Irish Examiner on MSN

What a difference a day makes: 'There is life after pancreatic cancer — I’m proof of that'

Pancreatic cancer survivor Pamela Deasy tells Helen O’Callaghan about the moment she received her shattering diagnosis — how hope was all she had to cling to, how determination got her through. And th ...

‘I didn’t lose my spirit’: O.C. man with terminal cancer sees daughter graduate

An early graduation ceremony was held for a high school senior in Huntington Beach whose father, a beloved youth sports coach in the community recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, could ...

Asking Eric: My elderly mom is in denial that she’s dying of cancer

My 87-year-old mother has pancreatic cancer. My husband and I moved out of state to live with her for four months while she went through radiation and enough of the recovery for her to live ...
Anchorage Daily News

Asking Eric: My mother refuses to accept the facts of her cancer diagnosis

My 87-year-old mother has pancreatic cancer. My husband and I moved out of state to live with her for four months while she went through radiation and enough of the recovery for her to live ...

Asking Eric: Navigating my mother’s cancer denial

"She still drives, although the doctors have recommended that she doesn’t drive. She has always been socially active and fiercely independent." ...

Asking Eric: Fiercely independent mom can’t accept her cancer has returned. How can I make her see reality?

When I have broached conversations about having help or ideas that may make her life a little easier, it usually ends with me acquiescing to what she wants but both of us are feel ...

Asking Eric: Her cancer is back

When I have broached conversations about having help or ideas that may make her life a little easier, it usually ends with me acquiescing to what she wants but both of us are feeling ...

Asking Eric: Mother refuses to accept the facts of cancer diagnosis

Mom’s cancer is back and “her refusal to face what is likely to be the end of her life” is stressing the letter writer out.

Our healthy parents BOTH died from same ‘silent killer’ cancer that masks as acid reflux – everyone must know the signs

WHEN Susan Smith suddenly began struggling with acid reflux and was constantly thirsty, she was prescribed antacids. But ...

Daughters urge people to watch for signs after deaths of mum and dad

The daughters of a Lincolnshire couple who both died of pancreatic cancer are sharing their parents’ story to help others in “knowing what different symptoms to look out for w ...
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

In Conversation: Jann Skelton, Teams Chair, New York City Affiliate

New York City Teams Chair, top PanCAN PurpleStride fundraiser, and PanCAN Volunteer Advisory Council (VAC) alumna Jann Skelton spoke with Community Engagement Senior Specialist Paula Mukherjee about ...

Woman, 54, Was So Tired She Needed Energy Drinks Daily. It Was the 1st Sign of Pancreatic Cancer

As a second-grade teacher, Francine Gauthier, 54, was used to feeling a little tired and having the occasional aches and pains. But Gauthier, of Lafayette, Louisiana, started to notice some other odd ...