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My husband has metastatic PC, badly missing support

Caregivers | Last Active: May 22, 2023 | Replies (11)

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@keepmoving2

@bigmaya Welcome to an amazing support team that no one wants to be on but once you are on it - we feel thankful. The Volunteer Mentors like Becky will help guide you to get resources. Similar caretakers like Amy @asugent will have your back and make great sounding boards. Within the Mayo blog, do some searching on pancreatic cancer to get insight and tips as to other caretakers' and patients' solutions to problems - stresses and issues can be reduced by both seeing that others have experienced similar issues and found ways to minimize them. I am a metastatic breast cancer "fighter" whose husband has been just terrific so I applaud you for reaching out. Sometimes a cancer patient feels that this is their journey, and hope to lessen the impact by not sharing. We keep working on our communication and finding ways to be "healthier" together even if it is a yoga class - yes my husband agreed to come - or trying some new foods. Or taking vitamins! Make sure you take care of yourself (just as much as you try to help your husband). Good luck and stay in touch!!

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Hello keepmoving2,
I hope you are feeling well, doing fine and l thank you for taking the time to write.
As l mentioned to Becky we don't have friends, family or neighbors we can count on. It's just the two of us. Our health fund provides some assistance such as social workers' visits but that's it. Due to the painful side effects my husband was put on fentanyl patches which have only partly helped with pain... but hugely affect his gastro system and quality of life. They make him moody, sleepy, he feels like walking on clouds but in a negative way, complains of a foggy brain... l asked the pain Dr. to get back to me.
I very much miss having some contacts... as l mentioned, there are a lot of topics to correspond about. Thank you💐