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Not locally advanced--it's actually stage 4

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: May 4, 2023 | Replies (29)
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I don't have the specifics yet. The laparoscopy will lead to staging and details. I don't know yet whether they'll test tissue samples to see which drug(s) the cells react too, but I hope they will. @tomrennie , Thanks for your reminder (same as earlier poster) about the stage simply being a label. I am working hard to keep that in mind!

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Turkey | @tomrennie | Apr 10, 2023

All good NCteacher. If they do tissue samples to see what drugs work, let me know. That sounds like a great idea. I didn't know that was possible.

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robee | @robee | Apr 10, 2023

Thanks for the reminder that “stage IV” is just a label. As someone who has never had any health issues, when I initially heard my diagnosis, that label was gut wrenching. And the doctor who delivered it did so brutally. And so did the initial oncologist.

I switched doctors. I’m well aware of the prognosis but I plan to fight this as long and hard as I can. I want doctors who will do the same-not doctors who just go thru the motions. I know I was very sick at the beginning (back in June 22) but looking back it was the pancreatitis that made me so sick the first 2-3 months as I started chemo. The chemo isn’t fun but I have been told I’m tolerating it and will do radiation soon. Except for chemo days the lack of stamina it brings, I feel fine.

I think with this cancer, second opinions are always helpful.

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