Kicking cancer in the pancreas

This is the blog to document Gary's  cancer journey and share information with friends and family.
I was asked to get this blog started so here goes.

I'm Jeff, Gary's son in law.  My wife, JaNae,  has been dealing with her own cancer journey having been diagnosed with colorectal cancer just over a year ago.  I have been teasing her about marrying into a genetic cesspool of cancer but she just rolls her eyes at me.

We pondered over blog names and started laughing at some of them.   We thought of "Cancer is a pain in the pancreASS", "Beating PAINcreatic cancer", and many others but "Kicking Cancer in the Pancreas" seemed the most appropriate.

About 10 months ago, when JaNae was just starting chemo, her Dad had some symptoms that were concerning but at that time, no cancer was found.  Gary began not feeling well over the past week or two and suddenly became jaundiced.  He was hospitalized and had some tests which showed biliary obstruction and during a procedure to relieve it, a biposy was taken which showed the cancer, invasive adenocarcinoma of the  pancreatic duct.  He had a CT and MRI which did not show any spread of the cancer.  He will be preparing  to have a Whipple procedure in a few weeks which is a major surgery.  We have been told he should expect be in the hospital for 10 days. He was informed that he will likely need chemo and maybe radiation.  We are now starting another cancer journey with someone we love and admire very much.   We were so relieved then that he seemed to be OK, now the diagnosis has been made, our hearts are heavy.

We will use this blog as a family with several authors (who are family members) to share information, memories, and to have a good laugh.  Through JaNae's treatment, we have found that blogging has been very therapeutic and we plan to carry on the tradition.

-Jeff and JaNae