Posted on 05/26/2020 10:43:35 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
I was listening to him at the top of the hour.
I think he said his current treatment's goal is to make the patient comfortable for as long as possible.
Maybe I am reading too much into it, but perhaps he is telling us he isn't being treated for a cure.
He also said we would be amazed, if we knew exactly what he had, that he is still alive.
Did anyone else hear him?
I don’t know what his treatment plan is. But, palliative care doesn’t mean ‘hospice’. I was under palliative care after my stem cell transplant because I needed extra support to control my pain.
Perhaps that’s what is going on? I recall the dr and nurse explaining it to me because they saw my expression when they introduced themselves. They said many people confuse the purpose of palliative care.
I had three members of my family die of lung cancer. The first two were my parents, who were never offered chemo/radiation treatments. My Dad died in 1978. My mother in 1990. The last was my sister who passed in 2011. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2010 when a new family doctor found a lump on her neck. It had gone to her lymph glands. She underwent chemo and radiation treatments, along with 10 additional radiation treatments to the brain. She went into hospice care on July 1, 2011, and she passed on her 69th birthday, September 2, 2011.
I listened to him the 1sr hour. The 1st 15 minutes he sounded like it would be his last show and then suddenly after that his adrenaline must of kicked in. Don’t know how his 2nd hour went.
He was involved in some new (?) clinical trial for I think about 4 weeks, then had to quit it because of the overwhelming side effects. I believe today he said that treatment "bought him time" for his team of doctors to assess what to do next.
From what I've been able to glean from his comments, he is now undergoing another round of some kind of anti-cancer treatment (chemo?). He said this treatment is "kicking his ass", and he wakes up each day: (1) Thankful to God that he's alive, and (2) he will decide each day if he can handle the rigors of a 3-hour radio show each day.
I didn't take his comments ("make the patient feel as good as possible, for as long as possible") as alluding to palliative care.
At least I HOPE that's not what he meant... :-(
I think you misinterpreted.
His cancer is stage 4 which is effectively terminal.
Treatments are good and he can go for years if they work - but he’ll never be clear of cancer.
That’s what he meant by prolonging his life.
Chemo isn’t “palliative” care which he’s still on.
After his initial comments about his cancer, he was back to politics as usual, and he sounds like his “old self”.
Because he’s a cigar smoker, and this sounds like an aggressive cancer, I’m going to guess it’s esophageal.
Lung Cancer is the worst I’ve seen. It just goes on and on and causes so many problems.
That thought did not enter my mind either, when he made those particular comments. Praying for Rush constantly...
Who in the world can fill this great man’s shoes?
Rush is one of a kind. Nobody will ever fill his shoes. There are others in talk radio, but everyone has his own style. And some, as has been discussed here before, claim to be conservative, but are “never Trump” or “RINO” types.
Talk radio should endure, but there will never be anyone else quite like Rush, in my opinion.
I believe that earlier treatment made his legs swell up, and the pain was unbearable, so it was stopped. I don’t get to listen to Rush much, but follow the threads about him here.
He must not have the genetic marker for successful immunotherapy with Keytruda. That’s what brought Jimmy Carter back from the brink, he’s all clear or was as far as I know.
Answer: NOBODY. Rush is one of a kind, completely unique.
I only caught part of it and one could reach the conclusion. I was afraid when he stopped the hard core stuff a month ago he had decided that it was better to carry on for as long as possible with his calling VS doing whatever it takes to buy as much time as possible even if the price means being unable to do his radio show. All we know for sure is every time he is on the air from now on it’s a gift because it could be the last time.
That’s what it sounded like to me.
You are probably right
What specifically did Rush say about his 'inability to breathe'? I missed that.
Stage 4 lung cancer survivability charts are easily found, with many variables that no one outside his family and doctors are privy to. But everyone knows how this will end.
So few are irreplaceable. Rush is one.
May God help him.
I watched the first hour. He looked so-so. Prayers as always for Rush.
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