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Palliative Chemotherapy - your thoughts?

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Charleygirl5 Sun 12-Nov-23 13:21:56

Pancreatic cancer killed my MiL and she refused palliative care. It all happened so quickly that she was dead within a few weeks of diagnosis.

I personally would refuse because the side effects of chemo can be horrendous.

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MerylStreep Sun 12-Nov-23 13:20:21

My sister lived for 3 years after stopping chemotherapy.

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DamaskRose Sun 12-Nov-23 13:16:00

I have no experience, personal or secondhand, of this but I agree with the two previous posters …

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Grandmabatty Sun 12-Nov-23 13:12:06

My friend refused this because it would only have given her a matter of months. She'd already had a colostomy and she reckoned that was enough to deal with. Without chemo she died within two months.

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Primrose53 Sun 12-Nov-23 13:02:14

I know somebody who is currently refusing any treatment. She says she just wants to enjoy a last Christmas visiting her family. I can’t say I blame her to be honest. She is 80 and has had some surgery but wants no more.

I have lost 3 friends to pancreatic cancer and it is usually 3 months without treatment.

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gangy5 Sun 12-Nov-23 12:22:06

Have any of you come across this and what are your thoughts on this? I have a friend at the mo who has pancreatic cancer and has had this treatment offered to her. From personal experience I don't feel it is ever appropriate in this situation and is simply adding to the pain already being suffered.

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