Aretha Franklin Has Pancreatic Cancer

[debilorrah]

While I do not particularly care for the person, cancer is an evil that no one should have to experience. And that type has no hope for recovery.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Guys...c'mon. There could be someone out there on this board that is fighting this type of cancer right now. Seeing continuous reminders of how bleak their outlook is on this is not good for them or their family members to read.


I'm sorry, it's just really hard to read this stuff when you have had a loved one go through it. Especially when you "knew" they would make it through.

I hope and pray that Aretha will help bring more funding to research for pancreatic cancer...

 

[KellyHM]

Sad. A friend of the family is in hospice right now with terminal pancreatic cancer.

 

[sourland]

Son's MIL was just diagnosed- not good!

 

[Brindlebtch]

I thought there were 2 kinds of pancreatic cancer, and 1 was much more slower moving and survivable than the other?

 

[annie3001]

I read that today. sad.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

totally stinks.

Pancreatic cancer is nearly impossible to cure unless it is diagnosed very early or surgery is able to remove all of the tumor. Problem is it spreads very quickly and usually isn't diagnosed until stage 3 or later when it really begins showing symptoms. I lost an old friend from this a year ago. She was happy and talking to my mom one week, diagnosed and gone the next. Shock! Her family had just found out 3 days before.

If someone on this board has it, I'm sorry. I will stand beside you and fight to whichever end comes you way.

life should have no regrets. No matter what we go through, no matter how much it hurts, each and every experience is meant to help us grow. Cry your tears now to help wash away the pain and remember what the lyrics say......

Beyond... the door
There's peace I'm sure.
And I know there'll be no more...
Tears in heaven

 

[welsummerchicks]

The problem with pancreatic cancer I think is that there are often few to no symptoms until it is very advanced.

 

[Lunachick]

Quote:
Yes, just like ovarian cancer, by the time you're diagnosed it's usually too far in advance, I happened to be lucky (so far!) in that department (ovarian, early stage) my cousin died of pancreatic cancer 2 yrs ago, he was only 57. All I know is that he was on pain meds and seemed to handle it pretty well (considering). But I wasn't there near the end.....

It's pretty sad when you start to consider which cancer is better than another......like, if I had to have a cancer...........etc...

Cancer should be zapped up and stored in a large trunk strapped & chained and lowered in the Arctic Sea like in "The Blob". Well, you all know what I mean. Anyone else have a better idea to get rid of it? Ain't no other cure yet.

 

[Beekissed]

Guys...c'mon. There could be someone out there on this board that is fighting this type of cancer right now. Seeing continuous reminders of how bleak their outlook is on this is not good for them or their family members to read.

I know everyone wants to have hope and that is a good thing. But hope comes in many forms and one of those starts with realizing that we are all going to die....some people are lucky enough to know when they will do so. With that knowledge you can choose to live each day as we all should....thinking and doing things that are the most important to us. Saying all we wanted to say to our loved ones, resolving differences, getting our affairs in order, etc.

The thing with never discussing death when someone is diagnosed with a fatal illness is that it keeps them thinking that they must strive every moment to keep living, must just try every little thing to JUST KEEP ALIVE!!! Even if it makes me feel sicker, wears me out, keeps my family in a constant strain and drains every monetary resource they have....I MUST HAVE HOPE! Everyone is afraid of exploring the simple fact that, when all the striving for every last breath is done, this person will still arrive at the same point...but they will have missed enjoying the few days, months, years they had left.

By all means, have hope. But also don't let anyone tell you that you just MUST keep trying every possible treatment, surgery or injection that they want you to or you are just giving up hope. It is okay to give up and just live your days....this is not necessarily a life without hope. It is the hope of a life until the very end of it.

One thing is certain, none of us are getting out if it alive.​