@brookie82 , My 85-year old father has similar medical conditions to yours. He started immunotherapy last August for a different type of cancer, and had to stop in December. Aside from "giving it the old college try" to find out, he wishes he had never started it. So he and I make two people who fully understand and support your decision!

As many have pointed out, everyone is different. I'm thrilled you still feel well 6 months after diagnosis. Do you have more recent imaging or other test result to indicate if you are even still at Stage 1, or have advanced since then?

My pancreatic cancer was caught at Stage 2, in the head of my pancreas, after blocking my common bile duct. Symptoms and signs in order were: increasing liver enzymes, weight loss, stool & urine changes, minor jaundice in eyes, jaundice becoming noticeable in skin color, and then... the itching!

Those symptoms & signs evolved over a period of about 3 months. My surgeon estimated the tumor had been growing about two years to reach that point, although we have no real way to confirm it. An "easy" procedure (compared to Whipple) to take a biopsy sample was the EUS/ERCP, during which they inserted a stent to open my bile duct. That relieved the jaundice and itching until my Whipple surgery 8 months later, and should probably be an option for you if you need it.

Wishing you the best!