Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Lousy news for such a young woman. Her husband says he'll continue with his '08 campaign, but that's got to be a tough thing to do. His focus, naturally, isn't always going to be where it should (depending on what he's doing at the moment). http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/...008/index.html It's in her rib...is that like a bone cancer or something? She had breast cancer in 2004, you'll remember. And it's "treatable, but not curable", according to the above article. What does that mean exactly? It can be kept in check or "managed", but, at some point, it'll lead to her death? I knew he was making some sort of announcement today, but I didn't think it would be bad news (cancer returned). I just hate stories like this. So many family members, close and distant, have been touched by this disease. Bums me out to hear about in others. |
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: State of Flux
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Yeah, I was just reading about this.
There should be a rule about having to be over 80 before getting this dreaded evil. Good luck to them; they seems to have the right attitude. Live Strong. |
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There is a certain breast cancer that Maggie Daley (wife of Chicago's Mayor) and a friend of my wifes has that is this form, Maggie has been alive 6 years since first diagnosed. It used to be an instant death sentence, but no longer.
As for him continuing his campaign, he can't win, absolutely no way, not with that hair style anyway. He should stay close to home he's a young man, (Hell president Bush is a young man) plenty of time for those aspirations later. "What's a Canadian farm boy to do?" |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio
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But then, when 9/10 lung cancer patients are smoking, and smoking is still allowed, do the governments really care? |
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No but stoners do and we want to be able to keep smoking.
And I am not sure that 9/10 lung cancer patients are really smokers. [They certainly shouldn't be if they have lung cancer anyway!! ] Don't get me wrong, I am not a smoking appologist, or lobbyist, or whatever, I am just aware that smoking per. se. is not simply the problem. It's smoking the kind of 'tailor-made' cigarrettes with their chemical cocktail in them which are made by the huge conglomerates who care more about the cigarettes being able to burn away in a certain time and be able to set fire to furniture, rather than provide a proper product to their consumers. I also think that increasing lung cancer and asthma statistics has a lot to do with the state of our air generally.. Certainly not rolling up a bit of weed, or *real* tobacco and puffing away a few times a day. That's no worse than crossing the road on the way to and from work these days... 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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Not really.
I am not denying that smoking causes cancer, and I loathe the big tobacco companies, but I have yet to see any real evidence to convince me that the figures are anything for me to worry about. I don't smoke cigarettes anyway, and I really feel that people are either prone to this kind of thing or not. Thankfully my family history is good, and my health is always top notch. I know that may seem shortsighted, but then there are so many other things that may kill me, like global warming, a metorite strike, a drunk driver, my own stupidity etc. etc. that cigarettes don't really cause me that much concern... By the time it is an issue for me I'll have had a long action packed life to look back on. Besides I enjoy smoking! 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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