{thread} Six months ago, I was suddenly diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer that has spread to lymph nodes and both lungs. I’ve beaten prostate cancer (2020), surgically, diagnosed just before my last AMS #AmMetSoc meeting, and just as Covid had reached our shores…
{2/x} I had two Mohs surgeries on my scalp for skin cancer (not melanoma), because none of us growing up in the 60s really knew or cared that the Sun could poison us. This one will come back but would again likely be superficial.
Before I write more about the pancreas, let me…
{3/x} advise you guys • get your prostate examined and follow a urologist! For all of you - see a dermatologist!! I’ve had too many friends die from aggressive melanoma.
In January, I was still grieving the loss of my wife one year before, but trying to stay positive. …
{4/x} Almost a year to the day after she passed (50+ long wonderful years together!), I had an acute pancreatitis attack. ER —> imagery and within hours when I saw the look on my surgeon daughter and nurse daughter’s faces, I just knew it was bad news. Stage 4; inoperable. In …
{5/x} case you were wondering, I am still wearing my rose colored glasses, six months in to this diagnosis. I’m in an aggressive chemo treatment program that appears to be working OK and thankfully my side effects are not too bad. I don’t know if I will beat this thing. But …
{6/6} I know, with support of all of my family and so many friends, I will continue, now at 71, to leave a fulfilling and happy life. However, long that may be.
May we all have peace in our lives, and how about decent health care for all? Not just in the 🇺🇸! The planet! ❤️🫂☮️
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