The article I read said he battled cancer for 20 months. Fighting pancreatic cancer that long is TOUGH. RIP.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - Sep 14, 2009 4:06:08 pm PDT #8803 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
flea - Sep 14, 2009 4:08:13 pm PDT #8804 of 30001
information libertarian
Mr. flea's uncle died of pancreatic cancer and it is a pisser. I think the average survival from diagnosis like 5 months.
shrift - Sep 14, 2009 4:09:11 pm PDT #8805 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I was so distracted by the US Open that I forgot to stop by the grocery store for fresh basil. Insert Basel pun here.
Jesse - Sep 14, 2009 4:09:54 pm PDT #8806 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So sad. My friend's father died from pancreatic cancer pretty quickly, too -- actually I think he was diagnosed when Swayze was "getting better." He died about a year ago.
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2009 4:10:21 pm PDT #8807 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Insert Basel pun here.
Oh, god, you're a geek. So does that mean it was your fault?
sarameg - Sep 14, 2009 4:14:23 pm PDT #8808 of 30001
Pancreatic killed my favorite professor in college. It's a nasty one.
bon bon - Sep 14, 2009 4:22:11 pm PDT #8809 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
How is it discovered? I assume it's not very preventable.
Dana - Sep 14, 2009 4:22:35 pm PDT #8810 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I'm so sorry to hear about Patrick Swayze. There need to be some memorial Dirty Dancing viewings.
ita, I blame you for how the U.S. Open turned out.
Jesse - Sep 14, 2009 4:25:10 pm PDT #8811 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How is it discovered? I assume it's not very preventable.
I think that's part of the problem -- it's not diagnosed (not sure how they do it) until it's generally too late.
flea - Sep 14, 2009 4:25:19 pm PDT #8812 of 30001
information libertarian
One of the reasons it is so deadly is that pancreatic cancer is pretty asymptomatic in the early stages - it only tends to be diagnosed when it is widespread and metastasized. mr. flea's uncle was jaundiced and run down; it obstructs the bile duct.