i don't have any advice but my family was in a similar situation. my papaw was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (very bad) the doctors told us that he could have part of it removed IF it did not affect the part of his pancreas that produced insulin, it ended up not being that part but my papaw was at an old age and had other health issues as well. after a long discussion we decided to tell him the diagnosis and let him decide what he wanted done (surgery or not) he finally decided to go through with the surgery but never fully recovered and it ultimately took him away from us. i hope i'm not making you sad or impling anything i just wanted to share my story. he just passed away in september and it's still hard for me at times. my advice would be discover all your options good and bad then let you aunt decide but i would make sure you knew of every availble treatment out there. |