Real Talk: Survivor, Patient & Family Stories

Deirdre Lewin Deirdre’s maternal grandmother, Mary Carroll, wasn’t just a loving presence in Deirdre’s life; she was Deirdre’s idol, the cherished matriarch at the heart of her large, close-knit family […]

Sydney Weinberg At just 23 years old, Sydney Weinberg is uniquely aware of both the heartbreak and the hope for survival that accompany a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. She lost her […]

Three weeks after Geoff Shudtz’s son Emery was born, the 34-year-old first-time dad from Richmond, VA received the most crushing news imaginable: he had Stage IV pancreatic cancer. Despite undergoing […]

Lola Clay  Emily Joyce Stewart Clay, the mother of Houston-based author, motivational speaker, TV personality, and wellness expert Lola Clay, was the epitome of the perfect mom. She was kind, […]

Cole Gunter  For Cole Gunter, his colleagues aren’t just people he spends an eight-hour workday with; they are a tightknit community of close friends whose commitment to each other extends […]

March 6, 1986 will forever be seared into Dr. Lynn Cetin’s memory as the day her father, Dr. Avedis Cetin, passed away from pancreatic cancer, just four months after he […]

Andrew DeFilippis  Andrew was in his first year of college, and his younger brother Joey was only a first-year student in high school, when their father and role model, Andrew, […]

Last fall, Abby Maxam’s doctor noticed something unusual on the radiologist’s report from her routine chest scan: a spot on her pancreas. In fact, it’s uncommon for the pancreas to […]