Celine

Hello Celine, Welcome to WhatNext...a great website to find someone who is on the same cancer journey as yourself. Or in my case someone who is a survivor. Yes...I am an 18year, stage IV, pancreatic cancer survivor. So you see this cancer too can be beat. Never give up hope...because there is light at the end of the tunnel, and that light is the candle of hope. So never, ever, give up hope. In my case they removed 40% of my pancreas, my whole spleen, a slice of my kidney, and 5 lymph nodes. They told me they were going to treat this aggressively...and boy did they ever. Keep in mind now this was 18 years ago, but they put a port in my chest, and for 24 hours a day I carried a pump along my waist-belt which had a chemo cartridge in it, and it was pumping chemo into my system 24 hours a day for 7 days a week, and for 5 weeks non-stop. They also gave me radiation for 5 days a week during the same 5 weeks. Then they told me they were going to do more chemo...I said "no way." They told me to go home and think it over and they would call me in a few days. Well when they called me I said "okay." I mean what was the alternative? This time it was only for one day in the hospital for 3 hours. This went on for 9 weeks. In any case Celine give it all you have, and never, ever give up hope. My best to you...Russ

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Welcome to the WhatNext family! The WhatNext family is made up of people like you who are looking for help or looking to help others. To help you along your journey the WhatNext family has put together a Beginner's Guide to Cancer that I highly recommend you check-out here: http://bit.ly/10BQKCi. Also, please do not hesitate to reach out to others or ask for help.

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