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Abort chemo Rx & go straight to surgery while I am still Stage 1?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Apr 12 6:33pm | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your feedback. When you state “ask the surgeon what their approach is to vein involvement,” are you meaning to verify that they are willing to do vein surgery if needed? I believe the surgeon in Ohio and Florida both have told me that they would/could.
I’m sorry you had that infection during surgery. How long ago was that? Have you restarted chemo? How are you doing now?
When you say your vein was bisected, was that because only a small amount of tumor was found there and they were able to bisect it rather than having to have an entire portion of the vein removed and reconstructed ?
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Marilyn - This morning my wife found the following discussion at a Mayo Clinic link. The intended audience is medical professionals and the topic is "Optimizing outcomes for patients with non-metastatic pancreas cancer". The discussion was recorded in February 2023 and is up to date, as opposed to many similar presentations/discussions that are somewhat dated. The four physicians panelists are associated with the Mayo Clinic.
One's ability to understand and follow the discussion depends on extent of familiarity with medical terminology and pancreatic cancer. I post it here in the event it helps you in your immediate decision making, as well as to make others aware of this very helpful discussion. (As a former health professional [RN/MICParamedic] who left that career in the late 1980s, I can follow most but not all of the discussion.) Give it a look. It's quite informative IMHO.
https://medprofvideos.mayoclinic.org/videos/optimizing-outcomes-for-patients-with-nonmetastatic-pancreatic-cancer