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What a beautiful story and one I can clearly identify with as my ca19-9 was 13,900 up until about 2 weeks ago. I'm 68 and thriving and keeping as active as I can and will be attending my 50th high school reunion this Friday. I've been on the reunion committee via Zoom for several months now and went from an antigen of 11 for almost 6 months to a high of 13,900 and down to 4840. I too have pains that come and go which I know is the activity of the disease so I do not rest easy. I walk almost 2 miles each day and run my single-owned environmental consulting business which I've started the legal steps to hand down to my daughter. I'm scheduled to take a test this month which will guve a certification I've been trying for since 2024; crazy it might seem to others. That's the hope side of me since I am giving gem-abraxane another try, currently. I also have my bucket list, though not much left in it now as I've crossed off a lot since 2023 though I'm writing a small guide for pancreatic cancer patients thst will hopefully help others a bit even after I'm gone. I'm glad you and your husband are enjoying life together now and you are lucky there as my husband's back and neck are so riddled with arthritis now that the majority of his time is spent sleeping just to relieve the pain. But we had many years (since 1980) having carefree fun before we graduated from college and got our careers and settled down with kids, etc. I wish you and your husband well and applaud your approach and am praying for a cure for all of us with this disease.

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I hope you have a wonderful time at your 50th Reunion ! This has been a tough road to go down but I have to say that taking the Summer off from all of the Doctor's appointments
and Tests has been wonderful. We are not thinking about Cancer every day ! My husband was so depressed and just thinking about it all of the time. Now, we are seeing friends , going out for dinner and enjoying our kids and grandchildren. I have no idea what we will find in September when he goes back for a PET Scan and more blood work. He does get pain in several areas but it comes and goes and we don't dwell on it.
I hope you get your Certification ! Just keep Living ! Enjoy every precious minute you have.
I keep telling my Husband that none of us get out of this Life alive and no one knows when that time will come so live each day like it is your last and just Dance !