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Originally Posted by Stormcro
I'm sorry to hear that you had to suffer as well, it was devastating news- she's my best friend.
the good news is she is cancer free now, we had awesome surgeons and staff here at University of Pittsburgh and they caught it early, she's a nurse so she knew something was wrong and she had pain which is unusual with pancreatic cancer, but the pain saved her life. she was stage 2 when it was discovered. I've been ill for about 10 years as well, so it really changed our lives. and we live one day at a time.
our hearts go out to anyone fighting cancer or supporting a loved one with it.
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That is GREAT news! I'm very happy for you both!
Honestly, I think I actually had it easier than my friends and family did -- they were scared to death, but I was the one actually experiencing it, so I knew exactly what was going on. When you're WITNESSING it, you feel so helpless -- at least I had a sense that I could control some aspects of my treatment. I've been cancer free now for seven years (knock on wood), and we seem to be doing a lot better on getting people into remission than we were even twenty years ago.