My cancer timeline:
April 2020 - diagnosed with #PancreaticCancer in the ER
May 2020 - Whipple
June-Nov 2020 - chemo
Dec 2020 - remission
July 2021 - recurrence.. now terminal
August - Nov 2021 - chemo (did not work)
Jan 2022 - begin clinical trial
@ThanksCancer#stage4
@CancerFinalGirl@deb_maes61 I told my husband of 20years that He had fulfilled his duty “in sickness and in health” better than I ever could have hoped for.
@BSBreastCancer MB Shannon is a friend of mine and an incredible writer. Available on Amazon. No audio book yet, but the paperback is a quality item!!
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Racing the clock with #stage4#PancreaticCancer it is all about time… wanting more… fighting for it… feeling the weight of time… having no idea how long I have, only knowing that I don’t have long. It’s a lot. ❤️💜
Remembering to breathe while testing to see if I can get accepted in a clinical trial. The trial is “first time in humans” which means it may contain the miracle I seek: more time 💜 #PancreaticCancer@pmcancercentre#Clinicaltrial#stage4
@truth_for_tmrw@pmcancercentre@letswinpc @PanCancerCanada Thank you! I’m okay here… in a bit of a holding pattern as I wait for a trial space to open up with my name on it! I have began screening on 2, so 🙏❤️🤞
Agreed, @CancerFinalGirl! My first attempt into the e online support community was a stage 4 #PancreaticCancer support group that had a LOT of people joining to share their grief over a loved one’s passing. Very triggering! Loved ones need support, but it was the wrong forum.
Just a reminder: cancer support groups are not an appropriate place for caregivers to discuss:
1. How annoying their partner with #cancer is
2. How they are the real victim for having to take care of a loved one.
3. How they are thinking about abandoning their sick family members
Before my sudden cancer diagnosis, my life was all about being a #mother … to the best of my ability… now, with #terminalcancer it’s all about preparing my daughters for life to continue as fully as possible once I go. This sucks. #PancreaticCancer
In terms of my #stage4#PancreaticCancer treatment: I am still on a pause with the #clinicaltrial drug while we address the internal bleed that remains. I have faith in my team at @pmcancercentre and a good feeling that things will improve 🧵 1/3
I am ready to resolve this bleed, and resume the clinical trial. I am optimistic that I will get more time to live my life with those I absolutely LOVE. I won’t survive this cancer, but I am still here… and I am ready to do WHATEVER IT TAKES 🧵3/3
I had radiation on a metastatic tumour in my colon and take a drug called Sulcrate 4x/day for the stomach bleed. We now investigate the liver stent placed in January to see if it is causing a bleed for me and if so, we replace. 🧵2/3
This Mother’s Day, I am sending love to all of the mothers who are fighting cancer, to the mothers like me who are fighting a losing battle, and to those who could not become mothers because of cancer. ❤️#PancreaticCancer#MothersDay2022