with need lessons in how to speak to patients, I've found they don't even try to put a postive spin on anything they say, and this is what I am having to do so mum can keep fighting. I am not sure what happens if they tell us they can't operate, I guess it's a decision then mum will have to make if she decides not to continue chemo or not?   Does anyone know how a body shuts down if a cancer patient stops chemo, do they suffer?    Is 47kgs very low for a patient who still has two more cycles to complete?    Thanks Mon  ... View more

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Mum starts her chemo next Monday for about 3 months (once a week) in the hope that the tumour will shrink and then a whipple operation can start again...   Any advice or tips for the first day? ... View more

Just got mum's results of her CTScan post bypass surgery, the tumour has grown from 4.2 to 4.5cm and another small one is now growing next to it at roughly 1.7cm, both tumours are still intact and are not affecting other organs... mum should be starting chemo Jan 2017.   Is 4.5cm big for this kind of cancer? what about now having another one grow next to it?   PS: Mum is still having issues keeping her food down as well...     ... View more

Mum is now taking Ondansetron which seems to have helped she has stopped vomiting and is starting to eat abit more now.   The specialist has advised that she needs to eat normally before she can start chemo, the recovery from a partial whipple is from 4-6weeks.   So next is another lot of blood tests and re-CT Scan... ... View more

Thanks everyone, i am onto it today 😉 but first i have to try and get mum to eat something...   Does anyone have any suggestions for types of food she can eat at this time? ... View more