Patrick Swayzee Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer

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  • leaf
    leaf Member Posts: 8,188
    edited November 2008

    My 58 year old friend, Kathy, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer within a week of when Patrick Swayze was, and she started home hospice care last week, so their cancers seem to be on the same time line. (My friend Kathy was stage IV at diagnosis.) She has lived a very healthy life. As you probably know, Randy Pausch also died of this awful disease last summer.    http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/ As we know, life isn't fair.

    Only a small fraction of people with pancreatic cancer are eligible for surgery when they are diagnosed. Only 15-20% of patients with pancreatic carcinoma present with easily resectable disease with no evidence of local advancement     http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1712.htm

    At least it seems like my friend's pain is under control.  It must be awful to go through this under public scrutiny.  

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  • Zzap
    Zzap Member Posts: 77
    edited December 2008

    Good news, I've read that Patrick has come out to say that the rumors are not true and that he's currently doing fine!  I certainly hope so, I love that guy.

    Leaf, I checked out the website you posted on Randy Pausch, what a horrible loss, he seemed like a great man, and still so young.  I haven't had the guts yet to listen to his "Last Lecture" on utube , because I know I'll cry.  Thanks for sharing his story.

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  • LuAnnH
    LuAnnH Member Posts: 8,847
    edited December 2008

    If you get a chance read the book "The Last Lecture" it is the most awesome book that was written by randy pausch and is so good and uplifting!

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  • Jadai
    Jadai Member Posts: 182
    edited December 2008

    A woman I used to work with had surgery for her pancreatic cancer over 3 years ago and is still doing well. 

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