I’m glad your mom is seemingly clear and feeling great & that you had a great vacation! I’m a bit confused though as pancreatic ductal dilatation normally means the ducts are dilated very possibly due to ductal adenocarcinoma. I’m not a doctor but that is exactly what my CT scan report read when the initial hospital I landed in had diagnosed me with necrotizing pancreatitis which was inaccurate. The day I was discharged from the hospital I had an MRI. They couldn’t see the tumor at that time due to so much inflammation but a month later, after drinking organic celery juice every morning on an empty stomach to reduce inflammation, the gastroenterologist ordered another follow up MRI and there was the tumor in the body/tail area of my pancreas, rearing it’s ugly head. I was able to have surgery thankfully and they diagnosed me as Stage 1B. I had a distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy. The tumor was unfortunately already growing outside the border of my pancreas anteriorly by the time I got in for surgery after Christmas, so I had to have radiation in my pancreatic bed after the surgery and am now 6 rounds into the 5-FU regimen with 6 more to go. I’d question her oncologist about the ductal dilatation and maybe demand an MRI to take a closer look. This cancer is very tricky according to my pancreatic oncologist who is incredibly thorough. A nodule showed up on my uterus on the recent pelvic MRI that was not there on the CT scan that I had done 2 days earlier. I am now being referred to a gynecology oncologist for a consult. My oncologist says the nodule likely is not related but could be a different type of cancer. I had cervical cancer many years ago that was removed with surgery. No issues since until now. I hope I don’t need a hysterectomy on top of all this! You honestly can’t be too careful! Maybe I’m being cynical but from what I’ve learned about this disease, being in the clear is a sketchy diagnosis to make. I hope I get to NED one day but am so nervous due to being told by 2 other oncologists, whom I saw, that pancreatic cancer always shows up elsewhere within 2-3 years, it is hard to believe one will beat this easily.

Best wishes to your mom on her journey!

Jump to this post