Pancreatic Cancer from Bandung
Good afternoon, Dr.Chris
We are from Bandung, Indonesia. I found your website during my browsing in google.
My mother in law, 61 y.o 11 months, was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer 4 days ago.
Below is her blood test result:
1.Ca 19-9 is 40.49 , the reference is < 39
2. GOT: 113, reference < 27
3. GPT: 227, referencr <34
4. Gamma GT: 833, reference < 39
5. Bilirubin total: 8.4, reference < 1.1
6. Bilirubin direct: 6.4, reference <0.3
The USG result for pancreas:
Capus pancreas getting bigger and seen oval mass nodule, not smooth, hypoechoic, non homogeneous texture with 4×3.1×3 cm in size. Normal corpus and cauda, texture normal.
Echogenicity normal. Nothing suspicious area or nodule.
Wider Ductus pancreaticus.
Pancreatolith not seen.
Diagnosed from USG: there is a dam in intra common bile duct and extrahepatic, the clog is in the edge of distal ductus Choledochus because of nodule neoplastic( malignance appearance) at caput pancreas.
She will do the ct scan today, Sept 19, 2013.
Her condition now:
1. Yellow skin and eyes
2. Pain in abdomen
3. Backpain
4. Appetite still ok
5. Pale stool
6. Dark yellow orange urine
Until now not yet having medication.
She drinks supplement such as Jelly Gamat, aloe vera, centrum multivitamin
Please help me, Doctor. I want to make appointment as soon as possible within this week or next week, because my mother in law has has high willingness to livr and be cured.
Thank you very much
Best Regards,
Reply: You just need to come and see me with all medical reports and scans.