Hello, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April of 2026 at the age of 56. I was having stomach pains for a few months. My Dr said it was heartburn and scheduled a upper endoscopy. But it was 3 months out. Pain was getting worse finally ordered an MRI and found a large tumor around my duodenum closing it off. With spots on my liver that were suspicious of cancer. They did a biopsy on the tumor and it was cancerous. They didn't biopsy my liver because of the location they felt they were to hard to get at. I started chemo treatments May 20th 2026. The first round hit me hard. I ended up in the hospital 3 days after treatment. I couldn't eat and what I did eat I vomited out. They found my duodenum was almost completely closed. They did an emergency procedure and put in 3 stents to open things up so I could eat. I ended up spending 9 days in the hospital. I also lost 50lbs and I wasn't heavy to begin with. I lost so much strength. With the stents they put in they put me on a strict diet. No fruits or vegetables nothing fiber. Basically the only meat I can eat is ground meat. That has made trying to gain weight hard. I have gained about 8 pounds back in the last 3 months. I'm on round 9 of chemo now. Each time gets a little better. I'm hoping to be able to go back to work in a few weeks. I have been off since May. I have been getting treated at my local cancer center. Next week I go to the Mayo clinic to get their opinion. My Dr says they won't do surgery because of the mutation into my liver. That means I have to live with the stents. My last PET scan showed nothing changed and nothing new. I'm scheduled for my second one in 3 weeks. Hopefully it will show progress. I have all the same issues that most people have that I have been reading. Stomach pains, gas, diarrhea, nausea, constipation. My taste buds are so bad nothing tastes good anymore. Even water is hard to drink. I Force myself to eat and drink because I know I need to.