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Dave W

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John Prine diagnosed with lung cancer
« on: November 22, 2013, 09:57:39 PM »
He says it's operable and I wish him the best. Unfortunately the five year survival rate is still under 20%.
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Re: John Prine diagnosed with lung cancer
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2013, 04:55:05 AM »
I just had a friend from collage die of lung cancer, he was 54 and had four young kids he just got custody from a divorce.

He was a consistent smoker.

RIP. Denis
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Re: John Prine diagnosed with lung cancer
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2013, 06:38:22 AM »
My dad had lung cancer.  They took 1/3 of his lung, and the cancer spread to his kidney (they took that) and finally his lymph glands.  He made it 3 years.  Horrible disease, and my dad had quit smoking 15 years before it caught up with him.
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Re: John Prine diagnosed with lung cancer
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2013, 10:27:55 AM »
I lost my sister to it in 2012. Lifelong smoker, it metastasized and basically took over her body. Dont smoke. Anything. Ever. It's not worth it.
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Re: John Prine diagnosed with lung cancer
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2013, 11:52:55 AM »
Same here. My dad was diagnosed at age 44, they removed a lung but it had metastasized and he was gone three years later. Seems like a lifetime ago.
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Re: John Prine diagnosed with lung cancer
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2013, 10:37:24 AM »
It's still an especially evil form of cancer - along with the pancreatic thing.
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Re: John Prine diagnosed with lung cancer
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2013, 12:53:14 PM »
Mom died from it (at 59), and never smoked.
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Re: John Prine diagnosed with lung cancer
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2013, 01:49:02 PM »
Quote from: uwe on November 25, 2013, 10:37:24 AM
It's still an especially evil form of cancer - along with the pancreatic thing.

Pancreatic cancer can be far more aggressive.  It has to be caught early and even then, there's not a lot of hope.  I knew someone whose doctor didn't detect it in testing when she knew something was wrong.  It took her in only a few months.
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Re: John Prine diagnosed with lung cancer
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2013, 07:19:17 AM »
My dad passed from pancreatic cancer.  Took six months.
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