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I see that Pavarotti was unable to join his daugther on the beach, owing to his rather large demeanour.

 

The man is a ticking timebomb!

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I see that Pavarotti was unable to join his daugther on the beach, owing to his rather large demeanour.

Why's that? The tide wasn't able to come in.

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I see that Pavarotti was unable to join his daugther on the beach, owing to his rather large demeanour. 

 

The man is a ticking timebomb!

Luciano Pavarotti is indeed larger than life.

 

Luciano Pavarotti's heft hampers family holiday

 

 

Neighbors said Pavarotti actually had to be lowered down the wooden steps from his villa to the terrace using a winch and harness. It took two of the villa's strapping staff in tug-of-war pose to hold him back as he made his way down the steps.

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The party ain't over till the fat man swings!

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It would be sad to see him go he still has so much to offer what with thaty terific voice. I still get chills listening to his rendition of O Holy Night each Christmas.

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I think Pav needs to be bumped up the list (as oppossed to being bumped off). We haven't reported on him since January, and things haven't really improved for the chubby Tenor.

 

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.ns...0health%20scare

 

I believe he missed a "3 Tenors" concert last week as well.

 

One to watch!

 

DWB

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He's cancelled his UK tour due to ill health.

 

Definitely one to keep an eye on.

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I don't think he'll be going anywhere soon, mind you, if you look at my football score predictions in the footie thread, He'll probably cark it tonight.

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I don't think he'll be going anywhere soon, mind you, if you look at my football score predictions in the footie thread, He'll probably cark it tonight.

Oh.

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If it's the pancreas then I think it's all up for him. It's very difficult to get at and treat. Of course he will have had the best surgeons. In the NHS with older patients they tend just to leave it to take it's course.

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If it's the pancreas then I think it's all up for him. It's very difficult to get at and treat.

 

It doesn't look good for him, I must admit. However, if its caught early there's a chance. It appears, that in Pavarotti's case, it has been, but even so, pancreatic cancer, as DDT pointed out, is the deadliest cancer. Sadly, I have to put Pavarotti in my top 30 possibles for the DDP as a result. :lol:

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It doesn't look good for him, I must admit. However, if its caught early there's a chance. It appears, that in Pavarotti's case, it has been, but even so, pancreatic cancer, as DDT pointed out, is the deadliest cancer. Sadly, I have to put Pavarotti in my top 30 possibles for the DDP as a result. :lol:

I'm told that it isn't over till the fat guy sings. Or something like that...

 

regards,

Hein

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If it's the pancreas then I think it's all up for him. It's very difficult to get at and treat.

 

It doesn't look good for him, I must admit. However, if its caught early there's a chance. It appears, that in Pavarotti's case, it has been, but even so, pancreatic cancer, as DDT pointed out, is the deadliest cancer. Sadly, I have to put Pavarotti in my top 30 possibles for the DDP as a result. :D

 

 

"Doctors removed a malignant pancreatic mass"

 

I think this is rather hopeful. Pancreatic cancer is to the human body what mare's tail and bind weed are to the garden, virtually impossible to remove.

 

There is almost certainly something malignant remaining within the body and there is rather a lot of Pavarotti for it to hide in.

 

I would certainly put him on my DDP for next year, if he makes it that long. Statistically speaking he has a 2% of been alive two years from today. :lol:

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If they didn't get it all, I'd imagine we'd know before 2007, and I'd imagine that they didn't get it all as well. If he makes it, he'll be on a lot of lists come next year, and I think the statistics speak for themselves.

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Given his size and, as has been previously said, the aggressiveness of this type of cancer, I don't think he'll be around for next year's list.

 

Any time within the next 12 weeks for me.

 

Then again, I'm nearly always wrong...

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I would like to revise my previous estimate of a 2% chance of survival. This from CancerHelp.org

 

"Of all those people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, about 10 to 15 in every 100 people (10 to 15%) are alive 1 year later. Sadly, just over 1 in 50 (2 to 3%) are alive 5 years later. At 10 years after diagnosis the figures are almost the same as those at 5 years. About 1 to 3 in every 100 people (1 to 3 %) live for at least 10 years."

 

However Pavarotti's previous ill health will count against his chances. If there is any cancer left in his system at all it could end up spreading to his stomach, spleen, large bowel, nearby large blood vessels and possibly the lymph nodes. It could end up getting worse if the cancer then spreads onwards towards his liver, lungs etc.

 

Even if the operation was entirely successful, there will be massive damage to his digestive system. He is likely to become diabetic (unless he is already?) the removal, or partial removal of the pancreas will destroy the natural flow of enzymes and insulin which are essential for the digestive process.

 

So even if the chances of death aren't 2%, they are bleak to say the least. :lol:

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It (pancreatic cancer) got a mate of mine a few years ago, nasty, nasty, stuff. Four months from diagnosis to funeral, including 11 hours on the operating table and an 'all clear' from the specialist.

 

I'd say the chances of a new album from Luciano are unlike he is, slim.

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I suppose the difference between someone like Pavarotti getting this particularly nasty form of cancer, and the rest of us muggins getting it, is that he can afford to have some of the best doctors and most expensive treatments in the world.

 

I mean, I appreciate that if it's gonna kill him it's gonna kill him. But when you look at statistics that predict average life spans etc., they are most likely inclusive of all those average Joes and Joettes who tried their luck with the NHS and failed. Like the old folks Godot mentioned, who are simply left to get on with it.

 

It's my guess that any treatment Pavarotti is receiving is far, far above the average. So quality of life notwithstanding, he'll probably be around for a while. Hopefully at least until 2007. Unless he decides to "grace" the stage again, in which case I can only hope for his speedy departure.

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It (pancreatic cancer) got a mate of mine a few years ago, nasty, nasty, stuff. Four months from diagnosis to funeral, including 11 hours on the operating table and an 'all clear' from the specialist.

 

I'd say the chances of a new album from Luciano are unlike he is, slim.

 

I think this is the only time I have seen a reference to Pavarotti and slim in the same sentence.

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Since Pavarotti has been unable to sing for the past ten years, that's probably just Domingo's way of suggesting a good excuse finally to stop trying, thank goodness.

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Apparentely, even Placido Domingo would consider putting the Pavster on his deadpool list.

 

The disclosure in the article that Pavarotti will undergo chemotherapy as well as his operation don't bode terribly well. It suggests that the removal of the euphemistically quoted "malignant pancreatic mass", wasn't a success and that cancer still remains in the body. If this is the case, he is doomed.

 

However he might be having a course of 'adjuvant chemotherapy' just to minimise the risk of the cancer returning in the future, but I wouldn't have thought his doctors would have gone ahead with that procedure, bearing in mind his already fragile health.

 

I don't think Pav is going to be one of the lucky few.

 

Interestingly Nessun Dorma translates as "No Man Sleeps" (I think)

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Did you post this one OoO? Huh huh? Didya didya? :skill2:

 

:rolleyes: Fool. :skill2: I'm keeping you on the Ideas & Possibilities list, now. :skill2: :skill2:

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