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@jerryc131 My husband had lost a ton of weight and not much of any appetite. We went through 6 months of testing and " Let's wait and see" only to be finally told by the Oncologist that she did not think this was Cancer. We switched hospitals ( Both of these are well known
Hospitals in Phila. ) and went to see a Doctor that specializes in Pancreatic Surgery. He did a Distal Pancreatectomy on my Husband. Tumor was in both body and tail of the Pancreas and in 14 of the 20 Lymph Nodes they removed. There were also masses in his lungs but they could not biopsy for 6 Months because he was too weak from the Surgery. Biopsy finally was done and confirmed for Pancreatic Cancer in the Lungs. He was already Stage 4 .

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@suelannon I felt my husband's diagnosis took so long. 9 months. Failed biopsy after biopsy. It's so difficult to watch this illness do what it does to our loved ones. At times I'm just speechless. I feel for you both.

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Damn, woman! That’s awful!! How are you two managing? Is he doing chemo? My husband is having his surgery at UVA. It’s supposed to be pretty good.
I’ll be praying for you two.
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