My name is Rachel, and I was diagnosed with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma on April 25 of this year after a hospitalization due to my bile duct being blocked by the cyst in the head of my pancreas. I had a stent placed for proper drainage during ERPC. 3 weeks later I was back to the emergency room and had a larger stent placed, followed by 14 days of antibiotics through my pic line to eliminate all the infection in my body. I then began evaluation at Mayo Rochester the first of June and began folfirinox two weeks later at a local oncology center in Missouri. My CA19-9 number shrunk from 13,500 in June to 1753 after 10 rounds of chemo. I am now at Mayo receiving 15 radiation treatments to prepare me for surgery. I am very thankful for my care here. Though I dread the Whipple, I am thankful that I should be a candidate for that surgery.