Ian Mackenzie

I am a 77 year old South African male. In December 2024, I was diagnosed with locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma, a tumor measuring 56 x 54mm. The prognosis was blunt and alarming, the statistics were not in my favour (8 months to a year), and the treatment plan was tough. I chose to approach it the only way I knew how: with structure, research, discipline, and determinationMy journey involved intensive chemotherapy, adapting nutrition, a daily exercise regime and learning to live with the effects of chemotherapy. Today the tumor that threatened my life is undetectable on MRI & PET imaging. This does not mean I'm cured, but rather that I have a “hibernating bear” that ca...