I feel as good as I did before onset of illness. Made a complete recovery but it took a lot of effort, determination and perseverance. Recovery would have gone faster and a better quality of life sooner had my surgeon prescribed a pancrealipase. Once that occurred, my quality of life improved significantly ending GI tract symptoms for good.

Things which helped in achieving a better outcome was having been younger and physically fit to handle aggressive chemo. I had a healthy lifestyle since a teenager. I chose an NCI designated center of excellence with a pancreas program and having to travel there was not a deterrence. Members of my care team had a lot of experience with pancreatic cancer patients and my oncologist was open to my doing aggressive chemotherapy with Folfirinox.