Posted on 10/20/2024 7:09:14 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Melissa Gilbert witnessed her TV dad, Michael Landon, fight a debilitating disease that ultimately took his life.
At age 54, the actor who played patriarch Charles Ingalls in "Little House on the Prairie" was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died three months after publicly announcing his diagnosis in 1991.
"It is really a brutal and pernicious disease," Gilbert told People magazine. "To me, it felt like a tornado. You have no warning. It’s just there and the survival rate is virtually nil."
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So true.
“The Last Lecture”. Kind of famous.
A very fit 47 yr old Randy Pausch gives his Carnegie Mellon farewell lecture in September 2007. He looks completely healthy but he has pancreatic cancer. He dies in just 10 months. It gives an idea of just how quickly pancreatic cancer can progress. But it is an inspiring lecture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
Pancreatic cancer is usually a stealthy and then very rapid killer, like ovarian cancer. I’ve rarely known any who survived either of those, although some people do with the best treatment; and advancements are made every day.
Have a heart. I believe she meant "killed him rapidly, while he was alive."
Another freeper posted this:
Study directly links high insulin levels to pancreatic cancer
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4194126/posts
11/2/2023, 11:11:37 PM · by ConservativeMind · 7 replies
Medical Xpress / University of British Columbia / Cell Metabolism ^ | Oct. 31, 2023 | Dr. Anni Zhang et al
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-links-high-insulin-pancreatic-cancer.html
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