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Items Related To Tag 'pancreatic Cancer'
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Caregivers: About VisitorsCaregivers: About Visitors When someone hears that your loved one has a serious illness they ask if there is anything they can do. This of course is the right thing to say and some people say it for that precise reason. Others actually mean it and some will even expect an answer. I found while caretaking Margaret, my wife of 20+ years, who was unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage Four...
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Hunter TempleJust two years after he was on his deathbed, 76-year-old Hunter Temple qualified for one of the most grueling events on the planet: the World Ironman Championships in Kona. Find out how his daughter motivated him to get there.
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Six-Time Cancer Survivor and Triathlete Wins First-Ever Growing Bolder AwardTriathlete Tony Handler was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given two years to live. That was 25 years ago. Since then, he's beaten cancer six times and has been named the winner of the first-ever Growing Bolder Award presented by GrowingBolder.com.
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Tony HandlerDespite his struggles with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, Tony Handler is still pushing himself to complete triathlons.
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Caregiver: 3 Tips For Keeping Hope Alive
Caregiver: 3 Tips For Keeping Hope Alive When we are faced with the terminal illness of a loved one, we hope – sometimes against hope itself – that the illness can be overcome and that death can be delayed. Unfortunately, a diagnosis of terminal illness promises only to threaten life and to do so in a downhill spiral. I know that’s what I experienced when my wife was unexpectedly...
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Courage Through CancerThe world is buzzing with the news that actor Patrick Swayze is battling an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. There is hope -- and triathlete Tony Handler is proof, after 25 years and five forms of cancer, including pancreatic.
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Patrick Swayze's cancer diagnosisI was saddened to hear the reports of the pancreatic cancer diagnosis for Patrick Swayze. It is also disheartening to hear differing versions from the media, ranging from "5weeks to live" to a very "early stage case showing excellent results from his treatments". I certainly hope the latter is the correct one. I was diagnosed with a very rare form of pancreatic cancer in1983, and was told I...
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Actor Patrick Swayze Dies at 57Actor and dancer Patrick Swayze died Monday after a 15-month battle with advanced pancreatic cancer.
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Cancer SurvivorsA cancer diagnosis can be devastating but beating cancer is becoming commonplace. Check out Growing Bolder's library of interviews with men and women who not only beat cancer but emerged from the battle better than ever.
