My father was just diagnosed with extremely advanced stage IV pancreatic cancer. He fits most of the typical aspects of the cancer considering he is 54, african american, and has diabetes. I read your post and I wanted to tell you that I found it odd he had the cancer as well, but I am very happy that it has not spread. Before they even found my father's, it had spread to his liver. This site offers much hope for him, and I hope all turns out to be well. I did a lot of research on the internet and I learned that many people with pancreatic cancer are diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis instead and given the wrong type of treatment. My father was unfortunate to encounter this. This post is getting rather long, but the point is that a lot of doctors played with my fathers life. They put him through so much pain when treating him for the wrong disease. If you do some research you will find that it is hard to tell a difference between chronic pancreatitis. Many doctors do not have much experience with this type of cancer, and since this is a more serious type of cancer, I just wanted to make sure he has a doctor who is actually going to help and not write it off as a lost cause. I will pray for him and my father, and I am sorry that this happened.