Hi Flight, I'm a bit slack and haven't checked your story...sorry. I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,given 6wks and still here 5yrs later.I know how rare it is to survive the cancer I had and I figure any help I can give someone else is my way of paying back. I volunteer a few ways..with cancer council,meals on wheels and the local school(helping with reading).The sense of self worth is brilliant. Any help you can give to any cancer organisation is helping someone who is where you were not that long ago!! Margro(a very happy volunteer) ... View more

hi janine your hubby sounds like mine!!We also spent a lot more time talking,and,probably being a lot more open and honest with each other.I was diagnosed with stge 3 pancreatic cancer,even tho we'd been together for 8yrs I felt like I was putting too much on him(we didn't get married til 31st July this year!!). Since my cancer journey started,I have become a much more positive person,closer to my family and generally happier!I have made friendships I would never had a chance to,people still come up to me and say I musn't have been too bad cause I'm still here.That upsets me sometimes,but then ..that's their problem,not mine. I had a friend come and visit on Sunday and she said she really needed a "Margro"fix....so I could tell her the "glass is half full"!That makes me feel good!! A dr told me once that I should never bother buying a lotto ticket,cause I'd already won by surviving pancreatic cancer!After my bet on the cup today,I agree with him!!!!! ... View more

mine is on the day i had my surgery,so probably end of treatment? thing is...whenever you want to make it...do it! ... View more

Hi Caro,thanks for your response...and,yes,you made sense. Just got back from my niece's wedding...what a wonderful time catching up with family.My youngest son and his wife are home from Canada for a month,wouldn't be dead for quids!!!! ... View more

hi all,sorry it's taken me a while to reply....I had pancreatic cancer.Given 6wks due to the blockage and jaundice associated with the tumour. I had awesome support from family and friends,but,because of the odds of beating pc,I sometimes get the feeling they don't know what to do now!! I celebrated my 4th birthday on the 14th,one more year to go and I can start relaxing!!!I've had a bad few days with Patrick Swayze losing the fight.I found out on my normal birthday that he had pc,and he died on my new birthday!!!! My life is wonderful,as I said to a friend the other day...I give myself 10 days a year to feel sorry for myself,used up 3 when Patrick Swayze died,thought I'd have a few up my sleeve for emergencies..unfortunately I'm a dragons fan(who already has tickets to the grand final)....there goes the rest of the feel sorry days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! take care guys,and GO US SURVIVORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... View more

Hi Jules,welcome to the site ... View more

hi jules.....welcome!!!! ... View more

My heart goes out to you and your family.Your story has touched and helped so many, Margro ... View more

Of course you (and your family)deserve a pat on the back.At a very young age you went thru something life changing.You obviously have a great deal of strength to go thru that and think.."wow,other people have it a lot tougher than me".No they don't.Take the credit and feel proud of the young lady you now are!!!! Margro ... View more

Hi Mel,congratulations on your success story!I know how you feel,I read some of the stories and I am amazed at what some people have beaten. Congratulations,once again and never forget you too showed a lot of strenght and courage to beat it!! Margro ... View more