Posted on 05/31/2015 5:09:33 AM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
CLEVELAND, Ohio Pancreatic cancer, the type that former GOP Congressman Steve LaTourette is fighting, is notoriously difficult to diagnose, leading to a poor prognosis for most patients, experts say.
LaTourette, who is preparing to file a lawsuit against the U.S. government, says his treatment was unnecessarily delayed by more than two years, reducing his life expectancy. While medical professionals would not comment on LaTourette's care or treatment, early diagnosis in any cancer generally leads to better outcomes, they say.
In pancreatic cancers, though, even those who have treatable disease often don't fare very well, statistics show. LaTourette, who represented Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula and part of Cuyahoga County for 18 years, says he was not informed of a lesion on an MRI taken by Capitol doctors in 2012. He received diagnosis and treatment at the Cleveland Clinic last year, which included surgery.
Thanks!
Thank you for posting that encouraging story. Glad to hear you’re still doing well. :-)
Thank you!
No, he didn’t.
All of those packaged foods contain flavor enhancing chemicals (MSG etc.) to make you think that it is really food and to get you to eat it.
I would have died young if that is what I ate.
Read the labels and Google the ingredients.
I would have died young if that is what I ate.
Oh I know. We personally have known many people whose poor dietary choices and sedentary life styles were almost certainly primary contributors to their early demise. Working as a firefighter for 25 years; I have often wondered if our expected life spans in this country are not going to start decreasing dramatically at some point. People under 40 are dramatically fatter than they were just 20 years ago. When they want to shed pounds they almost always choose some type of ill-advised fad diet. This is contributing to much higher diabetes and heart disease rates along with other problems that are weight related.
I was extremely lucky in both the kind of tumor and it’s location as well as the early diagnosis. Prayers for your husband.
Thank you. My husband was released from the hospital today. It was GB inflammation not pancreas. Antibiotics for 10 more days and see the doctor in 3 weeks. I feel like I have been through a wringer I know he feels worse but we are both home to recouperate.
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