CancerCompass message board discussion started by longhaul on 4/29/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,23553,0.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My Mom had pancreatic cancer... it took the doctors FOREVER to find it... she was healthy and weighed about 140 by the time they found it she was down to 100 pounds.... She did end up having surgery and they took the pancreas out.... she is diabetic now because of it BUT SHE DID SURVIVE!!!!!!!!!!! her surgery was in Oct of 2006... here it is April of 2008!!!please don't let the doctors tell you there is nothing they can do... because THEY CAN... my family has been through it!!!My Mom didn't not have any chemo treatments or anything like that, as they said she was just too weak... She isn't in the best health yet...but she is alive... and to me that is better then what could've been....Pancreatic cancer is one that is more likely to come back, and can spread...so if I were you I would tell those doctors to do the surgery and take the pancreas OUT!! you can survive with out it....  longhaul Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 4/29/2008 longhaul wrote:My Mom had pancreatic cancer... it took the doctors FOREVER to find it... she was healthy and weighed about 140 by the time they found it she was down to 100 pounds.... She did end up having surgery and they took the pancreas out.... she is diabetic now because of it BUT SHE DID SURVIVE!!!!!!!!!!! her surgery was in Oct of 2006... here it is April of 2008!!!please don't let the doctors tell you there is nothing they can do... because THEY CAN... my family has been through it!!!My Mom didn't not have any chemo treatments or anything like that, as they said she was just too weak... She isn't in the best health yet...but she is alive... and to me that is better then what could've been....Pancreatic cancer is one that is more likely to come back, and can spread...so if I were you I would tell those doctors to do the surgery and take the pancreas OUT!! you can survive with out it.... My mother (71) had the Whipple procedure done on March 19, 2008.  She is supposed to start chemo next week, and meet with radiologist tomorrow.  She too weighed about 140 to start and is now about 105.  How old is your mother. Cindy3 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT most PC patients are not candidates for surgery.  Things that prohibit surgery include the location of the tumor, the health/age of the patient or the spread of the cancer.  Somewhere around 10% of patients with PC are able to have surgery and the PC returns in most of them.  But it does buy time.  So your mom is one of the lucky ones.  Enjoy your time together. Oncrx Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT