Is it true?

[Мартин Огнянов]

I want to apologise for my bad English. I’m currently in rush.

Yesterday I was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. I am only 17 years of age. I will go straight. I wrote some terrible stuff online. I want to know if this is true.
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The overall survival rate is 70% at 10 years and 45% at 20 years. In an international study, 559 deaths occurred among patients with chronic pancreatitis, compared with an expected number of 157, which creates a standard mortality ratio of 3.6.
-mdedge.

Does it means I have 45% chance to live to 37 years of age? Tell me straight.

 

[Мартин Огнянов]

Read, not wrote*

 

[GreekOrthodox]

I would speak with your doctor on all these issues. Your physician (and Christ, the Great Physician) can help you with medical information and lifestyle information to improve your health. There is also a LOT of work being done on these diseases and what may be true today will change over the years. So while I know you are researching things, please trust your medical team.

I will recommend one story for you that even with a short lifespan, someone can make an incredible impact on the world (aside from Christ). I was very blessed to know and work with Sam Berns who suffered from progeria, which looks like accelerated aging and he passed away at the age of 17. I served in his Boy Scout troop and sat on a number of his advancement boards and Sam still is an impact on my life. HBO made a documentary called "Life According to Sam". This is a video of his TED talk

 

[spiritfilledjm]

From what I've read on it, I'd say that your likelihood of living a longer life is greater due to the fact that you've been diagnosed so young. Most are not diagnosed until they are 30-40 years old. Keep in touch with your doctor, follow their recommendations for diet and medication and treatment and, of course, keep faith in God and He will see you through.

 

[Joyous Song]

I want to apologise for my bad English. I’m currently in rush.

Yesterday I was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. I am only 17 years of age. I will go straight. I wrote some terrible stuff online. I want to know if this is true.
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The overall survival rate is 70% at 10 years and 45% at 20 years. In an international study, 559 deaths occurred among patients with chronic pancreatitis, compared with an expected number of 157, which creates a standard mortality ratio of 3.6.
-mdedge.

Does it means I have 45% chance to live to 37 years of age? Tell me straight.

JS: there a story I heard years ago, about a doctor who got cancer. I no longer remember what form it was but the survival chance was under 10 percent. Do after he got over the shock he decided to look into that 10 percent. He found all of them sought laughter and to be happy and most were still alive shocking everyone.

He quit his practice moved to a smaller less stressful location to restart it and changed his attitude. He reported this year's after he should of been dead and his cancer was retreating.

So I suspect the answer is to not look at the percent who die, but find out about those that have beat the odds.