My dad has got terminal pancreatic cancer

My dad was diagnosed in February with incurable pancreatic cancer it has spread to his liver. I live near my mum & dad and my one sibling my brother lives 140 miles away. I have a really tough job 2 kids and a mega busy life and am finding it hard to support my mum. She is struggling to deal with my dads deteriorating psychological state. His symptoms are that he has got a very swollen abdomen which is uncomfortable. He is on Oxycodone slow release tablets 15mg twice a day. He is having palliative chemotherapy. My dad is 73 and my mum is 70. They have run their own business for 40 years and still work now. My husband has recently taken over the business so that is taking the strain off my parents. I am dreading what is to come, the deterioration. It's heartbreaking. What are your experiences of this dreadful disease? 

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  • Hi my mum 67 was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in June 2015, with mets to liver. Prognosis was bleak - she could not have surgery and was placed on pallative chemo. After 9 rounds of pallative chemo mets had disappeared from her liver and the Tumor had shrunk by 80% - to date it has laid dormant - but to us dormancy is as good as remission. We take each day a step at a time. Some are positive and upbeat - some are the pits - but remember all you can do is try your best - I have told my story as we come on here looking for hope and inspiration X - forgot to add - I live near my mum - she still works fulltime and my brother lives far away - you will find strength x

  • Hi so on April 30 my dad who is 53 my sister who is 21 and me im 17 had news that my mum who's 50 had pancreatic cancer and we were all shocked as my mum doesnt have cancer in her family history on her side but my dad does and he's had bladder cancer and skin cancer both remove with surgery and now my dad is all clear but then we got more news that my mum was terminal and it spreaf to her stomach lining and that ended up destroying my dad and me and we were told she had months left to live then when we realised with chemo she could live further than what she was told but now we gpt told it was spreading even more rapidly and now they changed their verdict to weeks to live instead of months. Im just thinking can she still live longer than the weeks they said she had? Coz im not ready to loose my mum at 17 

  • So so sorry to hear your sad news. It is a vile disease.  There is always hope and you have to hang on to that.  Spend as much time with her as you can and enjoy her company.   

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