Hi everyone,
I’m new here. My dad (69 now) was diagnosed in June 2021 and I must say his diagnosis was very swift. He had 6 months of chemo and then a successful whipple procedure with good margins. He has a great appetite, is at a healthy weight, and has remained active since recovery. All has been going well until this week where he found out that following a scan 9 weeks ago he has spots on his lungs and has to start chemo again.
I’m just so confused how this could happen following such a successful whipple. I spoke with a nurse online who referred to it as stage 4 pancreatic cancer which shocked me. It doesn’t feel like stage 4 because it is no longer in the pancreas. Are there different kinds of stage 4? Is it better to be the kind of stage 4 where it’s not in the pancreas but in the lungs rather than has grown from the pancreas all the way to the lungs? I am even making sense? This has just come as such a shock.
