Hi pcam, I'm so sorry for your loss.

I lost my Dad a few weeks ago to pancreatic cancer, one month after diagnosis.

I'm no medical professional but for all the research I have done on the disease, it seems that the survival rate is low, and it has to be caught very early for any hope of a cure. All the other stories I've read on this forum of pancreatic cancer seem to involve loved ones that only lasted weeks or months from diagnosis, so it does seem suprising for someone to be told they have 3 years? Maybe they caught it early and were told best case scenario they might have 3 years left? I suppose it would all depend on when they are diagnosed. Some people may leave it until their pain and symptons are very bad before they seek medical help and then find out they don't have long left, like my Dad did. If he had gone to the doctors a few months earlier when he started losing his appetite and having stomach pain etc. then he would have found out earlier and had 'more time' left, when really it wouldn't have been more time, just simply diagnosed earlier, as there was no cure. Not sure what the better scenario is there. To carry on as normal and then be told you have 1 month left. Or to find out earlier and be told you have e.g. 6 months left. In any case, what a horrible disease. Wish they could find a way to diagnose and treat it better.

Hi pcam, I'm so sorry for your loss.

I lost my Dad a few weeks ago to pancreatic cancer, one month after diagnosis.

I'm no medical professional but for all the research I have done on the disease, it seems that the survival rate is low, and it has to be caught very early for any hope of a cure. All the other stories I've read on this forum of pancreatic cancer seem to involve loved ones that only lasted weeks or months from diagnosis, so it does seem suprising for someone to be told they have 3 years? Maybe they caught it early and were told best case scenario they might have 3 years left? I suppose it would all depend on when they are diagnosed. Some people may leave it until their pain and symptons are very bad before they seek medical help and then find out they don't have long left, like my Dad did. If he had gone to the doctors a few months earlier when he started losing his appetite and having stomach pain etc. then he would have found out earlier and had 'more time' left, when really it wouldn't have been more time, just simply diagnosed earlier, as there was no cure. Not sure what the better scenario is there. To carry on as normal and then be told you have 1 month left. Or to find out earlier and be told you have e.g. 6 months left. In any case, what a horrible disease. Wish they could find a way to diagnose and treat it better.