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2cimarafa t1_itw4or5 wrote

Pancreatic cancer is terrifying. Took my uncle like six weeks after diagnosis, first symptoms a couple weeks earlier (when it metastasized). By the time you find out, you’re a goner - the only people who survive have it detected by luck in a random test.

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Valiantheart t1_itxa5k1 wrote

What were the symptoms?

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Moleypeg t1_ityzssm wrote

My husband just felt some cramping in his stomach area after a work out. It came and went over the course of a few months - it took him 5 months to go get an endoscopy because it wasn’t that bad or frequent. At that point it was far too late. The cramping was caused by a “gargantuan bleeding tumor” (in the words of the doctor). He had a whipple the next month, followed by 3 years of intense chemo and other unpleasantness before he passed away. The doctor originally gave him 12-18 months.

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Rodgers4 t1_ity6htv wrote

A little sleepy post-lunch and early afternoon.

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