Thanks Tom....
Congratulations on your survival of this horrible thing.
I am very frustrated b/c the onc. at Kaiser says if the PET scan shows there is an infected lymph node in her pancreaus (he sees a swollen node on a CT scan already), then she is not a candidate for surgery, being she is a stage 3 already. There is a local lymph node near the bile duct and a 3.5 cm mass near the portal vein, with possible encasement or invasion.
How long was your surgery? How large was the mass and where was it located?
We are seeing a surgeon at UCSF who will give us the opinion on surgery next week. The PET scan is Monday, but we won't have the results for 2-3 days.
Any further helpful info would be great. My mom is feeling very good now, I am trying to be positvie with her then feeling like hopeless when I am alone sometimes.
With appreciation,
Carolyn