World Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day today (20 Nov)

Best wishes to your son for a good recovery Primrose

Yes, I did know about jaundice being an indicator of pancreatic cancer because this happened to someone close to me. Luckily another relative recognised the symptoms (although the GP was not concerned!) and prompt surgery was successful.

More people need to be made aware of the symptoms, including medical professionals, so thank you for highlighting this.

Gosh your son has really been through the mill. What a worry for you all Primrose. Wishing him a healthy future.

What a worrying time for your family.
Wishing your son all the very best.

I wish your son all the best.

My brother died of this dreadful disease 18 months ago.

There is a large incidence of cancer in my family and two of my siblings have been screened for this disease.

When I asked my GP if I could also have the screening (I have had cancer twice) he said he would find out and that was earlier in the summer. He has never got back to me.

I think after reading this, that I should go back to see him.

What an awful worry for you.

I very much hope all goes well for him Primrose, you have a lot to cope with.

Sending the very best wishes to your family and a speedy recovery to your son. Let's hope that more money for research into all cancers is forthcoming. I watched the channel 4 programme last night and with people like the oncologist who is working so hard on an injection against lung cancer I think the future should look brighter.She was inspirational .

Sending you every positive wish for a successful recovery for your son, Primrose.
I lost a family member to this awful disease. The trajectory from diagnosis to end was dismayingly fast.
I am so pleased to see how many amazing advances are being made in our understanding of, and treatments for, cancer.

So sorry this is a worrying time, so fortunate to have had the opportunity to get the operation as hard as it is.
I wish him well and gentle hugs all around.

Glad to hear your son is doing well, I lost my darling older brother to this horrible cancer at the end of April-I am heartbroken, he had the Whipple operation-which I assume is what your son had?-chemo, radiotherapy etc-and lived for 3 years after his initial diagnosis-but not all of the tumour was removed, we knew it would come back eventually. He was only 69, and was very let down by a lot of health professionals-I am no fan of the NHS, so many mistakes were made. Now I'm worried about his identical twin, but have little faith in doctors etc.

Very best wishes to you and your family. What a worry for you all. Your poor son must still be reeling from the physical and emotional stress of it all.

I have a dear friend who had a similar operation at Addenbrookes just over a year ago. She also had colon cancer, which they removed at the same time. She is mid seventies and very overweight! It is amazing what surgeons and anaesthetists can do. The operation went very well with a few hiccups in the first couple of weeks and then great progress. I hope your son continues to make a good recovery.

Thank you all for your kind words.

Here is the link to Pancreatic Cancer UK site.

www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/

I sincerely hope that your son makes a full recovery. Thank you for bringing our attention to all the symptoms. I have lost two dear friends to he disease. The only symptom one friend had was unusual tiredness which she initially put down to her diabetes and other health problems and by the time it was diagnosed she was dead within 6 weeks. My other friend was initially diagnosed with gall bladder problems which turned out to be pancreatic cancer. Her symptoms were fatigue, weight loss and some digestive problems but quite vague. Unfortunately, it had gone too far and again she died within 6 weeks. I think it is one of these cancers that there isn't enough publicity about.

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I sincerely hope that your son makes a full recovery. Thank you for bringing our attention to all the symptoms. I have lost two dear friends to he disease. The only symptom one friend had was unusual tiredness which she initially put down to her diabetes and other health problems and by the time it was diagnosed she was dead within 6 weeks. My other friend was initially diagnosed with gall bladder problems which turned out to be pancreatic cancer. Her symptoms were fatigue, weight loss and some digestive problems but quite vague. Unfortunately, it had gone too far and again she died within 6 weeks. I think it is one of these cancers that there isn't enough publicity about.

Very sorry to hear about your friends.

Pancreatic cancer is just awful. My son has not seen a Dr for 20 years, is never ill, is fit and cycles miles every day all year round. He never had any pains and felt perfectly normal. His only symptom was he suddenly had a yellowish tinge to his skin. It is really scary that you can have PC with hardly a symptom. That’s why so many people are diagnosed too late.

Oh my, Primrose you have had so much to cope with and now this. My heart goes out to you.
Thank goodness your son was caught in time. A lifetime friend of mine died of pancreatic cancer last year. It really is a cancer that needs to be caught early but sadly many don’t get symptoms until it is too late.
Wishing your son all the best.
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I have pmd you Primrose

I hope your son makes a full recovery Primrose.

Pancreatic cancer has such a dire prognosis. A Spanish friend of ours was operated upon in Málaga hospital last summer after chemotherapy first to shrink the tumour. He had subsequent chemotherapy for months afterwards but very sadly died a month ago, at the age of only 52.

I fervently hope your son has a better chance at life Primrose53 by the renowned Addenbrooks.

Your son has been given the best possible chance.
I hope the outcome will be a full recovery.

It was brave of you to post the Awareness Day message.

The chances are so much better if this is diagnosed early, as has happened to Primrose's son and to my relative who was older at the time of diagnosis and surgery.
He subsequently lived until his late 80s.

There is hope, Primrose and well done for posting about Awareness Day. The more people aware of the symptoms the better.

Don't be fobbed off by a GP either, if you are worried about yourself or someone you know.

Wishing the very best for your son's recovery, Primrose x

My husband had the same operation in 2017, a Whipple procedure. His tumour was in the ampulla at the opening to the pancreas. His symptoms were indigestion followed by jaundice. He had six months of chemo on a clinical trial at the Christie in Manchester and that trial protocol is now the standard treatment.
I am very happy to confirm the he is still well and cancer free. I wish your son all the very best in his recovery and you and your family the strength to support him. x

I lost my husband with this deadly disease.
I wish your son a complete recovery.
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I'm so hopefull if caught earlier enough it can be cured. My mother was diagnosed in 1984 and was sent home to die as no cure, a 10 month painful death at 58 years old. It is shocking that younger people are now getting it I hope they find/research a screening system that spots it early. It's s very cruel cancer.