What are we looking at?

Posted by lovemymom1 @lovemymom1, Sep 17 2:44pm

Hello, I am new here and needing some insight, hope in what we are up against.
My Mom who is 79 and otherwise healthy went to the ER for some abdominal pain. They did extensive test including MRI, CT with and w/o contract that revealed a mass on the pancrease and on the liver. The labs that were done the pancreas, ( which I am unsure what it is called) was very high, if I am correct normal is up to 135 and hers was in the mid 400's. She has had on and off cloudy/dark urine and has lost 20 pounds. All of this started about a month and a half ago.
She just had an upper endoscopy to get biopsies but the DR is pretty certain that it is cancer. She is scheduled to have a stent placed. So currently we are awaiting results but in the mean time my Mom has no appetite, she tries to eat light things but it's hard, she is getting weak and fatigued.
I have no idea where we are on this but is there hope for her? Looking up information it doesn't look good and I am so scared. Any advice or information is greatly appreciated. Thank you

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@lovemymom1

Oh wow I'm so sorry. Yes the health care is just so saturated right now an appointments are so hard to get into. We have a friend whose sister was just diagnosed with ALS and from the onset of her symptoms to her diagnosis it took 6 months for her to get into be seen. How was your brother doing today?

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My brother had his Whipple on August 16 he was at UCI hospital for three weeks then he’s been in kindred Hospital it’s a small hospital he is still there he will be released this week it’s been tough he still has the G-tube in for bile drainage from the stomach and he cannot eat much and he’s being fed through a feeding tube he’s lost all his strength from being bedridden all this time so not being able to eat and not getting up with physical therapy he’s in a very weak state and he is supposed to start chemo but we haven’t been able to see the oncologist or anything because he’s been in this place and he’s too weak for chemo because he has lost a lot of weight and he can’t walk

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Oh wow, I'm so very sorry about your brother, I sure hope and pray he can get enough strength for chemo. This disease is so awful. Thank you for sharing.

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