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If you are concerned about the direction or lack of from your doctors, by all means get another opinion from a GI team that handles cancer patients. But either way, look forward. Ask for patient support referral so that you can talk and find and a better place mentally. Your daughter needs a relaxed mother to keep making her feel relaxed. Let us know what you find out. Ask for the Pancreatic Cancer marker test, CA19-9. It is used to measure treatment progress but getting a baseline could help you as well...normals are usually 0-40, depending on the labs doing the test.

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Thank you so much for the response. Depending upon the results of the elastase test, I do plan to have Roswell Park give me a second opinion. I did ask my PCP for some cancer marker tests but she has refused so far, as has my GI specialist. Despite my continued weight loss, I believe they are both brushing me off simply because I also have an anxiety disorder, which is unfair and frustrating. My body seems to be wasting away, and not having any answers is terrifying.

May I ask about your own cancer journey? What were your symptoms and treatment experiences?