Do not wait - get another opinion. My mother has been going to Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Zion, IL and they got her in right away. She began treatment and has been responding very well. Mom was diagnosed December 17 w/ Stage IV pancreatic cancer and we traveled to CTCA Jan 1. She is leaving this coming Sunday for her 3rd round of chemo. Her tumor markers have dropped as she is responding to their chemo treatment. They have several options that are based on your situation and have been wonderful to deal with!!! This is obviously a personal choice but I wanted you to know they exist and you can go to the web site to educate yourself. Whatever you choose to do, please get a second opinion and fight this ASAP! Best of luck to you and your mom on this journey. ~K
On 2/27/2008 jewel1 wrote:
My mom was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer on 2/11/08. We have seen 2 oncologists for consult. We have been referred to U of C. Right now she can't get an appointment for a month. That would be about a month and a half from diagnosis before starting treatment. Any thoughts on this? The last oncologist said we had time to explore treatment and should start treatment within a month from now. Besides being agonizing, is this a safe idea? My mom is well right now. Also, anyone seeing an oncologist for pancreatic cancer at U of Chicago?