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In desperate need of prayers and good thoughts...Update

Posted by

Dawn4175

on Nov. 18, 2009 at 10:17 PM

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47 Replies

My mom went to the dr. today because she was having some stomach pain. They did some tests and discovered a large lesion on her pancreas. It has not been definitively diagnosed as cancer yet as they have to run more tests tomorrow to confirm.

I am begging for all the prayers and good thoughts you can muster for a couple of women that you don't and probably never will know. Please just send prayers and good thoughts that this is not what it seems to be.

My dad died when I was 5 and my mom is the only parent I've ever had. She is my children's only surviving grandparent. She is only 55 years old. I do not know what I would do without her. Please, Please say a prayer that we get good news tomorrow....

Wow, has it been a week already since this nightmare began??

I just wanted to update in case anyone cared.

Actually, all the news we've been getting is fairly good. She does have a 6x5x4 lesion on the tail of her Pancreas. She had a PET scan on Friday and that showed NO evidence of metastisis, which is HUGELY important as most Pancreatic Cancers are diagnosed at stage IV, and if it has spread it is not resectible meaning they can't do surgery and the prognosis is even worse.

We live in a rural area of upstate, NY and knew immediately that we didn't want our mom treated in our little hospitals, and by the grace of God (almost miraculous given that there is generally a 6-8 week waiting period) we got an appt. on Tues. at Sloan-Kettering in the city. The wonderful, wonderful dr. there gave us the best news we could've hoped for at that point, which is that it doesn't appear to be an Adenocarcoma (which has less than 20% of patients alive at 1 yr. post diagnosis!) She doesn't know yet what it actually is that she's looking at and it could still be an endocrine tumor of the pancreas or a lymphoma and as bad as that is, the prognosis is dramatically improved, so it's good. (Weird, I know.)

They've run a few more tests and will be meeting next Wednesday for a conference and will decide then where we go from here. It has been a roller coaster of emotion, and I am EXHAUSTED, but so grateful for all the people who have cared and prayed for her and for all the positive signs we've gotten thus far..

We're taking one day at a time and one victory at a time and I want you all to know how much we appreciate the kind words, good thoughts, and prayers and right now I'd say they're working. Thank you all so much and please keep 'em coming!

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