Pancreatic Cancer

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   Teresas Girlposted 12 years ago

   Hi,
   
   My good friend (42 years old) has just been diagnosed with this disease - is there anyone out there who knows anything about this or who has lived with/through this?
   
   Googling seems to be a confusing and depressing task!
   
   Thanks xx

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      peeplesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Honestly I am sorry to say I have known 3 people who had this and none made it. It has a very low treatment sucess rate, or at least it did a few years ago when the last person I knew was fighting it, she was only 36. Sorry to hear about your friend.

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         Teresas Girlposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         peeples - thats what I was afraid of....from the little I have googled it seems to reflect a low sucess rate. I'm so sorry to hear of your losses as well. cancer is affecting a few people in my life right now - just praying for miracels it seems.
         
         I hope you don't mind me asking but from point of diagnosis how long roughly was there for your friends? My friend is in a bad way.  They were treating him for another condition for months before they reslised only yesterday what they were dealing with. He is yellow and lost a lot of weight - I'm seeing him tonight but I've been told to prepare myself.
         
         Thanks for you reply xx

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            peeplesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            I hate telling you this but if he is already getting jaundice and loosing a lot of weight he may be close. My friends mother made it 3 months from diagnosis. My husbands grandmother made it 7 months. Our family friend made it just over a month. Everyone is different though so you never know for sure. Medicine is advancing everyday!

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      Robertr04posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hello again Teresas Girl. Is natural healing being considered?

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   CASE1WORKERposted 12 years ago

   My friend is booked in for a whippies operation which will help for a little while. Sometimes it is hard to diagnose, so my friend wont know  until they do an exploration whether he has it- I find it very hard so what he finds it I dont know. He is on a roller coaster ride
   Good luck to your friend; miracles do happen but it may be their time is soon- I guess you just cant come out with "so how long do you have?" sounds rather rotten in conversation

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   DigbyAdamsposted 12 years ago

   I'm sorry about your friend's diagnosis. You might want to read a new book called "Dream New Dreams." It's written by Jai Pausch, who's husband Randy Pausch died from pancreatic cancer after two years of illness. She writes a lot about the treatments he went through and how she coped. He wrote the book "The Last Lecture."

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