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FDA approves new first line treatment option for metastatic pancreatic
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Feb 15 4:27pm | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
Hi. I’m 65 and have no other health issues and not even a family history of any type of cancer. They tell me this is “a fluke”. 😕 the hardest time for me was starting chemo while I had a severe bout of pancreatitis. Took months for me to feel like I was making headway.
Doing my best to stay on top of this but it is overwhelming at times. I try to push thru the chemo effects cuz I like being busy AND I feel better if I’m useful and productive. Can’t imagine actually working while dealing with this and those of you that do are my heroes!
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Hello @robee I too am trying to push through because I like to keep busy also. Being on chemo with pancreatitis, impressive! I got that as a side effect after my surgery and the pain was incredible! I have my own tiny environmental consulting business and have site visits about 1 hour away in driving time. My daughter is following in my major of environmental science and is my intern 1-2 days per week so she drives me to the sites. My son has been responsible for most of my at-home medical care and drives me the other days as I would have the strength to make the drives and do my monitoring. I only work up to 3 days per week up to 5 hours a day if you I’m include the report writing. I’m also on the Bolsa Chica Land Trust Board which is a pretty active group, but I love being involved in that! Some people say I should be resting, and my response is something irrevent like I’ll rest when the old ticker stops. Good luck to you as I’m seeing more and more outliers since 24 years ago when my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.