Just thought I would update on our journey after incidental discovery of 4 cm cancerous tumour in the tail of the pancreas last November. As I wrote before, my 73 year old husband was healthy, strong, with no symptoms. Oncology team prescribed 8X fulfirinox and 5FU, then surgery, then 4X fulfirinox after surgery recovery. He went through 8 chemos with few side effects, mild cold neuropathy, kept ahead of nausea with meds and walked 4 or 5 miles daily. Determination at its best. After a month they operated…11 and a half hours on the table, where they removed his pancreas from the ‘neck’ down, leaving the head of the pancreas, splenic artery, spleen, and a graft of his portal vein as the cancer was entangled around it. A dozen lymph nodes harvested. Big operation! Post surgery pathology showed chemo had done very little to the tumour (10% shrinkage) although contained any spread maybe. There were still live cancer cells within tumour upon removal. Good margins. One lymph node was cancerous but they did not seem concerned?! He recovered very well, no digestive or diabetic issues. Lost a total of 11 lbs. through whole ordeal. He has now golfing nine holes (walking) 2 months after surgery, living a normal life. Since surgery he has developed mild neuropathy in fingers, feet and calves. Bothersome at most. They said chemo side effects can develop for a year or more after treatment. It may go away, remain the same or get worse. As chemo did not really work and neuropathy started, he was told to decide whether the last 4X of chemo was wanted…. It didn’t work the first 8 times and would definitely contribute to more neuropathy. He chose to skip it and enjoy the summer. CT scan follow up in October. Until then we are living…grandchildren, friends, short trips. Truly blessed.