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![Pancreatic cancer patient Margo Chilcott and her family](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Margo-Chilcott-and-family.jpg)
Making My Own Choices for Quality Time
After her pancreatectomy Margo Chilcott decided to forgo chemotherapy and radiation to spend more quality time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
![Pancreatic cancer survivor Kim Bate and his wife](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kim-and-Nancy-Bate.jpg)
The Sound of Hope
Kim Bate has a long family history of pancreatic cancer, losing his sister and twin brother to it. Then he received the same diagnosis.
![Acinar cell pancreatic cancer patient Paul Suntup](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Paul-Suntup-7.jpg)
A Long Journey That Began With Pancreatitis
Paul Suntup’s diagnosis of acinar cell pancreatic cancer was just the start of a long treatment journey, but he’s still here.
![Pancreatic cancer patient Joseph Mele](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jospeh-Mele-v2.jpg)
A Long Slog to Diagnosis, A Quick Sprint to Surgery
Joseph Mele suffered through a year of mysterious GI symptoms until he was finally diagnosed with stage II pancreatic cancer.
![Pancreatic patient and comedian John Ziegler](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/John-Ziegler.jpg)
Finding Humor During Cancer Treatment
Comedian John Ziegler has managed to find the humor in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.
![pancreatic cancer patient Jennifer Lambert and her husband](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Jennifer-Lambert-v2.jpg)
Early Diagnosis, Great Doctors, and Prayer
Jennifer Lambert was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer while on vacation in Spain. She returned home for a Whipple procedure and chemotherapy.
![Pancreatic cancer patient Dennis Rues and family](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Dennis-Rues.jpg)
A Clinical Trial Gives Me Hope
When Dennis Rues’s pancreatic cancer recurred, his doctors recommended that he join a clinical trial. Now he’s doing well.
![Susan Wells and friend](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Susan-Wells.jpg)
Family, Friends, Hope, Strength, and Prayer
Susan Wells had chemotherapy but her treatment took a detour into more chemo and a clinical trial before she had a Whipple procedure.
![pancreatic cancer patient Anthony DelRusso](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Anthony-DelRusso.jpg)
Going Two Rounds Against Pancreatic Cancer
Anthony Del Russo has battled pancreatic cancer twice, first with chemo and a Whipple, and again with a total pancreatectomy and radiation.
![pancreatic cancer patient Thomas Stachler](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Thomas-Stachler.jpg)
You Only Have One Life to Live
Tom Stachler traveled from his home in Michigan to an expert surgeon in Wisconsin to have Whipple surgery for his pancreatic cancer.
![Pancreatic cancer patient Robert Weker in Florence, Italy, along the river](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Robert-Weker.jpg)
Picking a Clinical Trial for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
When Robert Weker was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he believed a clinical trial was his best chance of reducing the tumor enough for a Whipple.
![Pancreatic cancer patient John Sherry and his wife, in sunglasses](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/John-Sherry.jpg)
Facing Life’s Challenges
The first time John Sherry faced pancreatic cancer he had part of his pancreas removed; the second time he had a Whipple procedure.
![Dr. Anne Marie Lennon](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Anne-Marie-Lennon.jpg)
A Simple Blood Test for Early Detection of Eight Cancers Shows Promise
Dr. Anne Marie Lennon explains the CancerSEEK blood test, a liquid biopsy in clinical trials for early detection of eight cancers, including pancreatic.
![Pancreatic cancer patient Mike Levine is on his bicycle during a training session for the Ironman Triathlon.](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mike-Levine.jpg)
Chemotherapy to Survive; Fitness to Thrive
Mike Levine switched oncologists to find chemotherapy that works on his pancreatic cancer. After that he was able to compete in the Ironman Triathlon.
![pancreatic cancer long-term survivor Rosemary Buden](https://letswinpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Rosemary-Buden.jpg)
Very Fortunate to Have the Whipple
Six years after surgery to remove an IPMN neoplasm, Rosemary Buden found out she had pancreatic cancer and needed a Whipple procedure.
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