In the beginning it felt like today would never come. I still have one more surgery to go through but soooo glad to be done with chemo at this point! Doc’s not sure if I’ll need more chemo after the Whipple procedure (yes the dreaded Whipple that takes out your gall bladder, head of the pancreas, and bottom of the stomach)! Not a walk in the park but whatever it takes to get rid of this stuff. I was resected in June but they needed chemo to shrink the rest of the tumor that went to the head of my pancreas and is surrounding a major vein. Honestly things were really not looking too great for me in the beginning but have responded really well to chemo and the tumor went from grapefruit size to lemon size = operable!!! So hoping after my next CT scan on Friday it has shrunk more or maintained. Then I’ll be sent to IU to see the surgeon again and hopefully I’ll finally get the second surgery!!!
Best wishes to you all in your own battles.
