God pancreatic cancer is brutal.
Years ago, I went to a teaching hospital to get free scanning work done. They ultrasounded my stomach area and said that’s how they check for pancreatic cancer.
After all the scans were done, I suddenly realize and ask the teaching doctor:
“Waitaminit, you mean to tell me pancreatic cancer can be detected by a cheap and easy to use ultrasound scan?”
“Yeah that’s right.”
“So why don’t people have ‘getting an abdominal ultrasound done once a year to early detect pancreatic cancer’ as a thing?”
“Because pancreatic cancer is so aggressive, if you suddenly start developing it, let’s say next week, by the time you came in for your yearly scan, it’s already likely too late.”