I agree, It is a horrible painful death. It took my mom in Aug,07. We found out in April so she only made it 5 months. I'll check into the org. you mentioned because something has to be done to find this cancer before it is too late. I am so sorry for your loss and I do know what you went through and what your mom went through. There are some good people on here but this community doesn't get alot of activity. Most of us wind up going to the Breavement Community pretty fast because of this awful disease.

I too agree, this fast pace ugly disease took my mammas life injanuary, only days after finding out what was wrong. There is not enough info or tests out there to let people know. It is sad. I am so here for you. Take care, Patti

Thanks. I hated the way my mom died. It was a very undignified and gruesome end. I just learned about PanCan, and so I am looking at what is able to be done to raise awareness and get legislators to pass some funding bills. I kind of feel that this gives me a focus that helps me channel my anger at the disease. It won't bring back my mom, but I didnt even know about this disease until she was diagnosed. Since I think knowlege is power, I am going to try to learn what I can and do what I can, but not get obssessed.
Have a great day all, and thank you for writine me. It helps to have people who know what we all go through with this.

Caroline

Hi all

I got a very interesting note ths morning that I think many of us agree with. This board does not see much activity because this horrible disease takes our loved one so fast that we end up on the Bereavement Board. In addition to any of our activity with PanCan and other organizations, I hope we will all post here more. I think people don't know much about this disease. I just hope we can raise awarenesss, even at Daily Strength for pacreatic cancer. Caroline

I so agree with you Caroline. I wrote to this site when they were donating $ to different organizations for them to consider donating to pancan.org, but my entry wasnt picked. Nothing against the organizations they did pick, but they were causes I and I am sure everyone has already heard about. I must admit I never heard of pancan until my Mamma passed from it. It is sad that more awareness isnt out there. Take care, I care. Patti

I submitted PanCan too, and it was not picked. I respect the DS team, so I don't want to criticize, but I do want this cancer to get some research dollars.

There is so much we can all do if we write everyone on all our address lists and ask them just to read the PanCan work and ask that if they can find it in their heart, add to the effort. We can't stop, we must get the word out.

Caroline

i also agree my mom died in aug from this horrific disease..i have written to congress for more funding so,hopefully one day noone else will have to suffer the way my mom and many others have..

i here ya you know whats sad many people dont know what a pancreas is or what it does.

Thanks for the info on pancan.org. I've told my family about the organization since they were looking for somewhere to send money in lieu of flowers.