On Thursday, June 9, Mom had a endoscopic surgery called laparoscopy. The purpose was to look to see if the tumor at the head of the pancreas has spread to other portions of the abdomen. And we got good news! Dr. Gibson found no new tumors, and that means that Mom can start a combination [...]
On Friday morning (June 3), Mom met with Dr. Sharon Weber, a doctor of surgical oncology at the University of Wisconsin Hospital. After looking at the CT scans that were sent from St. Mary’s, Dr. Weber told us that it’s her opinion that the tumor is currently inoperable. So our next step is to do [...]
The past three days were tough ones. Mom had a couple more procedures done, and at this point we’re all learning as much about pancreatic cancer as we can.
In a recent twist of events, my mom is residing at St. Mary’s hospital while they run a variety of tests to determine what is wrong with her pancreas.
