March 23

Got the biopsy results today. I have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The survival rate is near zero. Life expectancy is 6 months to a few years for most people after diagnosis.

I have a new friend, my oncologist. I meet with him later this week to discuss my treatment options. I will have a stent put in to open my bile duct on Wednesday. If I don't get that done I will last only a few weeks or less.

Most of the information coming my way is pretty technical and hard to explain. I am sure there will be lots more. I call myself a "Lab Rat in Training" because of all the medical tests and procedures I have gone through and will go through.

I am not at all depressed or upset. Everybody dies, just a question of when. I have had a great life and few regrets.