Don't forget the Mayo clinic in Rochester, MN, not far from you.

We have a friend also at 51 diagnosed with pancreatic cnacer, he is in a trial at Mass General in Boston and so far going well. They are using drug treatments versus operations. He was originally diagnosed with liver cancer but that turned out to be more a symptom (lesions on the liver) of the pancreatic cancer.

Good luck, hoping for the best.