mabel

Hi Mabel,

Recently, my wife and I participated in an Understanding Pancreatic Cancer Educational Seminar in MN sponsored the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network that included a presentation on the "Genetics of Pancreatic Cancer". We hope that you will find this presentation to be informative. Also, comforting knowing that a lot of folks are currently researching this topic.

See Presentation by Gloria Petersen, PhD - Mayo Clinic
http://www.pancan.org/section-facing-pancreatic-cancer/learn-about-pan-cancer/educational-events/past-symposia-presentions/

My prayers and best wishes to you and your family during this difficult time. Rick

I presume that yellow is definitely not your color, Here's wishing you nothing but rosy cheeks and smiles galore.

Keep it positive and smile

Hello Mabel, Good luck with your difficult decision. Perhaps, my 65 year old wife's story will help. She was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in early September. Prior to this diagnosis, she had no other significant health issues and was in very good health. Given multiple options, she decided to begin an aggressive FOLFIRINOX treatment regimen (every 2 weeks) in early October. After 3 rounds of treatment, she's experienced some of the commonly publicized chemo side-effects, but nothing that has significantly impacted her quality of life. We'll looking forward to the completion of her 4th treatment this week and a new CT/PET scan in early January to evaluate the status of her cancer. Her oncologist's goal for the treatment regimen is to slow and/or temporarily halt the growth of the pancreatic cancer. Her (our) goal is to extend her life as long as possible while maintaining a reasonably tolerable quality of life. We're only 4-months into this challenge, so you're welcome to follow our journey. Rick

Hi mabel. I'm glad you found whatnext.com but sorry for your reasons for being here. If I can point to any information that I've come across, let me know. The resource I gave is in the U.S. I did not notice that your profile says you're in Canada. Is the person with cancer up there too? I don't know whether Pancan.org maintains a database of doctors for Canada. I'm sure there must be other information resources up there. Maybe they can point you towards those anyway if you need information specific to Canada.

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