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@cjcurtis Hi and welcome to Mayo Connect. Your questions are very understandable. What is your husband's diagnosis? What chemotherapy is he taking?

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@tomrennie My husband was diagnosed in March 2026 (after months of tests and scopes,etc. that were inconclusive) with pancreatic adenocarcinoma with spread to adjacent lymph nodes. He also has an obstructing mass in his duodenum which required placement of a stent. He began chemo in the hospital a month ago, and has just completed his third infusion. We are hoping the tumors can be shrunk enough to allow surgery, but at this point it’s doubtful. We are anxious for results of the first scan to check progress. But that’s still a ways off.

@tomrennie I forgot to answer that his chemo “cocktail “ is Gemcitabine and Abraxane. Anyone else had success with this combination, or any comments on what we can expect? My husband has experienced extreme fatigue and nausea thus far, and after infusion no. 3, we are seeing hair loss.