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Back pain: What symptom led to your pancreatic cancer diagnosis?

Posted by jennjames0128 @jennjames0128, May 18, 2022

My husband has a small lump in his pancreas that doctor has been following for a few years now. This last week he started having severe low back pain to the point that he could barely walk. We have an appointment to go to the doctor but it’s not for a couple of weeks. Just wondering could severe back low pain be associated and a symptom of the pancreatic issues?

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meecherz | @meecherz | Jun 1, 2022
In reply to @beachdog "@meecherz Since she's already been diagnosed and has recent CT, the radiologist should be able to..." + (show)
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@meecherz Since she's already been diagnosed and has recent CT, the radiologist should be able to tell if the tumor would cause back pain. My wife was very fit and thought she had a pulled muscle from workout or yoga but as a back pain sufferer myself I knew that it wasn't muscular. So did the family doc and GI doc. Has she been given a course of action? Chemo? Surgery?

PS, my wife's back pain went away after surgery so the tumor was causing the pain.

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Thank you for the info, I will ask them what they think. They project that she will have surgery followed by chemo x 6 months. Still in the process of scheduling the surgery date and pre-op testing.

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bellevillegirl | @bellevillegirl | Jun 10, 2022

The symptoms I had for my pancreatic cancer: dark urine and light yellow stools. I initially thought it might be a liver problem. I waited for a week for the symptoms to go away and immediately followed up with my MD when they didn't. Found out the pancreatic head tumor was blocking the bile duct.

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tpl | @tpl | Jun 10, 2022

I was diagnosed with Stage 2 pancreatic cancer in March 2022. My symptoms were almost identical as yours. In addition, I had very itchy skin many months before. I am receiving chemo treatments at Froedert Hospital in Milwaukee, WI

Did your MD insert a steel mesh stent to open the bile duct; the procedure is called ERCP?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jun 25, 2022
In reply to @meecherz "Thank you for the info, I will ask them what they think. They project that she..." + (show)
@meecherz

Thank you for the info, I will ask them what they think. They project that she will have surgery followed by chemo x 6 months. Still in the process of scheduling the surgery date and pre-op testing.

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@meecherz, did your mom have surgery? How are you both doing?

@bellevillegirl, I’m so glad you didn’t wait any longer with your symptoms and got to the bottom of what was going on. How long ago were you diagnosed with pancreatic cancer? What treatments did you or are you having?

Welcome @tpl. Did you have ERCP? Or are you looking to connect with others who have?

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Debbie | @iinvesnu | Jun 29, 2022

I had some lower stomach pain but nothing a few ibuprofen didn't help and light colored stools a few times
Started around Nov.2019. Had scans but they said all was fine. Continued to push and had scan Jan.6 2022 found out then family doctor called stating cancer was in the tail part of pancreas and had spread to liver.

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