My mother had the wipple procedure done in Nov 2006. She tried Chemo but could not deal with it. She is 70 years old now. In Nov 2007 we were told that it seemed to be back but couldn't be confirmed. Her CT-Scan showed marks in her lungs which were too small to biopsy. This month another CT-Scan revealed additional spots in her lungs although numbers are growing they are staying small - too small to biopsy. They also found a spot in the liver which was large enough to biopsy and came back as PC. Obviously Drs can't say how long a person will live - I was told 3-6 months back in October, now I'm being told it could be 9 months so they just don't know which is fine by me because my mother is still in relatively good spirits and although she has some pain generally speaking she's still doing ok.
Here's the part I need help with, the Dr told me that her cancer markers aren't going up. They don't understand why they aren't. Her markers came down after the surgery and although they've slightly gone up and down several times during the last year - we're only talking differences in the single digits. Has anyone been in the same situation? I'm hoping that this is a sign that the cancer is slow to progress and I'll have her for a long time.