I was suppose to start chemo on last Thursday... That didn't happen. When I didn't get a call for a time, I started calling to see what was going on. I was told that the doc was still concerned about my CA19-9 level. This is carbohydrate antigen 19-9 according to wikipedia. It is elevated in people with pancreatic cancer. The doc says he couldn't ignore this even though the other tests were going my way. They are running some more tests on the biopsy material already collected... Oh snap! Guess what! Pancreatic cancer is back on the table... The good news is that there a several reasons for a false positive on the particular antigen. Such as:
"CA19-9 can be elevated in many types of gastrointestinal cancer, such as colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma.[1] Apart from cancer, elevated levels may also occur in pancreatitis, cirrhosis,[1] and diseases of the bile ducts.[1][5] It can be elevated in people with obstruction of the bile ducts.[5]"
So, I still l have no idea what is going on.. I didn't start chemo, I still (as of 1/17) have no idea what the results of the further tests are. What I do know is that you have to have the proper chemo for the type of cancer you have, So I need to be patient...
But that sucks...
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