@sheridanb I’m so sorry for the loss of your husband. My mom was just diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in December of this year after landing in the ER with what she thought was a bad pulled muscle. She has a high pain threshold. They initially thought she had lung cancer as X-ray showed a tumor in her lung and then they saw the tumor on her cervical spine. She had a spinal fusion and then radiation. Long story short she had to have a kyphoplasty to her L1 as the cancer then spread to her lower spine. You don’t seem to hear of many stage 4 pancreatic cancer patients where it has spread to the lung and bone but not the liver. She just started Daraxonraspid after having chemo induced toxicity from FOLFIRINOX. We are hopeful this will help shrink the tumors in her spine and give her some relief from pain.
My recommendation to anyone going through this is to get a second opinion at a larger hospital known for pancreatic treatment.