February is Cholangiocarcinoma Month. 💚 My mom was diagnosed with this extremely rare, aggressive and deadly cancer in February of 2021. Gallbladder and bile duct cancers are generally even more deadly than pancreatic cancer — and only account for less than 12,000 cases a year in the U.S. The only symptoms my Mom had were a very slight not quite painful sensation in her abdomen and then jaundice. Dark urine, itching, pale feces + weight loss are other symptoms. Please listen to your body and trust your instincts. If something feels off, get it checked out. She was very fortunate to qualify for Whipple surgery and stunned her surgeon Dr. Hardacre with her amazing results. She had virtually no side effects. Unfortunately, we found out her cancer was back in October of this year, but it appeared to be growing slowly. Then on 1/17 a CT scan to rule out a bowel obstruction revealed that the cancer was now in the head of her pancreas and peritoneum. Neither of these cancers were visible 2 weeks prior. Nine days later she died. #curecca #greenforcca #ohiogram #cancerawareness #cleveland #cancersucks #bileductcancer #CCAhope #missyoumom #cholangiocarcinoma (at Independence, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIb6rbJghQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
