Operable pancreatic cancer
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Amanda, 39 when diagnosed with operable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas tail -
I was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in December 2009 then aged 39 years. Up until then, I was fit and healthy, didn't smoke, drank only socially and had a healthy diet-mostly vegetarian and with lots of organic produce.
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Carole, 41 when diagnosed with operable adenocarcinoma -
I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in November 2009 as a result of routine monitoring following a blocked bile duct earlier in the year. It was a massive shock to me and my family as I was asymptomatic and probably felt fitter and healthier than ever before.
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Claudie, 60 - diagnosed with operable adenocarcinoma in 1996 -
my story starts back in 1996 when I had an operation for a benign cyst on my liver. However, during the operation, the surgeons spotted what they thought might be a tumor on my pancreas. To be on the safe side, they removed the tail of the pancreas.
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Cliff, 67 when diagnosed with operable adenocarcinoma in the head of the pancreas - on July 16th 2009, I was told I had what the late Patrick Swayze's autobiography, called "the most lethal and untreatable cancer there is".
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Keith, diagnosed in 2008 with operable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas - I was told by my friends that I was lucky to have fallen ill where I did, which was in Mackay, Australia. We had been sailing on our yacht on what we had hoped to be a circumnavigation; however that was not to be.
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Lynne, 55 when diagnosed with operable adenocarcinoma - during the first six months of 2009 I had been working hard and travelling widely. On return from Australia I was unable to throw-off what I thought was bad jet lag and my fatigue became overwhelming.
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Petra, diagnosed in 1999 with operable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas - at the age of 47, on 10th December 1999, I developed symptoms of jaundice, pale stools and dark urine. Following blood tests, ultrasound, CT scan and ERCP I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on Christmas Eve 1999.
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Trevor, diagnosed in 2009 with adenocarcinoma in the head of the pancreas - in early May 2009 I suddenly felt slightly unwell one evening. The following morning while driving to work, I had to stop the car at a hotel where I was violently sick outside. Thinking it was a stomach bug I thought nothing more of it but continued to feel a bit under the weather and increasingly sluggish. Some two to three weeks later I turned yellow from head to toe and had to see a doctor.
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