Best way to help with bloating and gas for stage 4 pancreatic cancer

My husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver and other places. We have been told that it is inoperable and has been started on Chemo every 2 weeks for 12 s ons. They have said it is palliative chemo and could help to give him more time. The problem we have is that his head is telling him not to eat and he is finding it so hard to eat solid foods, he d it is like a gate comes down and stops him from swallowing any food. I make him smoothies and he has Ensure drinks but still suffers a lot with trapped wind which he says is so painful. He take eon with everything he eats but still suffers badly, I have tried every food I can think of but he just can’t eat.  Does anyone have advice on what to take to relive the pain and hopefully give h is appetite back  

  • Hi jjxx,

    I'm sorry to hear that your husband is struggling with this pain. If you haven't already, do discuss this with his doctor as they should be able to provide some advice to help manage this.

    You may also find it helpful to speak to one of our nurses about this. If you'd like to, you can reach them on freephone 0808 800 4040 - Monday-Friday, 9-5.

    I hope that he is able to get some relief from this soon.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator