My husband was diagnosed in September 2022. He was a candidate for Whipple which was originally scheduled for September, 2022. Due to high CA-19 and size of tumor our oncologist and tumor board recommended 12 rounds of chemo, 8 pre surgery, 4 post surgery. He had the Whipple on Feb 15, 2023. by week 6 he started to feel like he was getting back to himself. By week 8 he had all drains and feeding tubes out, scar is healing well. He was staged at 2A and tumor markers and lymph nodes were clear, CA-19 was 14. We (optimistically) thought he would not have to do the remaining 4 chemo infusions, however it was still recommended due to tumor size (shrank some but not by alot) and some cells were live when tumor was removed and risk of microscopic cancer cells. He had his 1st of 4 infusions on 5/3 and will complete by 6/13. As you all know, this journey is hard, scary and alot of unknowns. This Mayo site has helped me alot over the past 9 months, I feel like you are all friends. Prayers to you all.

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