Just so you know.. pancreatic cancer

I might post these, from time to time, not to gossip, but to show some
people that even well-known people don't necessarily fare any better than
the regular person.
That way, if someone searches the archives, they'll know the approximate
time of some persons, cancers.
J
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/N...516717-ap.html
Casey Coleman, who did play-by-play for the Cleveland Browns and covered
the city's other sports teams for nearly 30 years, died Monday. He was 55.

Coleman died at his home of pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed more
than a year ago, and continued to work until the last few months.

"J" <ercent@anon.inv> wrote in message
news:456B4605.9AB896FE@execulink.com...
>I might post these, from time to time, not to gossip, but to show some
> people that even well-known people don't necessarily fare any better than
> the regular person.
> That way, if someone searches the archives, they'll know the approximate
> time of some persons, cancers.
> J
> http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/N...516717-ap.html
> Casey Coleman, who did play-by-play for the Cleveland Browns and covered
> the city's other sports teams for nearly 30 years, died Monday. He was 55.
>
> Coleman died at his home of pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed more
> than a year ago, and continued to work until the last few months.
>


I have been sad about this all day. Casey was a real class act and will be
sorely missed in Cleveland. Belle.

J wrote:

> I might post these, from time to time, not to gossip, but to show some
> people that even well-known people don't necessarily fare any better than
> the regular person.
> That way, if someone searches the archives, they'll know the approximate
> time of some persons, cancers.
> J
> <
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=399517&in_page_id=17 74>
> Allen Carr dagnosed July 2006, spread to lymph nodes and ribs. Prognosis
> given was 9 months. 'Doctors found I had a very high calcium level in my
> body.’ Allen was suffering from hypercalcaemia, or excess calcium, which
> was another clue that he had lung cancer. If the cancer has spread to the
> bones, the secondary tumours begin eroding bone mass, releasing calcium into
> the body.
>
> In 30 per cent of patients with squamous cell carcinoma, the cancer produces
> a hormone, parathormone, which affects the body’s calcium levels. In this
> case, there was no point operating. Instead, it was decided Allen would
> benefit from chemotherapy. ‘If we can bring down the tumour’s size, it will
> produce fewer undesirable side effects,’ says Dr XXX. He died on 29
> November 2006, age 72. He quit smoking 1983. His older sister, Marion, died
> of breast cancer at 56 — the same age as their father when he died.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Carr