ROADS THIS HALLOWEEN. THANK YOU, KENDALL. TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, AND THAT MEANS THE START OF PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. AND JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT CAUSE IS FORMER 12 NEWS METEOROLOGIST. SALLY SEVERSON. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU HAVE YOU BACK IN THE STUDIO AGAIN. I’M DELIGHTED ALWAYS TO COME BACK. YOU KNOW, AND I SEE SO MANY OF MY COWORKERS AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO IT’S GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE BUILDING AND AND JUST FUN TO MEET ALL THE NEW PEOPLE IN THAT KIND OF THING. AND YOU JUST LIFT US UP WHEN YOU’RE HERE. WELL, THANK YOU. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I KNOW IN YOUR RETIREMENT YOU HAVE FILLED A LOT OF YOUR TIME WITH THIS CAUSE OF PANCREATIC CANCER. TELL PEOPLE, FIRST OF ALL, WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU. MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER FOR MY FATHER AND MY BROTHER ALL PASSED FROM PANCREATIC CANCER. MY DAD WAS 49, LEFT THE FIVE OF US AND MY MOM, WE WERE ALL JUST TEENAGERS. AND MY YOUNGEST BROTHER, DON, WAS JUST 49 AS WELL. SO THIS IS AN ILLNESS THAT WHAT WE’RE REALLY WORKING ON WITH PANCAN IS TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE ILLNESS FOR SO MANY YEARS. AND IN FACT, UP UNTIL ABOUT, OH, VERY RECENTLY, THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE WAS ONLY ABOUT 5%. NOW, THANKS TO ADVANCES, IT’S UP TO 12%. BUT BUT WHEN 64,000 PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED IN IN A YEAR AND 50,000 OF THOSE DIE, THOSE THOSE NUMBERS HAVE SIMPLY GOT TO CHANGE. AND WE NEED EARLY DETECTION. WE NEED RESEARCH FUNDING. WE NEED ALL KINDS OF ATTENTION ON PANCREATIC CANCER SO EARLY DETECTION, WHAT CAN I, AS A PATIENT DO TO HELP MY CHANCES? WELL, PART OF WHAT WE’RE GOING ON WITH OUR TOOLKIT IS THIS KNOWING YOUR SYMPTOMS, THE SEVEN SIGNS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO, OBVIOUSLY A VAGUE FEELING OF BEING UNWELL, BUT CHANGES IN YOUR STOOL CHANGES IN YOUR DIET, UNEXPLAINED AND WEIGHT LOSS, SUDDEN ONSET DIABETES OR PANCREATITIS, AND THEN THINGS THAT YOU CAN JUST DO TO MIND YOUR ALCOHOL INTAKE MIND YOUR WEIGHT, GET EXERCISE, KEEP MOVING AND PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR BODY AND BE KIND TO YOUR BODY. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR AND PERHAPS EVEN MENTION A SCREENING FOR PANCREATIC CANCER. BUT WE HAVE NO EARLY DETECTION LIKE COLONOSCOPIES OR MAMMOGRAMS FOR BREAST CANCER. IS THERE A GENETIC FACTOR IN ALL THIS, TOO? THERE NOW APPEARS TO BE A GENETIC FACTOR IN MANY OF THE CASES OF PANCREATIC CANCER, BUT NOT ALL SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO HISTORY OF PANCREATIC CANCER IN YOUR FAMILY, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THIS ILLNESS WILL NOT AFFECT YOU. BUT THERE ARE WITH PANCAN IT IS A FOUR STAR CHARITY, VE, AS RATED BY CHARITY NAVIGATOR IS REALLY A TERRIFIC OPERATION. PATIENT CENTRAL PATIENT SERVICES PROVIDE FREE SERVICES TO FAMILIES, PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS IS GIVING THEM INFORMATION ON THE DISEASE ITSELF. CLINICAL TRIALS WHERE THEY CAN TURN FOR GOOD INFORMATION. AND IT’S ALL FREE AND IT’S ALL ON. W-W-W PANCAN DOT ORG. AND THEY ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU HELPING THEM. SALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. AND I KNOW IF YOU WANT TO WALK OUT OF THERE OVER TO MARK’S AREA, I’M SURE HE WOULD BE. YOU’RE WELCOME TO HAVE YOU. I THINK I’M NOT IN GREEN SO I THINK I’D BE OKAY IN THE KEY AND I CAN TAKE OVER THAT RADAR FOR YOU