i’m 17 and my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer march 2019.
He had the whipple surgery may that year and this was successful however they did say it had gone into a lymph node but they managed to remove this. He then had 12 rounds of chemo starting around august to help "mop up" any stray cancer cells.
He then had a scan in november which came back saying the cancer hadn’t returned. he finished his 12 rounds of chemo in january and he felt relatively fine but just had some side effects from chemo eg numb hands and feet which he was told could happen.
Around April 2020 he started getting pain all around his body and he then had a routine 6 month scan which was helpful as this could tell us whether the pain was due to the cancer or something else so the scan did fall at a good time. Unfortunately on the 28th may 2020 we were told that the cancer had come back and had now spread to his liver and lymph nodes so is stage 4 and is terminal.
The oncologist gave him 1-2 months and offered him pallative chemo which he did one round of but then decided to stop as it made him sleep for almost 5 days straight so it wasn't worth it and going to appointments made him incredibly stressed so my dad as well as my family all agreed its for the best. its been nearly 3 months since his most recent diagnosis so we are taking everyday as it comes and all my family are trying to spend as much time as possible with him. I live with him so it can be hard as i see him deteriorating everyday and i'm now his carer so i'm having to balance keeping up with A levels with helping him and completing tasks around the house which can be very difficult but i'm willing to do whatever i can to help him.
