NOVEMBER IS PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND OUR LOCAL PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK HAS SEVERAL EVENTS PLANNED. I’M JOINED NOW BY HOLLY IGNATOWSKI AND SURVIVOR TIM NENNIG. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. HOLLY: THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. TIM: GOOD MORNING. EDEN: YOU HAVE AN EVENT ON THE 17TH AND SALLY WILL BE HELPING TO HOST IT. TELL US ABOUT THE EVENT. HOLLY: IT IS CALLED PURPLE LIG HT. IT IS A WAY TO HONOR AND REMEMBER PEOPLE WHO HAVE, WHO WE HAVE LOST THE PANCREATIC CANCER OR WHO ARE BATTLING IT HEROICALLY RIGHT NOW. SO YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE. YOU WRITE DOWN THE NAME OF A LOVED ONE. AND DURING THE CEREMONY, WE WILL CALL OUT THAT NAME AND EVERYBODY IS GIVEN A PURPLE GLOW STICK. AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE NAME, YOU CRACK OPEN THE GLOW STICK AND BY THE END OF THE NIGHT WE HAVE A ROOMFUL OF PURPLE LIGHT AND HOPE. EDEN: WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE CANCER, IT CAN BE ISOLATING FOR THE PERSON OR THE FAMILY MEMBERS, SO IT IS NICE TO HAVE A CEREMONY WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER. TIM, SHARE YOUR STORY. TIM: I W DIAGNOSED IN OCTOBER OF 2017 WITH ADVANCED STAGE FOUR PANCREATIC CANCER. IT HAD METASTASIZED INTO THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF MY PANCREAS, AND HAD ALSO GOTTEN INTO MY LIVER. IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, I HAVE RECEIVED WELL OVER 50 SEPARATE ROUNDS OF BOTH CHEMOTHERAPY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY. I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE. I HAVE BEEN TOLERATING IT QUITE WELL WITH VERY FEW SIDE EFFECTS. EDEN: I AM SURE THIS HAS BEEN CHALLENGING, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE BIGGEST THING YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS? TIM: THAT THERE IS HOPE. UNFORTUNATELY, PANCREATIC CANCER HAS THIS DEATH SENTENCE THAT PEOPLE ASSOCIATE IT WITH, BUT EVEN WHEN THE DIAGNOSIS WAS PRESENTED TO ME THAT I DID HAVE CANCER, MY DOCTOR AT THE TIME, I HAD WALKED INTO THE ROOM AND HE SAID, YOU HAVE A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME REMAINING. YOU SHOULD GET YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TWO YEARS LATER, I AM STILL HERE AND I FEEL GREAT. I AND WORKING FULL-TIME. AND I AM REALLY LIVING A FAIRLY NORMAL DAILY ROUTINE. I HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED. AND THERE IS HOPE FOR EVERYONE. THEY HAVE TO STAY POSITIVE. EDEN: ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING. ON NOVEMBER 21, YOU ALSO HAVE A WORLDWIDE EVENT. HOLLY: IT IS WORLDWIDE PANCREATIC CANCER DAY AND AT DAY WE WILL FOCUS, WE WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO TURN PURPLE. I HAD TO BRING A CHEAT SHEET. IN MILWAUKEE, MILLER PARK, THE GASLIGHT BUILDING, HARLEY DAVIDSON, PLENTY OF PLACES ARE LIGHTING UP PURPLE. WE WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO LIGHT UP PURPL