The pancreatic cancer foundations that we joined and that we continue to support are:
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
There are others but these just happen to be the ones we follow. All three are excellent, support pancreatic cancer research and have great resources for patients and their families.
Please consider supporting any of the organizations or others that you may be aware of. You can also participate in some of their activities. For example, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network has “Purple Stride” walks in various locations around the country to raise money. Most foundations are also looking for people to volunteer in different capacities.
Here are some books we purchased during Lita’s battle. We are not saying these are the best – like the foundations, they just happen to be books we bought shortly after our journey began in 2018.
- 100 Questions & Answers About Pancreatic Cancer by Eileen O’Reilly, MD and Joanne Frankel Kelvin, RN, MSN, AOCN
- Cancer Caregiving A To Z – An At-Home Guide for Patients and Families by the American Cancer Society
- Diet And Nutrition – Nutritional Concerns With Pancreatic Cancer by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
- Just Diagnosed with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer — First Steps and More by Earl J. Campazzi, Jr., MD, MPH, MBA
- Surviving Pancreatic Cancer — Your Guide to Life by Larisa Belote
- The Emperor of All Maladies — A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Other books that provided comfort are:
- Box of Butterflies by Roma Downey (Note: Lita liked this book so much that she bought six more copies for her brothers & sisters)
- In God’s Hands — Living Through Illness with Faith by Maureen A. Cummings (Note: Lita still has a bookmark in this book on the section entitled “Keep a Sense of Humor”)
- Life, Cancer and God — Healing Your Body, Soul & Spirit by Paula Black and Capt. Dale Black, Ph.D.
- Praying Through Cancer — Set Your Heart Free from Fear — A 90-Day Devotional for Women by Susan Sorensen and Laura Geist