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Pancreatic Cancer Support Group

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CREON..Pancreatic enzyme supplement cost
If you’re using CREON, has anyone chef the difference in prices from CVS retail and CVC mail order? I paid $190 for a one month...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Apr 3 8:09am
Step-down or home health post Whipple
Waiting to find out if I'll be having Whipple at Mayo Jax. I do not have a caregiver and am wondering if Mayo has a...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Jun 6, 2023
Whipple procedure and follow up chemo
I had the Whipple procedure done at Mayo 2/8/19 and got out of hospital on 2/19. Had to go back to my local hospital a...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Dec 18, 2022
Time between chemo and radiation
Hello all, My mom has gone through 13 sessions of Folfirinox and was found to have had a complete metabolic response. We went to Mayo...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Mar 27, 2023
Proton Therapy travel and recommendation
Is this really the best? How do you handle travel for 45 treatments? Mayo is in Minnesota, about 5 hours from us in Wisconsin.
Support Group: Proton Beam Therapy
Last active: Jun 20, 2023
Too many doctors
I was diagnosed 10/22. 12 rounds of chemo and 15 radiation treatments. I’ve been off treatment since last June. My mayo oncologist sees a couple...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: May 6, 2024
Are there any trials for pancreatic cancer going on now?
My grandson has pancreatic cancer, has had chemo which they took him off because it was the highest dose they could give him, then radiation...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Mar 11 9:50pm
Video Visit with Oncology Doctor
Has anyone had Video visits with their oncology doctor (at Mayo Clinic) after their CT periodic CT scans? Wonder if you feel this is as...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Jun 2, 2024
Recent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Still reeling.
Brand new diagnosis. We are reeling. Is Mayo in Jacksonville the best place for treatment? Do they have proton therapy? I don’t even know where...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Feb 2, 2022
Tumor attached to 2 vessels
My father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer yesterday. His tumor is attached to 2 vessels so the surgeon doesn’t want to operate. Are there any...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Sep 4, 2023
Monitoring a Pancreatic Cyst?
Hello,…I have to ask for people’s experience and support. I am 68 years old. In June of 2022, during a routine examination (for a hernia)...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Jan 20, 2024
Pancreatic Cancer arising from IPMN pancreatic cyst
My husband is home from Whipple surgery a week ago at Rochester Mayo and doing well—no pain, ambulating well, is eating. Extremely tired, of course....
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Jan 13, 2020
PET/MRI biomarkers guide personalized treatment for people with PC
PET/MRI biomarkers guide personalized treatment for people with pancreatic cancer, study finds - Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center Blog * * https://cancerblog.mayoclinic.org/2022/01/13/pet-mri-biomarkers-guide-personalized-treatment-for-people-with-pancreatic-cancer-study-finds/ * * Some...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Dec 23, 2024
second opinion
I am looking for a direct link to the information for getting a second opinion at Mayo. I cannot find it and all searching only...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Apr 8, 2023
How do you adjust to life after a splenectomy? (Diet + Avoiding Fever)
Hey y'all, my mother just had a major cancer surgery at Mayo that removed her gallbladder, a third of her stomach, appendix, and spleen. She...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Apr 1 3:49pm
Switch from Folfirinox to Gem/Abrax due to non response
Hello, my dad has had 8 rounds of Folfirinox, and initially was told that he was a candidate for surgery by both our local healthcare...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Nov 20, 2023
What are Mayo’s Current Success Rates per Various Stages?
Does anyone have Mayo’s current success (survival) rates for the various Stages (1 - 4) regarding Pancreatic Cancer? Or put another way, what is the...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Aug 11, 2023
Decided not to have surgery. What’s next?
I decided to not have the surgery in which Dr Truty at Mayo was going to remove my pancreas stomach and spleen. I guess I’m...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: May 5, 2024
Pancreatic spot
My husband had melanoma 4 months ago. Had surgery. Ctscan today showed melanoma gone, but a spot on his pancreas. He does have diabetes. They...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Aug 21, 2023
Size of Cyst & Surgery?
In viewing a video from a doctor surgeon from St. Joseph’s (don’t remember the location), he mentioned that if the Cyst is larger than 5cm,...
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Last active: Nov 5, 2023