SUFFERING from headaches, stomach pain and loss of appetite, Gordon Robertson struggled to get a GP appointment. And when he did, he was twice just given antibiotics for a stomach bug. 4 Suffering from headaches, stomach pain and loss of appetite, Gordon Robertson struggled to get a GP appointment Credit: Supplied 4 The 58-year-old died in December that year, just two weeks after fulfilling his final wish with Fiona — to see daughter Amy graduate Credit: Supplied 4 It wasn’t until after wife Fiona Googled his symptoms that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer — and told he had six months to live Credit: Supplied It wasn’t until after wife Fiona Googled his symptoms that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer — and told he had six months to live.
Stories such as Gordon’s are a grim reality faced by too many people who suffer from the disease. Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest of the cancers — with half of patients dying within three months of diagnosis. People are diagnosed very late.
Something like 80 per cent are diagnosed by the time the cancer has already spread outside of the pancreas. Lisa Woodrow, pancreatic cancer nurse specialist For that reason, it is a disease that few people are aware of and one that GPs do not come across that often — it is only diagnosed 10,000 times a year. READ MORE ON PANCREATIC CANCER WELCOME BACK ZOE Zoe Ball returns to BBC Radio 2 after mum's heartbreaking death SILENT KILLER As Sven faces pancreatic cancer how it.
