Posted on 07/11/2022 10:18:11 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Steve Jobs had a very survivable form but he made the fatal mistake of not following his doctor’s recommendations. By the time he did listen to his doctor it was too late.
Non specific symptoms...major reason for difficulty of treatment. Had a friend who died from it. Inoperable. Only symptoms: dark urine, and recent diagnosis of diabetes. Then collapses and diagnosed with pancreatic can. Not a smoker, but not a heavy drinker either. Strong family history of cancer in family. 5/6 of family had cancer and died.
Perhaps, epidemiologists should monitor high risk patients for telltale signs and symptoms to see if the ca could be caught early.
A horrible awful disease. MIL died of it in her late 60s. Her twin sister also died of it. MIL’s kids live in terror everyday with the realization that they have a greater chance of getting it than someone who doesn’t have a family history. Wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I would say except liberals but I can’t even joke about it it’s so horrible.
Yes, I read that. Mr. “Genius” made the decision to ignore his doctors for almost a year while trying new age crap.
I would say brain cancer is the worst. My friends husband went from diagnoses to death in only 2 weeks. One day he started acting confused and he was diagnosed with glioblastoma. Same thing happened a few years later to this woman I worked with who chain smoked, always out in the warehouse smoking. She started complaining of headaches and less than a month she was gone.
I’m 60 and still smoke like a chimney and drink whiskey and beer on weekends which is utterly insane. I also eat crap, have a gut and don’t exercise. I drive a truck long distance which is asking for a heart attack sitting down all day. I can’t imagine making it to 70, and at this point even if I quit all that, the damage is done isn’t it. I don’t have any health insurance thanks to the “affordable” care act so if I ever got the C, I think I would just make preparations for the afterlife.
Also the pancreas is deep in the abdomen and one of the few organs that is not encapsulated. (it has no outer covering). combine that with the fact it literally sits on top major nerves (the celiac plexus) and is very close to major blood vessels including the aorta and you have the reason it is rarely resectable by the time it is discovered.
If it is determined to be resectable the operation is called a Whipple procedure, one of the most complex and complication prone surgeries one can undergo. In the hands of an experienced surgeon one can expect 1-2 major complications in the post op course and a prolonged hospitalization. In short one of the nastiest diseases there is.
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Seems consistent with the fact he was an arrogant jerk.
As an aside, a good friend of mine is a retired trucker who used to be in awful shape.
After a major heart attack, he changed his lifestyle (even started taking a bicycle with him on his hauls) and his doctors are amazed by the complete physical change in him.
Give it a try. You won't regret it.
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He had a long and painful recovery, with plenty of complications.
That was a year ago. Before his diagnosis he was all work. These days he spends most weekends kayaking, camping and sailing.
I guess it changed his perspective.
40 to 50 Years ago pancreatic cancer was considered rare. I recall being told that it was a rare opportunity to see a case.
Two relatives by marriage currently have it. One late seventies and a niece in her 50s. Both have had it at least 2 to 3 years and are in terminal treatment.
Gallbladder cancer is deadlier.
RBG survived for quite a few years. Hmmm.
We lost a friend to this in March. It’s a horrible disease.
RIP, Max.
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Best to make your peace with your Maker and settle the issue with the afterlife now.
We don’t know how long we have and waiting until there’s a need may backfire. We don’t always get warning of when our number is up.
I am 70, and ruptured my pancreas at about age 7 due to falling off my bicycle (handle bar pushing in) and am supposed to get it checked regularly, and have not. Meanwhile I have not drank in over 40 years, weigh about 130lb at 5'4'' and usually only eat when needed due to energy fatigue, and overall like to be active, weather permitting. And eat fairly well, with small low-fat meals and some greens and protein daily, but can have gall bladder flare ups (mom had the same) if I go too long without eating and then eat too much. If I bend over about 90 degrees a sharp pain just below my rib cage results, with a hard nodule I can feel. And there is not much left to my teeth.
Yet aside from having a piece of rust (working on a exhaust system without glasses) removed about 1988, and a check up about 1994, I have not had any medical examination or treatment in about 40 years, thanks be to God (and having left all and serve the Lord in evangelical faith in 1986 without salary then I have not used medical insurance), and I realized a healed lower hernia (hickory wood is heavy) after being prayed for years ago - though since then I have done things that came close to giving me one again!
However, with low blood sugar I usually begin and end each day with a large cup of homemade hot chocolate, and overall consume much more sugar than one is supposed to (much for energy). Which does not help my arthritic fingers and joints (inherited from dad's side) though that has not stopped my from playing basketball (often too much like football) with the local young folk or fixing bikes on the sidewalk (free labor) spring thru Fall, (and whom I give gospel tracts to and try to speak about the subject), thank God.
So yes, I am not going to get on you about your diet, but indeed make preparations no only for the afterlife, but for using your time, talent and treasure to make a positive difference in the lives of others not only for this life, but eternity (not that you do not, but may you make sure you have given your sins and life to the Lord Jesus who gave Himself for us that we may live thru Him). To God be the glory.
My wife’s brother in law went from fishing under the Verrazano Bridge to being dead in two weeks. That’s what pancreatic cancer can do.
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