My wife has Islet Cell. They first found it in 1999 after she was slow from recovering from a car accident. Turned out she had the lesions everywhere and they had already spread to her spine. She's had a whole host of treatments. Both radiation and chemo. No surgery because the lesions were already wrapped around her spinal column. She's been treated at Beth Israel and Dana Farber in Boston. The quality of care has been trememdous. Unfortunately they caught it late. The fact that she's still here is testimony to her strength and what they have been able to do. The lesions are now in her spinal column and she's barely able to get around with a walker. We don't know how long she has. She wants to stay, we have a adopted five year old, but I truly doubt she will make it to next Christmas. She's proven me wrong before and I hope she does again....