Hi. Not really quite sure what to say. I'm 71 years old. Was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023. Thankfully, that was fully cured by radiation. At a routine CT Scan with Thorax 6 weeks ago to check all was still ok, the young lady noticed something near my pancreas. Lucky me, I thought. I have 6 days ago had a EUS PANCREATIC FNA test. On the report I was given it said they had found a 14mm pancreatic body tumour with duct dilatation. Awaiting biopsy results from this. Needless to say, I am terrified. More scared than I ever was over the lung cancer diagnosis. I have no idea how long it has been there, I have been having CT Scans every 6 months. Anyone else had this? I know it is only small but the thought of chemotherapy and an MRI is not helping me much. Have been reading all I can, which is not a good idea, and the best way to treat this apparently is surgery. I was refused surgery for my lung cancer as the surgeon said he would loose me on the table. What if the same applies again!! Reading about the outcome for this really does not help at all. All I keep seeing is a death sentence. Can't believe it after being cleared of one cancer, another one pops its ugly head up. Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated
Hi Bubba12
My husband was sent to A&E by his GP at the beginning of September with jaundice. A CT scan showed a tumour near his pancreas. He was admitted to hospital and had a stent put into his bile duct which cleared up the jaundice. A biopsy was inconclusive, but the surgeon was pretty sure it was pancreatic cancer, so he had to have the same procedure as you which, unfortunately, confirmed that it is pancreatic cancer.
His tumour is 4cm and alongside a blood vessel so he starts chemotherapy on Monday to shrink the tumour away from the blood vessel so that he can have surgery. He will then have adjuvant chemotherapy to mop up any stray cancer cells.
I know that pancreatic cancer can have a poor outlook but his oncologist told him to forget anything he'd read as everyone's journey is individual and what happens to one person won't necessarily happen to him.
Since he was first told of his suspected diagnosis we've just tried to carry on as normal, as what else can you do really. He's fortunate that he's not in any pain and, as he says, if he didn't know he'd got cancer he wouldn't know there was anything wrong.
I know his scenario isn't the same as yours but I guess I just wanted to give you some hope that there is treatment out there if your biopsy does show pancreatic cancer.
Do you have an appointment date yet for your biopsy results?
Anne
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
He is nervous about the upcoming chemo but I think he's taking heart from the fact that when I had chemo for breast cancer 3 years ago I had very few side effects.
Let me know how your biopsy results go.
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
