Itching at night, many people often think this is just a normal symptom. However, when experiencing this symptom, a middle-aged woman went to the doctor and the doctor informed her that she only had about 8 months to live.
Specifically, a middle-aged woman often woke up in the middle of the night with an unbearable itching feeling all over her body. Unexpectedly, when she went to the doctor, she was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic c*ncer. Doctors estimated that she might only have 8 to 11 months to live.
Accordingly, Ms. Barbara Green started having itching symptoms from July 2022. Before that, she had no health problems and led an active lifestyle, often traveling around the world, practicing yoga and walking every day. The itching made her feel uncomfortable, but Barbara thought it was just a dermatological problem so she wasn’t too worried.
Besides itching, Ms. Green had never before felt any pain or abnormality, enough to detect the disease.
However, the itching lasted for months, like thousands of insect bites spreading throughout the body. Worried, Barbara decided to see a doctor, hoping to be prescribed a medicine or cream to relieve this condition. At her appointment, she also reported additional symptoms of dark urine and light-colored stools.
The doctor ordered a biopsy and discovered that Barbara’s liver enzymes were dangerously high. A CT scan a few days later showed a tumor on the pancreas, already at stage 4, metastasizing to the omentum in the abdomen. Therefore, Ms. Green cannot perform surgery.
She quickly started chemotherapy and luckily responded well to the medication. The tumor has since shrunk to the point where it is almost invisible on scans.
Ms. Green began maintenance treatment with oral medications, instead of chemotherapy. It has been 15 months since she was told she had less than a year to live. After endless appointments with the doctor, she pays more attention to regular health checks.
