ALLEN
YOU DID NOT LIST YOUR MOM'S AGE. THE REASON I AM ASKING IS SOME OF THE TREATMENT CAN BE VERY HARSH ON AN OLDER PERSON. I HAD A WHIPPLE DONE IN SEP 95. I WAS 42. I REBOUNDED VERY QUICK. ABOUT 3 MONTHS. EVEN MY DOCTORS WERE SURPRISED AT MY RECOVERY. BEING YOUNG AND IN GREAT PHYSICAL CONDITION REALLY HELPED ME OUT. I DID THE CHEMO AMD RADIATION TREATMENTS. NO PROBLEMS. MY CA DID REOCCUR IN DEC 99. WENT THROUGH CHEMO AND RADIATION AGAIN. ALL WENT WELL. THE CA WAS ACTUALLY WAS ELIMINATED. THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE BUT ALL MY TEST WERE NEGATIVE. IT CAM BACK A FEW MONTHS LATER. I HAVE BEEN ON CHEMO FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS NOW. LEFT WORK IN OCT 2000 AND I AM GOING BACK TO WORK NEXT WEEK (5/2/2001). MY DOCTORS ARE STUNNED AT MY RECOVERY. REMEMBER NEVER EVER GIVE UP. ALWAYS BE POSITIVE. AS ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME WILL TELL YOU, MY ATTITUDE IS WHAT IS BEATING THIS CA. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.