Originally posted by finn's mom
I worry so much about this with my dad. He's over sixty and has been smoking since he was about 13. He gets a physical and is told all the time that he's healthy, his lungs look great etc. But, I worry about things like pancreatic cancer. Is that something that can be predicted at all? Or is just fine one day and gone the next? What an awful thing...
In Bob's case, the only "symptom" he had was that he was losing weight. But as he was TRYING to lose weight and dieting at the time, he thought he was doing really well.

Bob didn't live to see the birth of his twin grandbabies this spring, his daughter pursuing her Master's degree, or many other milestones. It still makes me angry and sad all at once when I think about it.