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Hi - I was diagnosed due to an incidental CT chest exam on December 9th. It was a tail cancer. Adenocarcinoma. 4 cm. Two weeks later I had surgery to remove the tumor and my spleen. Robotic surgery. The CT abdomen exam before surgery showed no spread. 21 lymph nodes were tested post surgery with no cancer indicated. My CT 19-9 test pre surgery was 232, post surgery (two weeks after) it was 7.7. I was stage 1B. Post surgery recovery was good. All blood work normal. I just started chemo (FU-5 and others). Had first treatment on Feb 3, got Covid last week so 2nd one delayed until next week, then will be every two weeks after. 12 treatments in six months. Generally did well with first chemo. This week, back walking/working out 10,000 steps a day as I did pre cancer.

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@kfcrain FU-5 is Fluorouracil. It was part of the Folfirinox chemo mixture I was on and caused very bad mouth sores. My onc. prescribed something that is called "Magic Mouthwash". I was living on chicken noodle soup and losing quite a bit of weight and this stuff did help. You'll have to get it from a compounding pharmacy and it's perishable and must be kept in the 'fridge. If you get the mouth sores, I hope this helps.