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With my mom for her 7th chemo session

She’s been undergoing mfolfirinox chemo for borderline...
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  12/08/25
I will keep her in my prayers, brother. I'm so sorry to hear...
saffron set
  12/08/25
Thank you brother. My prayers were answered too in that who...
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Not often enough. I actually got laid off from my J1 because...
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My dad finished a year of chemo in September. They finally p...
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Did he have metastasized cancer? What kind brother. Sorry...
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Colon cancer on his liver. They never found it in his colon....
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  12/08/25
heartbreaking analogy; so true
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my sincere condolences, brother.
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Ty...I'm good with it now and I don't want to hijack op. Sad...
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You have us, friend.
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sorry to hear man
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I'm sorry to hear that man. Was he in Vietnam at all? My dad...
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  12/08/25
Sorry to hear that. It's good you can be there for her. ...
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Made her playlists of her favorite songs, she just wants my ...
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sorry to hear about your parents, guys
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FIL is about to start tomorrow - gemcitabine based chemo 21 ...
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Get stories from him. Ask odd questions. Don't expect anyone...
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ty ty
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Cr. Every time I talk to my dad now, I take notes like I'...
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  12/08/25
So sorry
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  12/08/25
Sorry man. I was on folfox which is a similar chemo cocktail...
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  12/08/25
Did you then have rectum removed? Or just radiation?
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  12/09/25
life is a nightmare, merry christmas!
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  12/08/25
Eh, so we get sick and die at the end. It sucks but no need ...
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  12/08/25
that's if you're lucky
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Only about 20% of PDAC patients ever get to surgery. Even t...
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Stay strong for your mom, Chandler. Stay strong, everyone. A...
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  12/08/25
steve jobs got pancreatic cancer because he would buy a new ...
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He got the rare form that everyone survives but he didn&rsqu...
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JUICE JUICE JUICE - world's wealthiest man
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Thinking of you, brother. Stay strong for your family. You a...
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I’m sorry brother. Chemo is very tough. I just fini...
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Cr I spoke to Luis who had a milder version of my mom’...
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covid vaxxed?
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  12/08/25
She got like a million mRNA shots, I’ve had this thoug...
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RIP
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A family friend had inoperable metastatic inoperable pancrea...
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If it’s metastatic a surgery means nothing and isn&rsq...
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Not an oncologist brej. Just know it was supposed to kill hi...
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No, Steve Jobs believed in boomer fruit bs, whereas keto act...
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Just realized how autistic my poast was. You're a good d...
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Sorry friend, hope she feels better soon
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A clinical trial released in June showed that PAXG which is ...
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So if it shrinks it means surgery soon before it grows back ...
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It’s already operable but the surgeon wants to send it...
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the data isn't out yet but I would be shocked if PAXG wasn't...
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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

She’s been undergoing mfolfirinox chemo for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.

Tumor shrunk 40% and it’s operable but would require a complex vein reconstruction now.

Surgeon referred us to a radiation oncologist for radiation therapy, but because it might take a few weeks to start we’re doing a 7th round of this chemo which is absolutely brutal and my mom is 75 years old.

Neither of us expected chemo today but after the visit with the surgeon and oncologist, we’re in a 6 hour session. I’ve been with her for all of these sessions at cedars Sinai.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494422)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: saffron set

I will keep her in my prayers, brother. I'm so sorry to hear that. My dad just graduated from the ICU today after two months. He actually turned 75 yesterday.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494497)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:11 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

Thank you brother. My prayers were answered too in that whokebe was not assigned as her radiation oncologist.

How often do you get to see your dad nowadays?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494561)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: saffron set

Not often enough. I actually got laid off from my J1 because I needed to take a week to see my dad. I'm still very bitter about that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49497523)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: jet electric school cafeteria

My dad finished a year of chemo in September. They finally put him on hospice. I doubt he makes it to Christmas. He's so fucked up right now I expect he'll just woops take too many pain pills in the next few weeks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494430)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

Did he have metastasized cancer? What kind brother. Sorry you went through that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494440)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: jet electric school cafeteria

Colon cancer on his liver. They never found it in his colon. It started pretty small and localized. Honestly my dad didn't even know and it only got worse during chemo. He thinks that had something to do with it but it was just the timing. Its all over now and he can barely move.

I hadn't studied cancer much before this and it's a lot more malicious than I thought. The cancer cells actually fight back against the body and create a really fucked up dynamic. They trick immune cells, kind of like Jews would.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494449)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:27 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Bistre Casino

heartbreaking analogy; so true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494615)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: Transparent greedy community account

my sincere condolences, brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494447)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: jet electric school cafeteria

Ty...I'm good with it now and I don't want to hijack op. Saddest part is I'm losing the one person on earth I have no ego with and can tell my darkest thoughts when need be. Hard to replace that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494453)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Lascivious center

You have us, friend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494529)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: umber swollen lay newt



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: Lake filthy immigrant stage

sorry to hear man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494448)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:59 PM
Author: saffron set

I'm sorry to hear that man. Was he in Vietnam at all? My dad was exposed to agent orange there & that's why he has cancer now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494527)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:38 PM
Author: umber swollen lay newt

Sorry to hear that. It's good you can be there for her.

What are you doing to keep her and your spirits up?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494457)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:42 PM
Author: Lake filthy immigrant stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494476)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

Made her playlists of her favorite songs, she just wants my presence when she’s at the doctors. She has no one else to take her. I’ve been to cedars maybe 30 times since her diagnosis, and it’s not close to our house.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494571)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: Plum stag film persian

sorry to hear about your parents, guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494460)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Lake filthy immigrant stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494464)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:42 PM
Author: Lake filthy immigrant stage

FIL is about to start tomorrow - gemcitabine based chemo 21 day cycle x 4, then a liver removal. fuck



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494474)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: jet electric school cafeteria

Get stories from him. Ask odd questions. Don't expect anyone else knows the family history or cares. I did this for my wife's grandparents. I might be the only person left that knows their background etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494487)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Lake filthy immigrant stage

ty ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494496)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: saffron set

Cr.

Every time I talk to my dad now, I take notes like I'm on a client call. I have been asking him more and more about his military service, and after 40 years, he's finally beginning to open up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494530)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: Lake filthy immigrant stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494533)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: maroon elastic band chapel

So sorry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494502)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: Cobalt Fantasy-prone Athletic Conference

Sorry man. I was on folfox which is a similar chemo cocktail so I feel her pain. Good news is that the radiation therapy side effects will likely not be that bad compared to chemo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494550)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:08 PM
Author: provocative well-lubricated business firm

Did you then have rectum removed? Or just radiation?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496707)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: shivering kitchen mood

life is a nightmare, merry christmas!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494568)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Bateful property

Eh, so we get sick and die at the end. It sucks but no need to get hysterical about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494577)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: shivering kitchen mood

that's if you're lucky

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494594)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:17 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

Only about 20% of PDAC patients ever get to surgery. Even then, long term outlook is grim because this cancer immediately starts spreading microscopically through the blood vessels. Mfolfirinox is the only legitimate way to defeat it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494581)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:28 PM
Author: obsidian abusive old irish cottage

Stay strong for your mom, Chandler. Stay strong, everyone. Also, fuck cancer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494620)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:29 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Bistre Casino

steve jobs got pancreatic cancer because he would buy a new car every month and get high on the new car smell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494622)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

He got the rare form that everyone survives but he didn’t because he went on a juice diet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494654)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:16 PM
Author: Hairraiser theatre degenerate

JUICE JUICE JUICE - world's wealthiest man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496732)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:44 PM
Author: Trip aquamarine rehab international law enforcement agency

Thinking of you, brother. Stay strong for your family. You are the rock upon which everything is built. You got this, brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494655)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Exhilarant opaque lettuce

I’m sorry brother. Chemo is very tough.

I just finished 12 infusions a couple of months ago at age 35 and it kicked my ass. I don’t know how older people do it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494684)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:59 PM
Author: Cobalt Fantasy-prone Athletic Conference



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

Cr I spoke to Luis who had a milder version of my mom’s chemo and is a young tough tall sexy hirsute nude Persian Chad and he struggled a bit with it. Idk how my mom is doing it.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494697)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:05 PM
Author: appetizing misanthropic double fault striped hyena

covid vaxxed?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494704)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

She got like a million mRNA shots, I’ve had this thought. No alcohol or drugs in her life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494709)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: appetizing misanthropic double fault striped hyena

RIP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494712)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: big corner yarmulke

A family friend had inoperable metastatic inoperable pancreatic cancer. Before starting chemo went on a healthy ketogenic diet and started exercising a shitload. By the time they were about to start chemo the tumor shrunk a shit load. So they held off. He kept up with the diet and exercise. Tumor shrunk to something very very small. Docs said they can and should operate to remove. He told them to fuck off and just continues the keto and exercise. But he gets it scanned every year or 6 months or something to play it safe. It's not visible on scans anymore but apparently it's still there based on blood testing or something they can do.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494738)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

If it’s metastatic a surgery means nothing and isn’t an option. Something doesn’t make sense here brother. This sounds like the shit Steve Jobs believed that killed him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494758)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: big corner yarmulke

Not an oncologist brej. Just know it was supposed to kill him quick. Pretty sure he said metastatic. Or stage IV or something like that. It's still supposed to kill him eventually. But this was like 10 years ago and he's still doing well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494780)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: 180 Locus

No, Steve Jobs believed in boomer fruit bs, whereas keto actually works and everyone knows it except hegemon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494792)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: big corner yarmulke

Just realized how autistic my poast was.

You're a good dude and wishing you the best with this tough situation. Stay strong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494842)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: boyish primrose market

Sorry friend, hope she feels better soon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494800)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:55 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

A clinical trial released in June showed that PAXG which is a new chemotherapy regime actually significantly outperforms the current standard of care mFOLFIRINOX in Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. Although it wasn’t offered and the chemo appears to be working for my mom, I am feeling extremely guilty internally right now for not getting her into a trial that uses PAXG chemotherapy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496675)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:10 PM
Author: provocative well-lubricated business firm

So if it shrinks it means surgery soon before it grows back ?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496717)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

It’s already operable but the surgeon wants to send it to a radiation oncologist for either long chemoradiation or SBRT to make the R0 resection significantly more likely, because an R0 resection is the only hope for a cure.

The CASSANDRA trial from mid 2025 just shows PAXG outperforms in every way, localized tumor shrinking, killing micromets etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496729)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:17 PM
Author: turquoise passionate address toaster

the data isn't out yet but I would be shocked if PAXG wasn't significantly better in preventing reoccurrence after a clean surgery and increasing long term survival rates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496733)