todd1

Hi Matt,

My tumor is 2 cm and I also have two lymph nodes compromised right outside the pancreas.
My cancer marker in Arlington was 353 and when I took it at Mayo ten days later it was around 275. They explained at Mayo that it didn’t necessarily go down, but they do the testing slightly different which could cause to be a bit higher and/or lower.

I was super impressed with Mayo. That’s one of the reasons I have such a positive outlook on things. It’s one of those cases where you wish you had a video camera on your forehead so others could see what type of experience it was because they tend to think your exaggerating when you tell them about your experiences.

I’m doing my chemo in Arlington, VA so I can be closer to my family. My surgeon at Mayo reached out to my oncologist out here and they actually both previously worked at the cancer center in Houston (I think) and know of each other which is good.

Good Luck this week at Mayo.

Todd

I’ll travel back out in late June for additional tests and most likely (knock-on-wood) the Whipple.

I’m fortunate that my wife grew up in Rochester (her dad was a doctor there and her mom still works there as an interpreter.) so my wife and kids will come out there a week or two after surgery.

Todd