Dr. Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University Professor of Computer Science, was initially diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August Months later, when he recounted a conversation he’d had with his wife during the time of the diagnosis, he said that doctors had initially suspected hepatitis as the cause of his symptoms. When the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer was later confirmed, his wife asked him if he’d like to trade for hepatitis. He answered, “Honey, I’d trade for AIDS…in a heartbeat.”
Less than a year after resection, Dr. Pausch suffered a recurrence of his pancreatic cancer, with metastases to his liver. In August , doctors told him he likely had 3 to 6 months to live. The year-old husband and father of three young children had some choices to make about how he would spend the gods few months of his life. Little did Randy Pausch know at the time that he would soon become famous for sharing his journey with the world.
One of the first items of business for Dr. Pausch was