Mr. flea's uncle died of pancreatic cancer and it is a pisser. I think the average survival from diagnosis like 5 months.
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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.
flea - Sep 14, 2009 4:08:13 pm PDT #8804 of 30001
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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'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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
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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.
Barb - Sep 14, 2009 4:28:00 pm PDT #8813 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Mr. flea's uncle died of pancreatic cancer and it is a pisser. I think the average survival from diagnosis like 5 months.
It doesn't present until it's generally around Stage IV and that's because it's moved onto other organs. We actually have a friend of ours who was diagnosed at State I and the reason it was found was because she and her husband were having unbelievably intensive physicals in preparation for adopting a little girl from China. I think some bright-eyed lab tech/doc saw something funny in her bloodwork, they did further tests and discovered the cancer. Got her into surgery right away, took out her pancreas and she became an instant diabetic, but after another mild scare a couple of years ago, she's still cancer free, more than seven years later. And they got their beautiful baby girl, Roan.