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First, I will tell you to stay off the internet. Treatment of pancreatic cancer, if you have it, has come very far! Chemo, in general, is not what it used to be. Pre-meds are given prior to the actual chemo which are targeted to greatly reduce the initial symptoms most expected like nausea, stomach discomfort, etc.
IF you receive a diagnosis of Pcan be sure to seek an opinion/2nd opinion at a Pancreatic Center of Excellence. These centers can be found by contacting pancan.org. When you do, they will want to do genetic testing and also tumor testing to provide the best treatment plan. These are very important; you need to know your profile. Think positive, know there is great hope and know there are many survivors as the survival rate is increasing!
Lastly, if your faith has waned; get right with God. Ultimately, He is the great physician and will put the right people in your path.
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Thankyou for all the information. While health care in KS is not cutting edge I am on Medicare and can go anywhere that accepts it. I have an update. They did open my ducts and took a brush biopsy for cells in the area that is pushing up against the duct. They are sure enough that a surgeon has been called in. As soon as they get the lab back from the brush biopsy will determine the next step. If no cancer cells are found another Endo will be done for a biopsy of the growth. Then if that comes back with no cancer cells I am all clear and that is my only out. The other is as soon as they find cancer cells either with the brush or 2nd endo biopsy they will determine if it primary or secondary. And depending on type they will either do surgery first or Chemo first. So, they feel sure enough to proceed as quickly as possible with a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. The surgeon said they remove everything then go back and reconnect it all. I thought Whipple was just for the tail or left side. I am not in a hurry to leave this place but I am not going into a ton of medical debt to stick around. They did do another CT scan looking for more growths and have not said what the results were yet. I am being discharged before the surgery guy was going to come and talk about that.
Thanks a ton for the help and I will restrict my internet research to this site,