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Just diagnosed stage 1 pancreatic. Anyone treated without surgery?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Jan 25 5:39pm | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
My husband was just diagnosed with state 1B pancreatic cancer. He had Whipple surgery and home in about 9 days. He is 82 but was in excellent health and played golf about 3x/ week and always cut his on grass in the heat of Florida. He is trying to get stronger after loosing about 15+ lbs. Been to oncologist associated with Cleveland Clinic and will be starting chemo (gemcitabine via IV + Xeloda in pill form) for about 6 months. Three days on for 3 weeks and then week off. Any others with similar experience. We are told only about a 30% success rate.
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Hello @ctt1003, and welcome to the Pancreatic support group on Mayo Clinic Connect. We have many members on Connect who have been treated for pancreatic cancer, including @tomrennie, @marciak9, @mnewland99, @markymarkfl and many others. I hope that they will post with you and offer encouragment based on their own experiences.
How long ago was his Whipple procedure? Is he eating fairly well, or is he losing weight? We have a discussion group on Connect about eating after digestive tract surgery, which you might find helpful. Here is the link to that discussion group,
--How Do I Eat After Digestive Tract Surgery
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-do-i-eat-after-digestive-tract-surgery/
In this group, you will find many others who will discuss their eating plans after a Whipple procedure.
As this is your first post, please share, as you are comfortable doing so, a bit about your husband's journey with pancreatic cancer. Was he having symptoms, what type of diagnostic tests revealed his cancer? How is he feeling post-surgery?