Pancreatic Cancer Awareness

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness is a cause close to my heart, and why  I chose the accent color purple for my website.

I chose the color for pancreatic cancer awareness for the same reason I wrote a memoir. Writing a story of friendship from the angle of the illness was complicated but necessary, as I explain in this interview on my website's opening page.

Biography of a Friendship is a memoir meant to help other women, two friends like us, and anyone quietly navigating the pain of watching a loved one face a life-threatening illness... This deeply personal story is for readers seeking comfort, understanding, and guidance on how to maintain an emotional connection at a time when it's often warped.

My friend needed a cure, but there was no cure. There is still no cure. Yet, there are inspiring stories of survival, thanks largely to clinical trials.

With no symptoms until Stage IV, a pancreatic cancer diagnosis is shattering news. Research is marching on, but it needs our help to stop its silent and swift progression.

Since my experience with my friend's pancreatic cancer journey, I support PanCAN's PurpleStride—The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Walk/Run to End Pancreatic Cancer—because PanCAN's mission is "to create a world in which all patients with pancreatic cancer will thrive."

PanCAN operates under the groundbreaking program Precision Promise and Know Your Tumor, a personalized clinical research study for treatment.

PanCAN's website helps understand the medical and psychological journey of pancreatic cancer by supporting patients and loved ones every step of the way.'

Unless a life-threatening illness strikes a loved one, we don’t relate to the urgency of finding a cure for pancreatic cancer.