Alan Rickman Had Been Suffering From Pancreatic Cancer for Less Than 5 Months Before Death

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[nikuru]

*hugs* me too. I don't know what to think, just that I will never get over cancer, I've lost family members, friend's family members, parents friend and heroes to this and it's never going to stop, fuck I am terrified I will get it myself too. Seems so damn likely at this point.

[nikuru]

Goodness :(((((
That's so scary, I don't blame you at all for being fearful. Have you gotten the testing people in the comments below spoke of? I am going to ask about it next visit to my doctor. :(

[espressotorte]

pancreatic cancer is the worst. It seems like most people find out when its too late because it either goes undetected like his did, or it presents itself in other ways. RIP man.

[insomniachobs]

That was what happened with my grandad - no sign of it until it was much too late. Pancreatic is the sneaky fucker of cancers.

[spacemonkey_699]

Yep, my nan died of pancreatic cancer and she just went so quick, it was horrible

[colonel_green]

My father had pancreatic cancer and lasted about a year after his diagnosis.

[modern_toilet]

my dad got diagnosed with colon cancer 4 months ago because he had had a heart attack 4 months before THAT and his blood thinners lowered his hemoglobin and he had to go back to the hospital and that's when they realized it, so this doesn't make me feel great.

[grifter]

my mom had colon cancer but is 15 years cancer free now, i hope your dad kicks its ass too <3

[expectingmore]

this gives me hope, I rarely seem to see positive things about colorectal cancer. thanks xx

[wintourseason]

i'm so glad to read this. my best friend's mum was just diagnosed with colon cancer. my grandfather had it/went through treatment for 5 pretty good years before it spread and he died.

my boyfriend had leukemia when he was 17 and his mom died from a brain tumor (glioblastoma?) when he was 22.

cancer is the absolute worst.

[homicidalslayer]

My dad lasted 38 days after his diagnosis, and less than a week after he was declared terminal.

Shit started growing in behind his bile ducts, warning factors didn't show up on his bi-annual screening.

[yanozuyanoki]

how's the process before the cancer diagnosis came out? is the diagnosis always resulting in rapid decline because the patient's shock? or is it because the chemo?

[krissasaur]

I think it is just that the symptoms aren't really noticeable until it's too late, symptoms which cause a rapid decline. The diagnosis comes because the doctors / patient finally notice it.

[homicidalslayer]

He had a stroke one day and after that he just fell to pieces.

ETA: He never actually got a chance to start chemo, they wanted him to do some PT to regain his stamina a bit first. Also, the oncologist his PCP selected hadn't gotten back from vacation to evaluate him yet.

[sursumcorda]

Ugh so awful. Pancreatic cancer killed my grandpa too 💔