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Originally Posted by Stuart C
One point: I know from experience (my mother died of Pancreatic Cancer) that doctors do NOT generally give precise estimates of life span (they may say you have 6 months to a year, but won't tie it down to a number of weeks)
Apparently, it's for two reasons: One, if people are told when they are going to die, they will probably find a way to do it on time. Two, there are too many variables that cannot be accurately predicted.
While I don't doubt that Patrick has Pancreatic Cancer (and I feel sorry for him, his family and friends), I doubt that the doctors would have given an estimate.
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Quite, On the Tv this morning they were saying that the doctors were considerably more optomistic than the timescale that the media have laid out.