Thank you for sharing your story. My mom was recently diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. I work at the cancer center where she became a patient. She also tried chemotherapy. Had 2 rounds but became to weak and the recent CT showed cancer had spread much more, liver and lungs. She is in the room next to me right now, sleeping. I just started FMLA on January 17th 2022. That is the day I came home and moved back in to care for her. We only live 45 minutes apart. My mom is 77 and I am 57. She has been my life long companion, best friend and most amazing mother. She just goes from the bed to the couch now. She is completely exhausted and so weak but is in no pain and no nausea. She doesn't eat or drink much. I'm trying to figure out how this works, like how will she decline.. what symptom will she present? What am I to expect? The tides are going to turn here soon I suspect. Her doctor felt she would pass the end of this month but she is still here and I am so thankful. We have amazing talks. I'm going to miss her terribly. 😢

I lost my mom to pancreatic cancer on October 17,2020. It took her in 4 months. My life and my world is completely changed, I miss her everyday.

My beautiful wonderful angelic mother passed this week with Pancreatic Cancer. The pain is all encompassing. Neil Young lyrics "my life's changing in so many ways, I don't know who to trust anymore. There's a darkness running through my life like a beggar going from door to door*. Mum was let down by the medical world. I was there when she drew her last breath. My life has forever changed. I never knew sadness till now.

I know this feeling it was so hard to watch my mom decline before she died I was with her everyday I miss my mom

Thank you for sharing your story. I just lost my mom to Pancreatic Cancer this month and it really is a different kind of pain.

@vo1ce3choed

2 жыл бұрын

My mom just got diagnosed with PC I'm trying to deal with it all.

@angeleyes79gs

2 жыл бұрын

I lost her to PC in 2020...the world looks smaller without her. Im so sorry you felt this loss too.

@Flamingo5959

6 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss 🙏 RIP

Thank you for sharing your story. I have been caring for my Grandma who has PC and this has been the worst year ever.

I lost my best friend since kindergarten in 2016 to pancreatic/ liver cancer. I lost my mom in 21 due to breast and lung cancer. Both of my best friends in the world are gone. It’s a terribly lonely feeling. Sending my love to all struggling with cancer and all of the loved ones that must witness it. Cancer stinks.

@project_purple

Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss

I'm so sorry for your loss. You're are a wonderful daughter. I wish everyone could have such wonderful family support.

Thank you for sharing your story, I watched this holding my tears back. My husband was not feeling well back in March 2019 went to the doctors and they sent him off for a blood test and ultrasound then two days later when we went back to the doctor they said he had to go to hospital because his liver levels were to high. 3 days later while in hospital the doctor come and seen us and said be prepared for 90% change it’s not good news. A week later he had a whipples surgery and a weeks later we finally found out it was pancreatic cancer and sent 8 weeks in hospital and then a month later he final started chemo, he finished 6 months of chemo on Christmas Eve 2019. Then 6 months later we found out it come back and it was terminal this time so now he is fighting as much as he can and we are making family memories while he is still with us. Sending all My love and hugs to you

@misscall_callmenow

2 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear this about your husband and I hope that he pulls through this. Keep looking for any trials. I saw a pancreatic cancer survivor talk about some trial she did at Penn but anyway hope he's doing better.

Thank you for sharing your story. As I type this I’m sitting with my 53 yr old wife in the hospital due to high and unexplained fever. Was dx last dec 4th 2020 with pancreatic cancer that was caught early and sounded like great chances this could be removed because it was caught early, but after 6 months of chemo, whipples procedure, then radiation it has come back and spread to numerous places especially her liver. It is now stage 4 and she has been sick since starting 2 rounds of chemo. We had some tough discussions about doing or finishing chemo and this really helped. Like your mom my wife was a fighter and has so much to give and wonderful mother, daughter and spouse. Thank you again and pray for comfort and understanding and that continued strength.

@guruprasad7184

2 жыл бұрын

At what stage it was diagnosed initially??

@brucelloyd4374

2 жыл бұрын

Stage 2. Sad to say but my lovely wife, mother of two young ladies, daughter, and sister has left this earth on June 1st. She never gave up and fought a good fight for the last 1.5 yrs. She is so missed. Love you!

@guruprasad7184

2 жыл бұрын

@@brucelloyd4374 bruce , i m so sorry, and i m with you..even i lost muly most loved one due to this disease april 8th within 4 months of diagnosis. You are luckier than me you spent 1.5 yr. Please stay in touch with me. May i know what caused she left us in the last??? And did u give any immunotherapy?

omg they diagnosed my dad today and it has spread to his stomache

I totally understand. I’m so sorry.

Strange that this popped up in my recommendations on the 6th anniversary of my mom’s passing due to pc. She had been having symptoms for two years but wasn’t officially diagnosed with cancer until a week before her death. I do believe it was the chemo that killed her. I am still so angry with her doctors and myself. I should’ve been a better advocate. I think it’s especially hard for women to be taken seriously by doctors, from observing her experience and my own. RIP to our sweet moms.

@birdenthusiast2095

Жыл бұрын

My mother passed from lung cancer. Not a smoker. Chemo hastened her death. After her first round the cancer exploded. She passed 10 weeks from diagnosis.

This video hits home hard. My mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer August 24th of this year and just had a portion of her pancreas removed Sept 21st. The doctors believed they got it all, however recommend she do chemo. My mother has made the choice to not do chemotherapy and it’s very hard for me to accept it, because like Gina’s family, I see it as a route to really fight for it. This video has helped me slightly accept my moms choice so that she can have a better and happier quality of life, and what she’ll have left of it. It’s incredible how high it’s mortality rate is...it’s devastating. Thank you for posting this video.

@ginafranco1117

5 жыл бұрын

so sorry to hear this. I am thinking of you and praying for your mom!

@angellopezz1639

2 жыл бұрын

Damn homegirl I’m soooo sorry man that hurts

I have not been diagnosed yet.. It has been a steady fight with the GP about taking it seriously.. lost weight without trying. 8 weeks ago abdominal pain started.. 5.5 weeks ago back pain settled in. I have had weird prediabetic symptoms for 3.5 weeks which the GP has not reacted upon even though i contacted them many times.. I have a past been working with radioactivity (15 years ago). which fits the time development o PC. It has probably spread to the lymph system and the periniel tissue... Might even have spread to the spine. THough my calcium count and CRP have been ok,, (calcium count was 4 weeks old but CRP was from sunday.) I am 100% convinced this is PC.. I had blood work done 4 weeks ago that came out negative. I have taken enzymes with every meal for 11 days to keep a steady weight. Take vitamins and iron just to stay as heatlhy as possible.. I am signed up for a CT scan but there is a waiting list .. I have two kids,, 4 and 7.. And have been a wreck for 5 weeks now,, and is on antidepressents. I am not sure I will have to wait two weeks for a diagnosis.. I have felt a slight fever the last two days and my urine production the last weeks have increased.

I lost my mom May 20th 2021 to PC. She was on hospice for about 3 weeks.

Very sorry that cancer is so deadly even if it’s caught early you have very little chance we need a cure

It’s hard. I was my mothers caregiver for the last months. We had lost my younger brother a few years before they found moms cancer. So. I was alone with her. My husband and children circled in and out but the hospice team had to make me take a break in another room. I had been sleeping in a chair next to her for weeks. The first time I fell asleep. The nurse came to wake me. It was almost time. I was strong until I felt her heart stop. Then I cried like a baby for my mamma. It never gets easier. I get it. It does change though. Hard to put into words. The more time that passes the more I have to tell her. She’s not there. So I still talk to her. It’s just one sided now. I guess what her advice would be and follow my heart. Until we meet again. It will be a glorious day.

I lost my mom in 2022, 22nd of August.. The most loving, beautiful, wonderful, fighter. So soft so strong and she deteriorated so quickly. Almost 8 months has passed, but it feels like 8 minutes.. the pain the missing, the longing is beyond words excruciating. I miss her every second of every day. I left everything and moved in with her right away when the cancer came but l still have so much guilt for so many things. Wish I did this or that. And the guilt is the worst part, because it takes away from all the good memories. I need to let things go, but l cant because she was the absolute love of my life, my soulmate. And I am utterly lost, broken and useless without her. I just want to die and go be with her.. but have responsibilities here. Its so hard, and so devastating. My mom died so young too at the age of 68 .. so unfair.

@project_purple

Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss, Ela. Wishing you love and peace. There is a lot to live for and your mom lives on in you and through you. You are stronger than you know and we wish you continued strength 💜

@elaa1934

Жыл бұрын

@@project_purple thank you for your kind words. They mean alot and I appreciate you taking the time.. really thank you! I hope I am worthy of having had her in my life and can carry on gracefully as she would have wished. Thank you

I lost my wife last night from pancreatic cancer stage 4. I think I'm broken. Life sort of beat me down these last few months. She is resting now. No more pain, somehow I'm relieved. I feel I'll never have respite from this pain. Day by day, I guess. Will this pain ever go away? I feel compelled to speak out about this deadly disease.

@project_purple

2 жыл бұрын

Alex so sorry for your loss. If you want to share your story feel free to reach out to the team at Project Purple. We can also connect you with others that have gone through the same thing unfortunately. Sending positive thoughts and a hug.

@stacylbrewer

Жыл бұрын

Alex, I am so sorry for your loss. My wonderful, beautiful husband was recently diagnosed with PC. He is 55 yrs old. My heart is breaking.

❤

Hello mom my mom is fighting the pancreatic stage 4,,, plsss help my mom,,,

@karladouglas861

Жыл бұрын

Sending prayers your way

@project_purple

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lea, sending positivity and love to you and your mom. We actually have a patient financial aid program that might help with some expenses which you can have her apply for here: www.projectpurple.org/ways-we-help/pancreatic-cancer-patient-financial-aid/

Thank You for sharing your story Gina. I lost my 36 year old daughter a month ago from Pancreatic cancer. By the time she was diagnosed she only had two months left. She leaves behind 2 young children and a husband. From what I've been reading online it seems like Pancreatic cancer typically gets too established before diagnosis. By then it's nearly impossible to treat it. Are there certain early symptoms that you know about which people should look out for?

@project_purple

2 жыл бұрын

Todd - sorry for your loss. The signs and symptoms are very vague - lower back pain, abdominal pain, rapid weight loss, weird bowl movements and yellowing of the eyes to name a few. The tricky part is their is no early detection like other cancers. If someone doesn't feel right they really need to become their loudest advocate with their health care professional.

@ninanicolai7170

2 жыл бұрын

First sign for me was a full 3 months before diagnosis, inability to eat. Within 6 bites of food, felt super full. Also, a weird disorientation esp in the morning. I couldn’t figure out why I was slightly dizzy and anxious. 3 months later, stage 4 pancreatic cancer with less than 6 months to live. The clock has been ticking since April 1st, 2022. Opted out on chemo, getting sicker every day. I still feel I made the right decision to not do chemo. Cancer had already spread to liver, lungs, and adrenal gland.

@andersbarfodsvaneskolan9378

2 ай бұрын

@@ninanicolai7170 I hear you.. Been more than 8 weeks with abdominal pain.. 5 weeks of back pain.. weird stool.. lost weight over the course of a year with most of the loss in the last three months. not been diagnosed yet. i am fighting the GP about this for 4 weeks.. submission now for a CT scan.. To little to late.. went through a useless gastroscopic investigation which was useless. I said to the doctor last wednesday that i need a ct scan. I have been eating enzymes with every meal for 12 days now which seem to have stabilized my weight. I have started to pee more and have felt a slight fever the last two days. slept really bad for two weeks now... been on antidepressants for 3 weeks now fighting anxiety.. Have two kids at the age of 4 and 7.. I have not been looking at my stool before my abdominal pain started.. and yes the stool fits the bill.. I am extermely gassy as well.. Why the GP has stalled so much was that blood work on the 24/4 showed no signs of cancer... pancreatic amylas levels were normal ,, c19-9 was normal.. THe worst part.. I did work with radioactivity 15 years ago and at one occasion now that i got a larger dose at one occasion. my abdomen was not protected.. Though i worked with beta radioation i still think more protection of the abdomen should be required..

Sorry 😞

@briankromer5863

2 жыл бұрын

I have chronic pancreatitis, necrosis of pancreas, cyst on it, all cause by hyper triglycerides!! I went through crap for 7 yrs,, all kinda meds, electric therapy and finally a pain pump! I went from 300 pounds to 160 before i was put on feeding tubes for 2 yrs,,, although no cancer, i know this disease sucks

What was her symptoms? Thanks

@project_purple

Жыл бұрын

This was recorded a while back so from memory, I'm not sure what Donna's exact symptoms were. However, here is some general info: www.projectpurple.org/pancreatic-cancer-symptoms/

Piano driving me 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

@denisepaulsenful

Жыл бұрын

Yeah why the piano

I hope you healed a lil bit.

My team has been successfully treating pancreatic cancer with cannabis oil.