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Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: 26 minutes ago | Replies (54)
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@monterrey1997
find a surgeon who does 100+ whipples a year. Its a tricky surgery.
I had read that advice and fortunately live near the Johns Hopkins hospital-world class surgeons AND team.
Only 25% of PC patients are even eligible for it, and it's the best hope for recovery. I'm 7+ years cancer free now
—probably for many reasons, starting with the surgery.
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@eabisme Seven years cancer free, that is wonderful! Can I ask what stage your cancer was? And besides the surgery, what other factors do you feel have helped you along the way?
I am cancer free now (was assessed stage 1B 15 months ago, had the Whipple 6/25, 12 rounds of Folfirinox last year) and now focusing daily on gratitude and positivity, exercise, etc, hoping to stay cancer free for as long as possible, or for forever! Right now I am in great health, enjoying every day, new grandmother (as of 2 months ago), and will have my debut book published before too long (book publishing journey is looooong - 😄). I am 72.