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Started chemo for pancreatic cancer and already want to quit
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Nov 28, 2023 | Replies (52)Comment receiving replies
tnt,
You have been given some great advice, above.
You did not provide information relating to your sister's condition that might be helpful ... specifics of the pancreatic cancer, stage of the cancer, where she is being treated, specifics re type of chemotherapy, her age, physical condition, etc - all these bear on any decision she might make.
If she is not being assessed and treated at a center of excellence, she should be. Local medical facilities are usually not capable of advanced care. If necessary, while difficult, please consider relocating her so she can be treated at one of these facilities.
There are circumstances where age, condition, specifics of the cancer, and stage might indicate non-treatment - please work with a center of excellence in this determination.
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hello sorry about my delay in responding, my sister is 58,has stage 4 metatastic, her first treatment was awful, her chemo is gemcitabine 1600mg, abraxane ivpbv200mg 40 ml,and she is doing a trial drug called elarglusib (9-ing-41). I don't know if all of these drugs that she took during her 1st treatment helped or not,but they completely knocked her out for several days and when she did get up she wanted to lay right back down. it's really hard seeing her like this, and she is suppose to go through this through June of next year every single week,and only feeling better and still not 100 percent 2 out of the 7 days a week, before she repeats the vicious circle again, it's gonna be hard for me to push her to go through all this, when I'm not sure it's worth it myself it seems to me that she is trading alot of good days for extra time on earth to suffer more...p.s. she is also losing to much weight and has such a restricted diet because she is also diabetic now. thank you for chatting with me it helps to talk to someone who has or who is going through the same thing she is. glad this group is here and so hopeful, god bless you all