The Legendary Queen of Soul has Pancreatic Cancer!
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Permalink Reply by Brian (bsc) on -
That is so sad. Unfortunately there is a relationship between pancreatic cancer and diabetes that is not well understood. Diabetes symptoms occur in people who get pancreatic cancer, but also it appears that people with diabetes have a higher risk for pancreatic cancer. One theory is that high blood sugars feed cancer, but some researchers believe that there is more going on. While Byetta is not directly linked to pancreatic cancer, there is a rare side effect, pancreatitis. Chronic pancreatitis has been linked to pancreatic cancer. Patrick Swayze valiantly fought pancreatic cancer. Randy Paush also succumbed to it in 2008. Professor Pausch's book the "Last Lecture" is really quite inspirational.
I always remember the way my grandmother talked about cancer with dread. In her day, it was a true death sentence. Today, for many cancers, there is a good chance you can survive. Unfortunately, the prognosis for pancreatic cancer is not good, it is nearly incurable and that is sad.
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Permalink Reply by Christalyn on -
I did not know that Randy Paush ultimately had pancreatic cancer. I remember all the press he got with the book.
I am currently taking byetta right now. It does concern me that a link has been suggested to pancreatic cancer.
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Permalink Reply by MikeyType1 on -
I always wondered if someone that never had diabetes suddenly gets pancreatic cancer, does that mean they will have blood sugar problems or does pancreas still function?
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Permalink Reply by Christalyn on
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I know it is a mutation in the genes and it does cause BS levels to fluctuate and you will start showing signs of diabetes.
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Permalink Reply by Doris D on -
I lost my mom to pancreatic cancer 7 years ago. I don't know about the diabetes but when she 1st got so bad the reason I was on her so hard to go to the dr was b/c she was excibiting signs of Type 1 diabetes. She went to the DR and it was pancreatic cancer.
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Permalink Reply by Gerri on -
Pancreatic cancer is usually detected late. So sad. Lost a relative to this recently.
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Permalink Reply by Doris D on
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Gerri it is almost always to late from what I've learned seaching the internet about it. My mom lived just 6 months from the day they found it till the day she passed. My mom was in stage 4 when they found it. now I need to get back to the present! I will cry about it if I think about it too long. She was my soul support for MANY years.
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Permalink Reply by Gerri on
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Six months seems to be the usual prognosis. Was with Marty also. He complained of stomach pains & doctors said it was nothing.
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Permalink Reply by The Diabetic Welfare Queen on -
Yes... my sister's ex-mother in law died from this, recently. She was such a nice, kind hearted woman. It was so hard to see her go so quickly. Pancreatic Cancer is vicious.
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Permalink Reply by Doris D on
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Gerri & Liz it's really a sad, sad thing when you see it take someone from being able to walk and talk and do for themselves to a bed ridden woman (or man) in just afew months.
Gerri my mom was also talking about her stomach hurting. The 1st dr just didn't test for it. She got her friends dr (who was a cancer spelist) to check on her and that was when we found out in a family meeting with the DR. She also complaned a bit with her back too.
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Permalink Reply by Christalyn on
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Sorry to hear about this. how many people with diabetes normally develop pancreatic cancer. This is what I can't find out...
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Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on -
I don't know what the incidence is, but it is higher than in the general population. However, most diabetics die of heart disease, not cancer.
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