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Condition: Pancreatic Cancer

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About Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer is malignancy of the pancreas causing digestive dysfunction and often requiring exploratory surgery for a proper diagnosis. Patients with pancreatic cancer may experience jaundice, abdominal pain, or abnormal weight loss. The cause of Pancreatic Cancer is unknown, however cigarette smoking has been strongly related to the disease.

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weak dizzy sometimes jittery2/25/2012 at 08:48 AM
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Tell other people with Pancreatic Cancer that this symptom is similar. How much is - it affect your daily life? That can someone newly diagnosed wait?2/24/2012 at 05:33 AM
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Started on chem and radiation four months after the whipple. I was weak with no energy and it was all I could do to drag myself to radiation every day. I wore a chemo bag M-F in a fanny pack. The medication would run out on Fridays so they would unhook me and I would have the weekend to shower, wash hair, etc. then get hooked up again on Monday. Half way through the month, I was violently ill, had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital where I stayed for four days. I did this for a whole month. I had two months off and started a 6 month stint of chemo one day a week. My blood levels would get too low for them to administer the chemo, usually by the third week and I would be sent home with a shot of Neupegen. I would take the chemo over this shot any day. Its purpose was to stimulate my body to make RBC. My body would hurt for 36 hours...it felt like a truck ran over me. I would lay in the bath tub for hours as that was the only way to calm my body and my respiration. I was also sick a lot, not being able to hold food down. I did go back to work, 40+ hours, but it was hard. I6/12/2010 at 08:54 PM
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The whipple was difficult to recover from. I had a difficult time keeping any food down, which continued for several months. I am glad that I am young (under 50) which allowed for faster (?) recovery. I am not sure I would recommend the surgery for an older person...6/12/2010 at 08:47 PM
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Last updated on Jan 29 2012 at 16:48
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