My Life Was Saved by a Knife-Wielding Robot! ; Alan Was Told Nothing Could Be Done to Save Him From Pancreatic Cancer. Then He Heard About an Extraordinary New Treatment Used On Actor Patrick Swayzegood Health

Daily Mail › August 05, 2008

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JUST over a year ago Alan Bowley was a dying man. Diagnosed with an inoperable tumour on his pancreas, Alan's only option was palliative radiotherapy to buy him a few more months of life.

'I was in a dreadful state,' says the police sergeant from Congleton, Cheshire. 'The type I had was called a peripheral nerve tumour, which meant that it affected the sheath of the nerves in the area where it was located. These sort of tumours are extremely painful and I suffered quite badly.

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My Life Was Saved by a Knife-Wielding Robot! ; Alan Was Told Nothing Could Be Done to Save Him From Pancreatic Cancer. Then He Heard About an Extraordinary New Treatment Used On Actor Patrick Swayzegood Health

'I was taking the maximum dose of oral morphine allowed each day, but even that just took the edge off the pain and left me feeling nauseous and drowsy.

'I struggled to force down even the smallest amount of food. I am 6ft tall and usually weigh around 14st, but I was down to 8st, feeling weak and drained, and it was hard to do anything but lie in be...

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