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Looking For Help
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I'm new to the board. My 67 yr. old father was diagnosed with Stage IV, locally advanced, resectable pc in early Jan. 06. He presented mid Dec. with painless ...
404/23/06 Message Rating
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There is Hope!
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I have been reading postings on this message board for almost a year now. In a few days, it will be a year since my dad was diagnosed with Stage IV (mets to th...
1104/20/06 Message Rating
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Any Hope???
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My Pawpaw (grandpa) was recently diagnosed in Stage 3, locally advanced, non-resectable pancreatic cancer. He has been having terrible stomach pain since Januar...
604/13/06 Message Rating
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Need Support
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Hi, I am in a very bad place right now. I am a Registered Nurse who cares for my mother aged 70. She has always been extremely healthy except for GERD. She bag...
404/09/06 Message Rating
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Wipple Surgery
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I had whipple surgery in 2002. Unfortunately I had a lot of complications and stayed in the hospital for one year to recover. I had multiple organ failures and ...
004/08/06 Message Rating
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What if Cancer in Pancreas is ...
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Hello, Can anyone please explain if there is a major difference between primary pancreatic cancer, and cancer in the pancreas that has metastasized from the br...
004/06/06 Message Rating
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Reality
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My mother was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer on Dec 1. She has been absolutley amazing through this stuggle and still isn't done fighting. She has ...
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Mother Recently Diagnosed as I...
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Has anyone heard of this? My mother is 54 years old and was suppose to undergo a whipple procedure to remove a pancreatic tumor. When they opened her up they to...
1103/21/06 Message Rating
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How Long Now That It's Back?
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My Mom just found out that her pc is back- this time in the lungs. She was declared cancer free after a total pancreatetectimy (SP?)and 5FU, Gemzar, and radiati...
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What Can we Expect if no Whipp...
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My Mom was diagnosed in November with PC when she became jaundiced. She is 85 and was the picture of health before this. Because of her age, she opted not t...
103/13/06 Message Rating
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New to Board/cancer
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Hello, My mom was dignosed with Pancreatic Cancer on 12/21 (her birthday). At first they said they found a small tumor that could easily be removed. Before...
803/04/06 Message Rating
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Pancreatic Cancer Survivors
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My husband is down to his last two weeks of treatment before we find out if the tumor in the head of his pancreas has shrunk enough away from the portal vein to...
503/03/06 Message Rating
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Post Whipple Question
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My dad had the whipple in june 05 and was in the hospital for 36 days. he was released from the hospital and has had 25 sessions of radiation. he will be starti...
302/27/06 Message Rating
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Pancreatitis After The Whipple
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My mother was had pancreatitis in June of 2005 and again in July. After removing a stint that was put in her bile duct (twice because the swelling of the pancr...
102/17/06 Message Rating
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Gemzar/tarceva Protocol..pleas...
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My mom just found out that she is not eligible for the clinical trials for avastin. Is the protocol for gemzar/tarceva once a week for 3 weeks with a week off ...
102/17/06 Message Rating
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Mother Just Diagnosed on 2/14/...
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My mother was just diagnosed with cancer in pancreas this week. She first had colon cancer wich spread to her liver. Has had some chemo but it doesn't seem to...
502/16/06 Message Rating
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What's Going On?
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My father-in-law was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer on 5/31/05. The cancer had already spread to his liver and lymph nodes. He was given 3-6 months...
202/14/06 Message Rating
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Has Anyone Had Radiation Seeds...
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Hello, My husband was diagnosed with localized unresectable advanced pc, he has completed chemo treatment of gemzar/cisplatin and just finished radiation 6wks a...
402/08/06 Message Rating
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How do i Know How Much Longer?
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Last August (after a couple months of misdiagnosis) my mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I took a leave from my job in September to make sure she was ge...
802/07/06 Message Rating
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my Mom Had The Whipple Procedu...
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Hello, My mom is 49 and was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer on December 20/05 (the tumour was in the bile duct) She had the whipple procedure on January 3,...
402/06/06 Message Rating
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my Wonderful Brother Died of P...
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I'm writing this because tonight I had a hard time sleeping. I was with my brother the night he went home and it was not easy. He struggled to breath,I believe...
502/04/06 Message Rating
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to Everyone on This Board
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I am 37 years old and just was relieved to find I did not have pancreatic cancer. My CA 19-9 marker is 27. The doctor requested the test to eliminate a PC diagn...
101/30/06 Message Rating
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Localized Pancriotic Cancer?
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Hi My grandad has just been diangosed with Panctriotic cancer but its "localized" - im not too sure what this means. The doctors are deciding weather he nee...
101/27/06 Message Rating
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Dad Has Pancreatic Cancer & Di...
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Reading some of the postings on here made me realize how very little research there is on this type of cancer. All of us who are going through this were very su...
501/26/06 Message Rating
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Cesium Chloride Protocol
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I contact with a men today his name is Larry and he told me to send me his product for my father who is having pancreatic cancer with metastasis to the liver. I...
501/26/06 Message Rating
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