Hi all, I am also new to this site and found some helpful info. My mom was diagnosed with PPC in June 05. She was having abdm pain and was brought to hospital to have a bowel obst removed. Her doc didn't remove the obstruction, just closed her up and told us she had PPC and had a week to live. Here we are two yrs later and she is still fighting. She had chemo and few months of remission but in Jan she was having pain again and CT showed fluid surrounding the liver, but not in it. She had it removed and is is cancer cells. She had to go back and have it drained again about six weeks later. They have increased her chemo drugs but some of fluid is still there. Here is the problem though, her CA125 has never been high. The highest it has been is 130, currently it is 18. Her doc is stumped and admits it. (we like her doc, he gave us lots of hope when we need it and he is the best in our area) he is bringing her case to the docs in his cancer clinic and has suggested she has surgery to remove part of the liver that he thinks could be producing the fluid. I am in the medical field and I am worried that once they open her up and expose the cancer to air it will accelerate it, like you hear so often. I hate this cancer! She was healthy and active before this. She is only 57, I am terrified of the thought of losing my mom. There is so little out there regarding this info, I feel so alone. Any insight to this would be great. Thanks!
L isa