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@chiwivalencia

Hi Colleen. I just found this group and I'm hoping the members can give me and my husband some insight on PC Stage 4. Its for my father in law who we moved into our home to SoCal from the mayo clinic in Scottsdale. his insurance didn't cover him for further treatment there (unfortunately) . He is 62 and diagnosed July 18th. Port put in for chemo Aug 18th and still no chemo. He has NO appetite and getting him to drink water or anything is Next to impossible. pain is horrible and watching him suffer is just heartbreaking. Any ideas on how to get him to eat something, or pain tolerance? Our next step is the ER & hope he gets admitted to at least get an IV into him with fluids......

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@chiwivalencia
You need to get him into a National Cancer Institute hospital with pancreatic specialty. You didn't say what aspect of his insurance wouldn't cover Mayo treatments. You said he wasn't on chemo yet so what was Mayo doing for him? My wife started chemo the day after installing the port so that shouldn't have delayed chemo.

Good luck.