Hi, I'm new to the board, and saw your message. My father went to the doctor the day after X-mas because he was jaundice for about two weeks. He had no pain. It took us almost 2 weeks after his first doctors visit to get his diagnosis. He has Stage 4, locally advanced, resectable pancreatic cancer. He is 67. He had the Whipple surgery on Feb. 1, 2006. At the time of surgery, we were told that is tumor was in-fact "unresectable", but they had already committed to the sugery, so they had to proceed and remove whatever part of the tumor they could. Part of the tumor is sitting on the portal-vein which made it unresectable. His cancer has spread to some of his lymph-nodes as well. His recovery from surgery was a little tough. But he left the hospital in exactly 15 days. He has since started radiation in conjuction with a low-dose of F5U continuous feed of chemotherapy. He is in his 5th and final week of treatment. His CA9-19 results are almost back to normal for now. My family and I are doing more research to see if we can find any other treatments that might be better than what he is receiving now. We are currently looking into the Cancer Treatment Centers of America. It looks promising. I wish you and your family the best. I know how devistating this is. It almost seems umbearable at times. Thinking of you and your family.
Veronica in CA.