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What are the symptoms to look for for pancreatic recurrence?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Jan 19 11:25am | Replies (43)
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@waltsocal , I haven't seen the spine as a first location for mets, but my scope is very limited.

I'm not sure what they can discern on CT, so getting an MRI is another good data point.

I've had a "highlight" on my abdominal MRI's showing "something" at T7, but they're fairly sure it's just a (benign) hemangioma. Not 100% though. It hasn't grown in 6 months, but neither have my other tumors, so we don't have other differentiating data to evaluate it on.

If my docs ever get around to doing anything surgical again, I'm hoping they'll biopsy it or remove it entirely.

Best wishes to you w/ yours -- surely hope it's benign!

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waltsocal | @waltsocal | Jan 19 10:54am

Thank you for the feedback.

My CA19 just came back and it is now at 410 - not a good sign.

Hopefully the MRI will show that the lesion on the spine is just a benign growth.

I've also got a couple of swollen lymph nodes - that could be the cause of the high CA19.
Not sure if I can do the original chemo again - it was very toxic. They may decide to put me on the Gemcitibine this time.

Thank you again for your feedback.

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