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Tommy Chong’s Cancer Battle Takes a Turn for the Worse
New York Post ^ | October 7, 2015 | Richard Johnson

Posted on 10/07/2015 9:51:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Fans are praying for Tommy Chong, of “Cheech & Chong” fame, as he faces his latest battle with cancer.

The marijuana maven who created best-selling stoner comedy albums and eight movies with partner Cheech Marin could barely stand last weekend at the Las Vegas Hempfest, where he was given a lifetime achievement award.

Chong, 77, announced three years ago he’d been stricken with cancer. But a month later, he tweeted that a hemp oil treatment was working and that he was “99 percent cancer-free.”

(Excerpt) Read more at pagesix.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cancer; cannabis; marijuana; pot; wod
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1 posted on 10/07/2015 9:51:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Prayers for his health.


2 posted on 10/07/2015 10:01:36 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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No ... prayin' he'll get saved

Father ... we all have strayed and I ask You to send someone around to lead Tommy to You, in Jesus' name, Amen

3 posted on 10/07/2015 10:18:49 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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Chong, 77, announced three years ago he’d been stricken with cancer

That's about when I saw him at an event in Hollywood. He didn't mention cancer at all, he did talk about his project of doing an animated Cheech and Chong movie.

4 posted on 10/07/2015 10:23:02 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: knarf

Well, that goes without saying.


5 posted on 10/07/2015 10:26:26 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Actually ... I think going without saying is America’s downfall.


6 posted on 10/07/2015 10:27:35 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: nickcarraway

Dave’s not here. Since I am a “Dave”. I never heard the end of it when I was young.

Prayers for Chong. I remember when the Feds put him in Prison for selling Bongs on the Internet, oh the Humanity.

Meanwhile Benghazi Clinton, the Queen of the leaking Classified (personal) Emails walks free, simply amazing.


7 posted on 10/07/2015 10:30:54 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Missing Tagline. Reward for return.)
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To: nickcarraway
I remember him when he was on "That 70's Show"
He was the guy that ran the little 1hr photo booth.
Sad to hear of his poor health.


8 posted on 10/07/2015 10:33:17 PM PDT by Bobalu (Russians.... not ashamed of being white!)
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To: knarf

That probably goes without saying, too. :-\


9 posted on 10/07/2015 10:35:26 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: nickcarraway

I wonder if he stopped taking the cbd oil. I have read other cases where the cbd oil trestments cause a remission but the cancer comes back when the patient or animal stops being given the cbd oil. Also when it comes back and the person/animal starts taking cbd oil again, sometimes the cancer is more resistant to it.

Great thing about cbd oil is its not thc, so you dont get high, but get pain relief and anti inflammatory help, and anticancer fighting help.


10 posted on 10/07/2015 10:36:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Hey Blind baby, uh listen I’m not too clear on the lyrics there that you just used so let’s go back, maybe it’s my fault. I’ll read ya what I got ok: “I going downtown, gonna see my gal, gonna sing her a song, gonna show here my ding-dong, that’s right, ding-dong. Hey Blind baby what the hell is this ding-dong?

I think he’s gonna show you J.R.

Alright show me.

Oh oh, my god!.....would you look at the size of that thing. We’re never going to get that on the album cover.....we can play jump rope with it though...


11 posted on 10/07/2015 10:39:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Secret Agent Man

What kind of cancer is it? Lung cancer from smoking pot for years?


12 posted on 10/07/2015 10:42:56 PM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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According to ABC, he’s battling rectal cancer. Nasty business.


13 posted on 10/07/2015 10:49:57 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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Hmmm, I just read online that it is prostate cancer. Well, whatever it is, it isn’t good.


14 posted on 10/07/2015 10:55:52 PM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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Looks like he had a *previous* diagnosis of prostate CA. But now has rectal CA.

The same cancer that killed Farrah Fawcett.

And agreed, this is NOT good.

77 is not a bad run, though. Particularly for someone who used drugs his whole life.

Don't see that many OLD stoners.

I wish him well, and thank him for all the laughs.

15 posted on 10/07/2015 11:12:46 PM PDT by boop (Do you want to take a shower? NO!)
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To: knarf

“No ... prayin’ he’ll get saved”

That’s about it.

A nasty, hate filled reprobate.

That one sketch in the third movie (I think, the sketch movie) was a bad idea.


16 posted on 10/08/2015 12:29:50 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: Secret Agent Man

Sounds like it would be great for my arthritis, if that is what is ailing me.


17 posted on 10/08/2015 3:14:25 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: nickcarraway

That 1% must be a bitch.


18 posted on 10/08/2015 4:34:08 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Hey, marijuana smoke is good for you, doncha know!

Tobacco—Evil incarnate.


19 posted on 10/08/2015 4:52:34 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

To many FReepers, CBD is close enough to cannabis in their minds that it elicits an automatic negative response.

And that’s just sad.

Personally I am a big fan of many components in cannabis, especially the terpenes. They warrant further study IMO.

Myrcine, linalool, limonene, and beta-caryophylene all have major health benefits.


20 posted on 10/08/2015 6:04:25 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
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