Brian Lenihan diagnosed with cancer

Could this not have waiting to the New Year as I believe he wished?


TV3 News has learned that the Finance Minster Brian Lenihan has been diagnosed with cancer.

Earlier this month Mr. Lenihan admitted himself to hospital after losing sleep and experiencing discomfort with a suspected hernia problem.

TV3 News understands that initial tests revealed that the Minister is suffering from a malignant tumour, that Mr. Lenihan has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer within the last fortnight and that he is set to undergo further tests and treatment.

This afternoon the Department of Finance issued the following statement to TV3.

"The Minister is well and enjoying Christmas with his family. He does not propose to talk to the media about anything until the new year".

Brian Lenihan was appointed to the job of Finance Minister in May 2008 and the following 18 months have brought some of the greatest economic challenges the country has ever seen.

Mr. Lenihan has recently passed a third Budget in 14 months, along with the NAMA legislation and the Govt. bank guarantee scheme.

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Note the indignation of the others - cos they didn't break it first. Classic hypocrisy as usual.

Thoughts and best wishes with the man and his young family.

RMDrive wrote:, that Mr. Lenihan has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer within the last fortnight and that he is set to undergo further tests and treatment.

Folks, a good friend of mine developed these symptoms at the age of 33/34 some years ago on New Year's Eve and was dead before the month was out......This is not good..

Patrick Swayze died from it. Only a 5% survival rate. Please God he'll pull through this.

It's a very hard time for him, especially as he has a young family and he's in the public limelight as well.

Lets hope for his sake that it was discovered early.
As Essie pointed out there's only a 5% survival rate. The reason for this is that pancreatic cancer is rarely discovered in its early stages, and has usually begun to spread to other tissues by the time it is discovered. It tends not to show any symptoms in the early stages, and thus early discovery tends to occur if some other problem in the abdominal area is being treated.
The mother's a GP, and her own words on it were, "It's a silent b*stard of a cancer."