Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.  You probably heard that Patrick Swayze succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 2009.   The disease is often a silent killer which is why more people need to know the signs and dangers.

So what kind of signs are there?   Over half of patients already have jaundice when they first visit their doctor – which means yellow skin and yellowness also affecting the area around the pupils of the eyes.

You might be driven mad with a lot of itching or a fever, could feel pain in your stomach and weight loss might also be present.

Want to know how you can help?  Maybe you know someone touched by pancreatic cancer or perhaps you have to have had the disease yourself.  Or, maybe you want to make a difference and as the campaign slogan says, ‘it’s time to take it on’.

Why not organise your own Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month event?  It can be sports-related or be about something different altogether!  It’s up to you and what you want to do.  Maybe you could club together with friends and run ideas past each other until you find a great and unusual option for fundraising.

Need some inspiration?  Well, for more information visit the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month website – they’ve got loads of ideas.

World Pancreatic Cancer Day which takes place on 15 November 2018 – so don’t forget to wear purple and look out for local landmarks being floodlit in purple on the day!