Comments on: DOCTOR IS IN: Patrick Swayze has it, but do you understand pancreatic cancer?

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:05:03 +0000

I lost my husband in June of 2008 to pancreatic cancer. We fought hard with health juices , chemo , tarceva and exercise. He couldn’t take the tarceva or he would have beat it a little longer. My husband didn’t drink or smoke. We believe his was genetic. He was only suppose to live six months but we mananged to keep him for seven. I now am concern for our two daughters. We support Relay for life and Pancan. Prayer is keeping up going through this diffcult time.

By: roger

roger — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:27:06 +0000

i have been reading about a product called glutathione that seems to work with cancer and hiv patients maybe this might help someone i have no medical experience

By: Aline Lavigne

Aline Lavigne — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:56:48 +0000

I just lost my brother to pancreatic cancer two days ago. My family is devastated. He was diagnosed in October 2008 at stage 4B and told he probably wouldn’t see 2009. We did some research and found a supplement that works with chemo specifically against pancreatic cancer, and for six months or so the cancer didn’t grow, and his quality of life was pretty good.Then it just took off like crazy, and at the end he went really fast. His name was David Lavigne, he was 48, a musician, and he died surrounded by a huge group of family and friends who truly loved him.

By: Jerri Emory

Jerri Emory — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:06:24 +0000

I lost my husband on November 16, 2006; five weeks and one day after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The first symptom that anything was wrong with him at all was a backache between his shoulder blades. He smoked and drank, but had been very healthy his whole life; he averaged a cold a year and never missed work because of illness. He was physically active and ate fairly well. There’s no definitive test for pancreatic cancer in its early stages; most of the time it’s stage IV when it’s found. I am hopeful that there will be an affordable preventative vaccine developed. Watching him suffer is the hardest thing I’ve done; being widowed is a close second.

By: Randy Ladd

Randy Ladd — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:10:08 +0000

Great article! Precise and to the point. I lost my father on May 27, 2009 to this dreadful disease. I had never even heard of it until he was diagnosed. As awful as it is, one positive note for Patrick Swayze’s diagnosis is that he has become a vehicle for awareness and education on this disease.

By: BOBBI

BOBBI — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:44:36 +0000

We lost a very loving friend of the family also, she never drank or smoked. She exercised and at the age of 60 could still wear a string bikini. In addition she was white female, so the article doesnt help us. She fought and survived more than a year more then the men in white coats gave her.

By: Wanda

Wanda — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:40:43 +0000

If you or a family member have recently been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer please make an appt. with Dr. Kooby. What a caring Dr. His staff was wonderful also.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:59:28 +0000

Part of the reason cancer hasn’t been cured is that there is too much money in keeping it around. Fact: the American Cancer Society is the largest medically related charity in the U.S. and it’s executives make a very comfortable living. It was reported on NPR a few years ago that former staff members have made the accusation that many promising cures researched by the ACS have been quashed before ever reaching large scale clinical trials. Why do you suppose that is? Add to that the money made by the pharmaceutical firms in supplying chemotherapy drugs and you have a pretty strong motive for making sure that cancer is never cured.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:02:39 +0000

I didn’t mention above that my mother was only 64.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:00:03 +0000

I forgot to mention she was only 64.