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Pancreatic Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others

Posted by Colleen Young, Connect Director @colleenyoung, Dec 3, 2019

Welcome to the Pancreatic Cancer group on Mayo Clinic Connect.
This is a welcoming, safe place where you can meet people living with pancreatic cancer or caring for someone with pancreatic cancer. Let’s learn from each other and share stories about living well with cancer, coping with the challenges and offering tips.

I’m Colleen, and I’m the moderator of this group, and Community Director of Connect. Chances are you’ll to be greeted by fellow members and volunteer patient Mentors, when you post to this group. Learn more about Moderators and Volunteer Mentors on Connect.

We look forward to welcoming you and introducing you to other members. Feel free to browse the topics or start a new one.

Pull up a chair. Let's start with introductions.

When were you diagnosed with pancreatic cancer? What treatments have you had? How are you doing?

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Pancreatic Cancer Support Group.

markymarkfl | @markymarkfl | 6 hours ago
In reply to @tsale "Can you tell me how you are doing on Abraxane my brother Frankie just started chemo..." + (show)
@tsale

Can you tell me how you are doing on Abraxane my brother Frankie just started chemo last week it is twice a month for six months , he had the Whipple surgery August 16, 2024 and all the tumor was removed from the head of the pancreas he had one lymph node positive out of 27 And no spread of the disease I was just very surprised that he was having Abraxane for treatment since I read it is a very strong chemo And for advanced or metastasized pancreatic cancer.

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Folfirinox is generally considered a harder chemo treatment to tolerate than Gemcitabine + Abraxane (GA). I started GA + Cisplatin 2 years ago after my post-Whipple recurrence with metastasis, and am doing well on it -- better than I did pre-Whipple on Folfirinox. It depends a lot on the patient (individual responses vary widely). Wish I had done the GAC before Whipple.

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