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@waltsocal 's experience was the second very negative, adverse (hospital-admitting) reaction I've heard on this forum...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1051888/

Discussion: Nanoknife for pancreatic cancer

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Apr 16, 2024

Good morning. I am eight weeks out from having the Whipple. I am taking pancreatic enzymes....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/964745/

Discussion: Anyone tried over the counter enzymes to help digest fat post whipple?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Nov 14, 2023

Coming from a clinical research background and an understanding of cancer cell biology, when I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/854162/

Discussion: Husband had Whipple surgery and chemo: He's uncomfortable

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: May 4, 2023

Here's my experience with Folfirinox. I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1154779/

Discussion: Pancreatic Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Oct 10, 2024

Thanks @stageivsurvivor! I wish I could have continued on the folfirinox longer as well. I seemed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1099494/

Discussion: What exactly is NED (no evidence of disease)?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jul 5, 2024

Hard to say without a lot more info about the patient, but 6 treatments in with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/993178/

Discussion: Nausea when eating during Folfirinox Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jan 7, 2024

Oh how my heart aches for your sister and family. My husband had the worst 1st...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/955114/

Discussion: Started chemo for pancreatic cancer and already want to quit

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Oct 28, 2023

I just finished round 1 of modified FOLFIRINOX (appointment Monday, then infusion pump until Wednesday). Based...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851120/

Discussion: Pancreatic Cancer - Has anyone had experience with Metabolic Oncology?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Apr 28, 2023

First, let me wish you a Happy New Year filled with total recovery and no worries....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989596/

Discussion: How important is rising Ca19-9 if CT is stable re: having surgery?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jan 1, 2024

Hi I was diagnosed in May 2023 with stage 4 PDAC with large mass in pancreas...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/996737/

Discussion: Pancreatic Cancer spread to the liver: What's next?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jan 13, 2024

My wife, 65, was diagnosed Nov 2024 PADC, Stage 4, tail-based. She has now completed 11...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1306770/

Discussion: Which Mayo Clinic is best for pancreatic cancer?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: May 18 10:06am

Recent experience here... 12 rounds of Folfirinox only turned me a little thinner and gray, but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1111317/

Discussion: When does your hair grow back?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2024

Yes, I am familiar with a patient who was borderline unresectable and had Losartan added to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/905111/

Discussion: Anyone have Losartan and Folfirinox to shrink PC tumors?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jul 31, 2023

Is there any way they can lower the dose of the modified Folfirinox? Originally my MD...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/896820/

Discussion: CEA and CA19-9 Results as Predictors of Treatment Outcome

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jul 16, 2023

Hi @tiffboss : My brother has been treated for stage 4 pancreas cancer at the University...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/753282/

Discussion: Pancreatic Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Sep 24, 2022

Cure for my stage IV disease occurred as a result of doing 46 cycles of chemotherapy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1028776/

Discussion: Onset of diabetes. Pancreatic cancer?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2024

I understand. There's a local surgeon who uses the same oncologist as my wife who stopped...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/612261/

Discussion: Pancreatic cancer recurrence at 2 years: Treatment change

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 28, 2021

@amchurch , I was stage 2 at my initial diagnosis (before neoadjuvant Folfirinox and Whipple). I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/889057/

Discussion: Stage IV

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jul 2, 2023

My husband is on GA 3 consecutive weeks, then a week off. But after week three...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1194960/

Discussion: Who else has had Gem-Abraxane chemo regimen and for how long?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 21, 2024

My husband had the same problem. Nothing tasted good. He would force a protein drink down...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1147062/

Discussion: How do you eat during chemo when everything tastes bad?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Sep 25, 2024

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