Overview
- Lucy Driver was diagnosed with stage 2 pancreatic cancer in April 2022 after months of indigestion‑like symptoms and died on 3 January 2026 at age 57 following a recurrence with liver metastasis.
- Her treatment included chemotherapy from November 2022, a 12‑hour tumour removal operation in May 2023, radiotherapy and further chemotherapy after a liver lesion, a period of clear scans in March 2024, and then later recurrence that proved untreatable.
- Jason Venkatasamy, her husband, says early signs such as indigestion and food aversion were dismissed and now warns these vague symptoms should prompt prompt medical checks.
- In Lucy’s memory, her workplace raised about £6,000 and Jason plans a 34‑day, roughly 800 km Camino de Santiago walk in August 2026 to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer Action.
- Charity figures cited in the coverage underline the disease’s grim outlook, reporting that around half of patients die within three months and the vast majority do not survive five years, which helps explain the focus on earlier detection and awareness.