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Former US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid has undergone surgery to remove a tumor from his pancrea (Original Post) Gothmog May 2018 OP
CNN said that it was caught really early and that gives BigmanPigman May 2018 #1
Statement from the Family Gothmog May 2018 #2
Oh boy, Wellstone ruled May 2018 #3
I have told my family PCIntern May 2018 #4
We have lost all of my Spouse's Wellstone ruled May 2018 #6
Kelly Sadler is taking the rest of the day to work on some new comedy NightWatcher May 2018 #5
Hugs and kisses Iliyah May 2018 #7
Pancreatic cancer is almost certain death by the time it is found. sunRISEnow May 2018 #8
Harry Reid was a former boxer. gademocrat7 May 2018 #9
Best wishes to Harry, for sure. Hortensis May 2018 #10
This is serious malaise May 2018 #11
From Senator John McCain Gothmog May 2018 #12
I always wonder if these stories are being reported properly. Hassin Bin Sober May 2018 #13

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
1. CNN said that it was caught really early and that gives
Mon May 14, 2018, 03:33 PM
May 2018

him a really good chance of a recovery. I hope they aren't giving us BS. Pancreatic Cancer is normally a death sentence. I have lost several friends and family member to this type of cancer. Harry is a good man and leader.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Oh boy,
Mon May 14, 2018, 03:37 PM
May 2018

this sucks. Wish him well,had a family member suffer from the same. Oh so painful and remeber the Chemo treatment was pure ugly. He lasted eight months after his last Chemo,the Cancer attacked his skeleton.

PCIntern

(25,347 posts)
4. I have told my family
Mon May 14, 2018, 03:40 PM
May 2018

That I will take a handful of Ambien and a glass of good scotch and call it quits.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. We have lost all of my Spouse's
Mon May 14, 2018, 03:47 PM
May 2018

siblings and her parents to Brain,Lung,and Panaceas Cancers. We keep a bottle of Ambien in the draw as well as a quart of Royal Crown in the Pantry.

No friggin Chemo for either of us. Five is enough.

 

sunRISEnow

(217 posts)
8. Pancreatic cancer is almost certain death by the time it is found.
Mon May 14, 2018, 03:51 PM
May 2018

I hope they got it soon and I am wrong.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
10. Best wishes to Harry, for sure.
Mon May 14, 2018, 04:21 PM
May 2018

The dismal general survival rates are reportedly because less than 20% of pancreatic cancers have been found before they spread; most of them are already unresectable when discovered. That's seemingly not the case here...

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,273 posts)
13. I always wonder if these stories are being reported properly.
Mon May 14, 2018, 04:39 PM
May 2018

My partner had a neuroendoncrine tumor on his pancreas. If you are going to have a tumor on your pancreas, that is the type you want as it is highly treatable with surgery. Major surgery.

Or, if you are Steve Jobs, you ignore your doctor’s recommendation until the highly treatable neuroendocrine tumor spreads. To this day, the media says Jobs died from “pancreatic cancer” which, while true in the broad use of the term, is not the the nasty Pancreat Adenocarcinoma that kills 95% in five years.

That said, if he is receiving chemotherapy, it is probably the bad adenocarcinoma.

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