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Anyone on Gemcitabine with Abraxane? How long? Effective?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Nov 22, 2023 | Replies (157)
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@scalettasandy

Thank you for taking the time to respond. It seems every time at try to investigate things that I hear that happens to pancreatic cancer patients the more panicked I become! I can’t sleep because it all is so darn scary and painful and I’m all alone here. I’m looking like a walking bald skeleton and to be honest can’t figure out how go on knowing some of the horrendous things coming! I was diagnosed in March and have done nothing but cry, panic , not sleep, can’t eat anything anymore unless I want to spend a couple hours in the bathroom. I just don’t know what to do. I’m sorry, I’m just at the end of my rope how scary this is

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jk77 | @jk77 | Oct 31, 2023

@scalettasandy : Hi. I live alone, I have no family nearby, and my closest friends are 200+ mi. away, so I empathize.

Until recently, I had a longtime therapist, and she was a great support. (She retired, which had been in the works for two years; not a surprise, therefore, but bad timing for me.)

My hospital's cancer center has a social worker who has been a great support in various ways; she's an LCSW, so she could provide a few sessions of therapy, and she has put me in touch with the Behavioral Health unit at the hospital, with the goal of my having short-term psychotherapy support (3 mos. is their limit) if I want it. I'm not sure whether I do, but I'm glad it's a possibility.

This is a lousy time to be without support, and I feel for you. Might your hospital be able to help in these, or other, ways?

ETA: If any of your relatives live near a bigger / better hospital, might you be able to move in with them for a few months?

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