← Return to Pancreatic cancer stage 4: Mom moved to palliative care

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There is no “cure” and her age seems to be a huge factor . Would be interested to know if anyone else who was in their 80s had this diagnosis
And what they did ?

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I’m 82 and was originally diagnosed with Stage 1B borderline resectable. I had five chemo treatments with the first two making me so sick I was hospitalized. The oncologist changed my chemo to to oxcipalantin, iretocin and fulfirinix and although I felt bad was able to tolerate. Then I had SBRT radiation, five treatments two a week to create a margin between the tumor and a blood vessel that the tumor was leaning on. Then I went for surgery to get the Whipple and hopefully get a few years to live. The surgeon got in and found that I had carcinomatosis and that tiny tumors were all over my peritonium! None had shown up on PET scan nor CT scans. He took six inches of my intestine and created a bypass around my pancreas so that I would be able to digest food in the future. He did not do the Whipple and said I had six to eight months. I feel good and I’m in God’s hands now. He did the surgery robotically and I had quick healing. I have chosen not to have chemo since it would only add four months to my life and those would be miserable. I’m praying that God will perform a miracle, but for now I’m enjoying feeling good and living a normal life for the time that God gives me.