I just caught him for a minute or two, and he didn’t sound great.
FWIW....
I believe Mr. Limbaugh has 6 - 24 months left.
May God Bless him during these uncertain days.
Didn’t hear that 2nd sentence you posted.
Early on in his treatment he mentioned going with some kind of experimental approach at treating it.
He’s only shared what he’s chosen to share and doesn’t want to put too much out there (even the particulars of the type of cancer that he has).
I guess I'm trying to stay as positive and optimistic as possible by not entertaining such thoughts.
Who in the world can fill this great man’s shoes?
It's time to pray harder for him, and to each of us personally let him know how important he's been in the world, and how thankful we are. He's too classy to just come out and say what he's going through, but lung cancer is horrible.
I heard it. I concur with your conclusion.
If your recollection is accurate, then you conclusion is correct.
Prayers for Rush..he’s an amazing man battling a horrible cancer..like Alex Trebek both are beating the odds, everyday is a blessing
I took it as he is in a delaying action, and not a winning outcome.
I had the same thoughts. His inability to breathe is also very telling.
He said in the first hour that he’s just started the next phase of clinical trials that they are hoping will aggressively confront the tumor. However he has a 1% mutation that keeps it from being fully effective. The first phase however succeeded enormously. Don’t know what to make of any more than that.
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.
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.
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.