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Dr. Lynn Cetin 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 was diagnosed. He was 56 years old. Lynn was only 16 years old, a high school student left to navigate the world […]
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, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was just 59, was in good shape physically, watched what he ate and drank, and had no family history […]
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 even be seen on a chest scan. Her doctor assured her the spot was likely nothing worrisome, but recommended she see a gastroenterologist, who then […]
Ralph and Nicole Murczek Retired nurse Debbie Flicker died on June 25, 2014—just 11 days after her youngest child Nicole married Ralph Murczek. The funeral was a heartbreaking blur; loved ones were simultaneously congratulating the newlyweds on their marriage and expressing condolences for their devastating loss. Debbie wasn’t the only one in her family to […]
Lindsay Sigel There was truly no one like my dad. He was everyone’s “go-to guy;” he was the best problem-solver and counselor, and he never let my two older sisters, my mom, and me down. He and my mom were childhood sweethearts who had been together since they were 15 and were each other’s one […]
Peter BonTempo I unfortunately know what it’s like to face cancer; I’ve survived a rare form of leukemia and lung cancer. People often ask how I found the strength to tackle this disease twice and the answer is simple—I had excellent medical teams, luck, and a determination to fight. However, what I’ve been through pales […]
Dennis Bavaria It breaks my heart that my soulmate, Claire Rose—my wife for 38 years and my best friend—had so little time to enjoy her well-deserved retirement, and we didn’t have the chance to grow old together. In 2013, five months after she retired from her career in human resources at the Department of Agriculture, […]
Todd Zavorskas On Christmas Eve 2009, my mom Lorraine—the most kind-hearted, selfless, and accepting person I’ve ever known—was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Shortly before her diagnosis, she had been involved in a car accident, and a couple of months later she was suffering from abdominal discomfort, which my family assumed was residual pain […]