When Andy Segal got his cancer diagnosis, he didn’t want to accept help from anyone. He soon learned the value of that help from his devoted family and friends.
There was no stopping the tears. Five and a half months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, six weeks after the last of seven chemotherapy infusions and four days after major surgery, the doctor was ready to discharge me from the hospital. All I needed to do was deliver a bowel movement to prove my digestive system was working. That evening, I was alone in my hospital room with an Iranian-born nurse who at 37 was my son’s age.
These photos show a dramatic role reversal millions of people have experienced Finding connection with my wife My prognosis is reasonably good. The pathologist’s report says the excised tumor has clean margins, which means the surgeon got it all. There was no cancer in the 34 lymph nodes that were removed, which means there is little chance it spread. Even so, in case there are undetectable stray cancer cells, I will undergo five more chemotherapy sessions.
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