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T'was but a scratch!

Forever my favourite Python. Very glad I saw them in 2014 (and the Cleese and Idle tour later) before the downhill slide into disappointment for some of them.

Always see the positive side of things.

Ahh, dammit. What did some of them do?

Eh, just various stages of turning into the things they once made fun of. It's hinted at in this article. Cleese and Gilliam really.

Words to live by.

Not many survives that kind of cancer, afaik. Very happy he pulled through

"I got better!"

I love idle but Palin will always be mine. The castle swamp scene is enough. Plus in real life he’s a really cool and nice dude it seems.

I have also met Palin on his speaking / promotional tours and can confirm he is a stand up chap!

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Yeah pancreatic cancer is high 90s fatality rate.

Cleese has an awesome legacy, but these days he comes across as a very old, very tired cranky grandpa, and not really that funny. Which is fair! He's 82! But he's still active in the public eye. And since his movies are so timeless, it's hard not to hold him up next to his Holy Grail performance from half a century ago and notice the differences.

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I'm sure he got some top-shelf treatment that most people can't afford. In any case, I'm VERY happy he's still around!

Yeah

Even then it's still usually a quick death sentence.

Yup.

Me hearing my mom has pancreatic cancer: "OK. Well at least cancer is a lot more treatable than it used to be"

Me googling pancreatic cancer: Pikachu face

Always strive for a more hopeful view of your situation.

He'll be stone dead in a moment...

"I feel happy..."

Sorry to hear that 😢

Damn. I'm sorry.

Well, I don't know if this helps at all, but at least you know the end is probably sooner than later so go do that shit with her she always talked about doing. That's the way I look at it for myself at least.

The rule of thumb - (I'm told - I have no specialist knowledge) - is that the deeper inside your body the cancer starts, the worse the outlook. You're more likely to be able to spot, say, testicular or skin cancer before it becomes a problem.

Bowel cancer, therefore, has a similar problem. By the time you're showing obvious symptoms. you're often in deep trouble.

Sometimes when bad things happen you may think "it was one in a million".

Sometimes, the 1 in a million occurs for something very good. It's very rare to survive pancreatic cancer, specially when its advanced, but there are some people that actually do. Not enough of course.

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