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Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Apr 1, 2023 | Replies (30)

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@kjrita

I am doing quite well. It took time to heal and to be patient with myself in my body, mind, will and emotions. I had to slowly surrender to wearing devices to successfully manage my blood sugar so that it was stable and not fluctuating so much. I wear a Dexcom G6 and use the older version of the Omnipod as my insulin pump. It's made it easier for me to manage, but it took time to adapt. I started with the G6 and about a year later adopted the insulin pump, but I have heard some people that jump right in. I am very methodical due to my analyst background, and I find it easier to not introduce too many things at one time. Here is a photo of me from a friend's summer party in August. If you look at my story on Mayo, you can see while I was doing well....I needed to get physically stronger again. You can do this! Your future is not written yet. Those are words that I live by. 🙂

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Beautiful picture on you @kjrita. I hope you'll upload it to your profile. It is a snapshot of hope for fellow pancreatic cancer members.

Hello @kjrita
Have you had an operation on 23/10/2018 at Mayo clinic by surgical oncologist Dr Mark Truty?
Did Mr Joel Streed publish your story "Aggressive Approach to Pancreatic Cancer Yields Outstanding Outcome" on 05/02/2020?
Would you mind to reply my question? Because I would like to make sure -you are the right person I am looking for.
I am living in Australia, I have the very similar problem on my pancreas like you had before, but I am 30 years older than you, I am looking for the right treatment.