Anne is a 10-year Pancreatic Cancer Survivor

Anne Seagren is a 10-year pancreatic cancer survivor. Chemotherapy shrank her tumor and made her eligible for a Whipple procedure. She did very little internet research on her disease, preferring to focus on staying positive throughout treatment. Now she is back to her regular life, living each moment to its fullest.
This video series was inspired by Juliette Gimon and made possible through the generous support of the Flora Family Foundation.

[@donnathomas3732]

I had the Distal operation in 2008. They removed the body, and tail of the pancreas, my spleen, a tumor and ulcer in my stomach and the lymph nodes surrounding that area! I have had 17 yrs given to me by the Lord ! I have had more great grands to see coming into this world and expecting my first great-great grandchild! I will be 80 in Nov.!!! Moffitt and Tampa General were fantastic!!!

[@Teenibash1969]

Thank you Anne, good to hear your words xx

[@kytown4248]

I had whipple surgery in April of this year. I had 3 tumors on my pancreas. I was scared to death when I read and researched the type of surgery they wanted to do on me. I had the surgery and I'm doing great. It turned out that it was pre-cancerous. Thank God! It was a rough surgery, but I can eat just about anything I want and do most of what I could do before the surgery. I do tire easily, but that is to be expected. I thank God every day for my life and the incredible doctor who helped save my life.

[@letswinpc]

That's wonderful news, kytown4! Please know we are always here to support you! 💜

[@ruthmarcos5950]

My heart goes for everyone have that disease , my sister in a very short time without any warming have been diagnosed with stage 4 and having chemotherapy now and also Dr said she have one to 2years ,but she struggle , my prayers gos for everyone God bless

[@jeyjey22]

Just believe in her healing and you will see that she will live more than that. She will be fine dear 🙏🏾

[@miastone4012]

I'm approaching 6 years of surviving pancreatic cancer. I had my Whipple procedure at John Hopkins by Dr Wolfgang. He did save my life. However my husband was very supportive during this whole process but I am on my own now

[@sunshine9122]

I'm so sorry, Mia. I hope you're doing well.

[@amood4145]

Hello Mia I’m glad your doing well . My mother was diagnosed as pancreatic cancer type of aggressive one . After hard time and waiting over 2 months for John Hopkins appointment , we going to see doctor on next couple days . I hope that I can use your experience to help my mother which she is my everything . God bless you and your family 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@akshayshetty5548]

​@@amood4145 hope she is doing well and leading normal life and food style post operation.Prayers

[@FifiPan]

My mum is also suffering from pancreatic cancer. Can you please tell me what kind of chemotherapy did you have?

[@Caveman1420]

Thank you for the hope. I had the Whipple done two years ago. And then chemo for 10 months. It all sucks. My belly is hurting this morning. But it is not every day. I had staged 3 now it 4 it is in my lungs. The hardest thing to deal with is my kids 2 and 5 growing up without there father. I was lucky to have the couple extra years with them. Thank you doctor Snyder

[@leona8leo]

How are you? @Caveman

[@coralandpuppies1582]

You are the type of person that every person who has gone through or is going through cancer or has had a Whipple operation needs to listen to. I found your attitude very motivating. Thank you because your advice is really the way to continue living after it all.

[@donecurry1938]

I'm having the whipple surgery. Your KZbin video gives me hope thank you.

[@july7826]

Hope you are doing good!! Get well

[@syedghazi3686]

Hi. I am really really hoping that you are well and happy. Just read your comments about your surgery. I have been reading a lot about pancreatic cancer and it takes my heart away to read a story as yours. Please let me know that you are alive and well. Loads prayers for you

[@donecurry1938]

@@syedghazi3686 thank you! Just passed my one year anniversary. Recovery is very hard. I didn't give up. I am even back at work again.

[@nilounour3173]

@@donecurry1938 happy to hear this!

[@kanhaiyasabharwaladvocate1743]

@@donecurry1938 how r u now ?

[@ilianadiaz8039]

Thank you so much!

[@keasstarsilkiesandfriends8073]

Good for you! Life is nothing but a series of victories! Who can say which one is most serious. Keep a positive declaration. Declare a thing and it will come to pass.

[@kiinganemwene]

THE MESSAGHE IS POWERFUL AND THE BACKGROUND SOUND TRACK IS THE MOST AMAZING STUFF I HAVE EVER LISTENED TO

[@RoxanneTLS]

My mom has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She did 2 rounds of chemo so far (2 more to go before surgery, we hope)... it’s a tough one. This gives me hope thank you

[@deepakkaushik143]

How is she now

[@leonardobruce929]

how's ur mom now

[@roxanaerikamamaniluque3872]

@RoxanneTLS como sigue tu mama

[@RoxanneTLS]

@@leonardobruce929 she is still there, she stopped chemo after 5 rounds, because she was sick of it, cancer is still there, no possible surgery because the tumor has not shrunk… we want her to start chemo again but she refuses to… post of the Time she is doing ok. Some days she is in terrible pain

[@shockinshelly]

@@RoxanneTLS Is she on oxycontin for the pain? Also try CBD ❤️

[@stacylbrewer]

Anne, thank you so much for encouraging us with this positive message. My husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Dec 2021. He has remained absolutely positive. For me, I am SECRETLY scared. Your story helped me so much. 💜🎗❤

[@FifiPan]

Hi, I hope your husband is well and kicking. My mum is also suffering from pancreatic cancer and she's doing chemotherapy treatment. Can you please tell me what kind of chemotherapy did your husband take?

[@kristinabishop3759]

Dear Anne,my husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early March. He has the same tumour as you had and is currently undergoing chemo. He’s nearing the end of his first 3 months cycle which ends in mid June and then we will know more after he has his PET scan. I sencerly hope that it has shrunk so he can have the same surgery as you have. Wish us luck as you gave us hope. Best wishes from UK.

[@arymhansie]

How did it go Kristina? My brother in law has been diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer as well, He starts the Chemo on Friday and then he will have a PET scan to see if the tumour has shrunk. I hope that your husband is well now.

[@letswinpc]

@@arymhansie We are so sorry to hear about your brother-in-law's diagnosis. Please let us know how we can support all of you.💜

[@letswinpc]

Please know we are thinking of you and your husband, Kristina. 💜

[@arymhansie]

@@letswinpc Thank you so much for your reply, he is scheduled for his second chemotherapy tomorrow morning. In January he will then have a PET scan to find out if the tumour has shrunk. Is there any special diet he should be following? I do understand that there are many cancer survivors who have been cancer free after following a vegan, dairy and meat free diet. They have been taking lots of wheatgrass juice and other green juices as well .

[@letswinpc]

@@arymhansie Great news. We recommend always speaking to a dietitian or nutritionist specializing in oncology to help create the best plan! Every patient is different, as are their nutritional needs.

[@amood4145]

Same here with my mother she diagnosed with tumor 2cm pancreatic cancer and now it’s more then 4cm because of rejecting her insurance and canceling and push backed her appointment ( I’m not sure even if it’s legal to do that with us citizens). terrible with you here that for first time

[@chelseacooley2432]

I lost my mother to pancreatic cancer it hurts four years ago and it’s even worse when people are trying to help me get over the fact when they’ll bring it up or suggest something like moving on or someone trying to replace her because that’s how it feels people are trying to do to me because that’s the only thing that they can do is tell me to move on

[@deec.3904]

Awesome, love these videos!

[@letswinpc]

Thank you, Dee. We will be sure to share with our team! 💜💜💜

[@ej32480]

God bless you. I have recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and undergoing chemo to shrink the tumor before the whipple procedure. But I have to ask how we're you able to work throughout chemotherapy. I do a 7 hour session every other week and im just too drained with fatigue and neusea. But I also do manual labor. Again congrats on beating it im hoping for the same outcome

[@ivywoods5926]

My best friend has being diagnosed and he just had a second stent put in for jaundice, his very weak lying in bed everyday, he went from full of energy all his life to barely able to walk to the toilet now...im worried out of my mind, how is he going to have chemo if his only barely eating and extreme weakness

[@caroltrudge1389]

I lost my beautiful brother at the age of 51 to this terrible stillness 18 months fighting ,💔🙏

[@pamwawrzyniec3920]

God bless you most don’t make it my husband passed away from this cancer

[@pauline9580]

I wonder if anyone can give me some advice,I had severe pain in my upper stomach for a few years,they diagnosed gallstones and my liver blood test was really high but they thought it was connected. Had gallbladder out but I had an mri beforehand and they saw a small cyst in my pancreas. 5 months later the specialist has organised an MRCP with contrast to see if it's ok?my question is could this be something normal ?I am also starting to get the recurring pain I felt before could this be why?

[@letswinpc]

Hi Pauline, Pancreatic cysts are a common finding. Here's an article that explains them in more detail: letswinpc.org/managing-pancreatic-cancer/2018/06/08/what-you-should-know-pancreatic-cysts/

[@Ben-cp6nb]

@Pauline How a u feeling dear??

[@sarahfellner891]

Hi how are you

[@skygazer6898]

Lucy, lucky lady

[@richarddavies6428]

thank you for this video my wife diagnosed with stage 4 pancreas cancer lost a lot of weight oncologist has give her a 6 to 12 month chance to live i am devastated my wife does not know yet should i tell her or is there hope on the horizon this video has give some hope tumor too big to operate only chemo and radiation if she strong enough candidate for it was my oncologist answer seem just like they give no hope for her

[@Ben-cp6nb]

Hieee....there m sorry about ur wife, well if you don't mind me asking like how long did find out that your wife was having pancreatitis problem before it turns to cancer?

[@richarddavies6428]

@@Ben-cp6nb unfortunetly they were treating her for gallstones after six back and fore trips to Aand E give her a full body scan thats when they found a black mass on her pancreas and it was all too late it was stage 4 so if they scanned her on her second Aand E visit she may still be here so i would say she deterioated all in six months

[@Ben-cp6nb]

@@richarddavies6428 Thanks for sharing and sorry about your wife....

[@richarddavies6428]

@@Ben-cp6nb so sorry your child had such a awful disease at her age hope your future be much kinder and healthier

[@roxanaerikamamaniluque3872]

My mother has pancreatic cancer, she measures more than 2cm and less than 4cm, she is also attached to the aorta vein :( and they told us that they had to give her folfirinox to reduce or dry out and be able to operate, any information and support on how to recover faster whether you boil or what you should eat, I will appreciate it with all my heart

[@sohabeljadid5841]

Hi my mum have the same case .i know its hard god bless em. How is ur mum now?

[@Rajeevraj1995]

@@sohabeljadid5841 what about you? Same case with my nother

[@sohabeljadid5841]

@@Rajeevraj1995 unfortunalety she passed away a year ago.. it was a hard moment for all of us :( god bless all mums . What about your mum ?

[@Rajeevraj1995]

@@sohabeljadid5841 on 7th october she had whipple..had moderate grade tumiur with stage 3. They removed all of it now chemo is scheduled.

[@sohabeljadid5841]

@@Rajeevraj1995 wishing for her a good recovery. Stay positif 🙏🏻🙏🏻❣

[@cristina3031]

I had a whipple done in October. Been dignose with pancreas cancer in Sep 2021. The hardest for me was the operation and im still having pains inside me. Sometimes i think its never going away. Was this the same for you?

[@Caveman1420]

It will slowly go away. 2 years ago I had the Whipple.

[@idesireit31]

My mom had whipple, she is constant pain, lost lots of weight and taste buds. I think its normal for some people to experience this. Hope you feel better soon x

[@Bubu_Lover]

Dear cristina, how are you now? I had a Whipple in Jan 2023 and 14x mFolfirinox afterwards. Needed nearly one year to recover from surgery but feel fine in this days, no pain. Do you still have problems?

[@pamwawrzyniec3920]

Exactly

[@leongt1954]

I'm a 5 1\2 years survivor of stage 3 pancreatic cancer and from what I know only 4 out of 100 live longer than 5 years with stage 3 and the only thing they removed was the cancer and my Spleen

[@annasong11]

Hi, I wonder if there is anything else you did to survive...

[@refatkhalefa4798]

U had cancer in tail of pancreas so you removed spleen? Do you still take chemo?

[@roxanaerikamamaniluque3872]

@leongt1954 My mother has pancreatic cancer, what did you eat, how can I help her, my family is devastated, we pray that Jesus heals her is more than 2cm and less than 4 in the second stage, for now she is receiving folfirinox since it is attached to a vein and They are waiting for me to come down to operate.

[@jeyjey22]

@@roxanaerikamamaniluque3872 May God heal your mother. My mother must also go through a surgery very soon and I know that God will help her as well. Let’s be strong for them.

[@FifiPan]

My mum is also suffering from pancreatic cancer and she's doing chemotherapy treatment. Can you please tell me what kind of chemotherapy did you take?

[@PatriciaRoman-sr5ho]

Not common at all. My dad passed away 27 days after his diagnosis.

[@jocelynfernandez850]

My aunt passed 3 weeks after diagnosis.

[@pamwawrzyniec3920]

My husband work up to the end

[@Angie2343]

Here because Alex Trebek passed away from stage 4 PC.

[@valerydesire4515]

My mom has stage 4 pancreatic cancer can anybody give me advice

[@sheruvlogs9511]

Chemo

[@Bubu_Lover]

University of Heidelberg / Germany did research on pancreatic cancer and brokkoli sprouts (contain Sulfuraphan), seems to fight the cancercells (in addition to chemo)... Have a look on their internet side. Best regards BL

[@luckspell]

Dostarlimab and car t

[@ducheau100]

These are success stories are great to hear about but with a five year survival rate of 5% for stage 4, it is a dismal prognosis. My mother got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April but it had already spread to the liver. They couldn't do anything but provide chemo. She tried folfirinox. It was too much for her. She tried 2 rounds and it made her too sick. Her last oncologists said we should have just tried gem and that would have helped her live longer without too many horrible side effects. As it turned out her last scan before she died showed the cancer got bigger. The folfirinox really did nothing, but just made her sicker. Once this cancer spreads there is no hope.

[@aadityasharma7d950]

You are absolutely right! survival stories are once in a billion human, I lost my mom 9 months back due to advance stage Pancreas CA.my Sr. Oncology Doctor clearly said max 3-6 months and she died in 3.

[@ducheau100]

@@aadityasharma7d950 and even if they get it out with the whipple, it still seems to come back. its really the worst kind of cancer to get

[@patthonsirilim5739]

@@ducheau100 well 50 percent of whipple operation patient dont have recurrence but even if you caught it early or is able to shrink the tumor it still a coin flip between life and death and even if you become cancer free there still chance that it might resurge even a decade later once you have it you either surivive and be on guard the rest of your life or your just aiming for life extension.

[@ducheau100]

@@patthonsirilim5739 that could be about right. Our oncologist at Johns Hopkins told us that 90% of the time they don't catch it till its at stage 4. So they can't operate. The other 10% when they catch it early can perform a whipple. And 50% of those don't have a recurrence, which puts us at a 5% survival rate after 5 years (50% of the 10% they catch early).

[@patthonsirilim5739]

@@ducheau100 exactly if we can develop a way to test for pancreatic cancer cheaply effectively and quickly we could solve a huge amount of pancreatic death there a promising research on clinical trial about a urine test for pancreatic cancer its result are 60 percent accurate so far its very promising and today stage 1-2 pancreatic cancer that could undergo operation with the ever more advancing immunotherapy radiation therapy and chemotherapy we are seeing a huge increase in survivability compare to the past but like your said almost 90 percent of all diagnose PAC are not respectable stage 3-4 the goal to dramatically increasing pancreatic cancer survival rate is to treat improvement early detection and methods like cart t cells therapy that may be the key to killing off the microscopic remanence of the cancer cell after the whipple procedure.

[@thegurlthatcould]

Crap

[@akshayshetty5548]

How are you doing now Anne?

[@tomomasta3254]

Do they have less evasive surgery for this now, like laproscope or robotic?

[@sarah52jane]

No

[@pdrey100]

Ablation?

[@luvgut]

​@@sarah52janeit can be done robotically. My husband had it done (DaVinci) in July 2023 and doing very well.

[@markdabronzo2916]

Hello Anne I’m a 6year survivor Whipple surgery two rounds of chemo one round radiation one round CyberKnife I am here I am alive and doing well and it looks like you are doing the same we have to stay in touch

[@akshayshetty5548]

How's life post Whipple, and also food habits

[@FifiPan]

My mum is also suffering from pancreatic cancer and she's doing chemotherapy treatment. Can you please tell me what kind of chemotherapy did you take?

[@akshayshetty5548]

@@FifiPan hi Iman, my mom had stage 3 pancreatic cancer she was undergoing chemotherapy named "Folfox" It's 3 days chemo and 12 cycles Post 4 cycles she underwent surgery and we could remove the tumour post surgery

[@akshayshetty5548]

She is undergoing 8th chemo out of 12 chemo currently

[@FifiPan]

@@akshayshetty5548 My mum is undergoing chemotherapy named Folfirinox. Idk if they're the same, but it's also 3 days and 12 cycles. She just had her first treatment and I think she's supposed to have this treatment every 2 weeks. I'm still coping.. I'm kinda scared and overwhelmed, but trying to be brave and positive. Thank you for replying. I hope everything goes well with your mum. I'm praying for her fast recovery. 🌸💖