Local Expert Says Jennings' Cancer May Be Advanced

Shop Talk ^ | April 8, 2005 | Gail Shister

[cvq3842]

I heard a clip on the radio and he sounded very bad.

We can discuss his politics but it would be unseemly, IMHO.

I wouldn't wish this on anyone. My prayers go out to him.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United States, with roughly four out of five people who have the disease dying within five years, Axelrod says.

The five leading causes: "Smoking, smoking, smoking, smoking and smoking."

This cannot be stressed enough.

[Lizavetta]

I heard a clip on the radio and he sounded very bad.

I heard it too. At first I thought it was Larry Flynt.

[anniegetyourgun]

The prognosis is rarely ever good with this type of cancer. He may be buying only a few more weeks with chemo.

[dfwgator]

Especially starting at the age of 13 before the lungs are completely developed. The fact he started again after 9/11 probably didn't make a difference one way or the other, that ship sailed a long time ago.

[johnb838]

Smoking, smoking, smoking, smoking and smoking."

What about asbestos?

[johnb838]

Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United States, with roughly four out of five people who have the disease dying within five years, Axelrod says. The five leading causes: "Smoking, smoking, smoking, smoking and smoking."

This cannot be stressed enough.

ping

[Palladin]

To all FReepers who smoke:

PLEASE STOP NOW!!!

[WinOne4TheGipper]

You might want to post this on the Smokers Club Threads.

[Rummyfan]

Can I just have one more though?

After all, I quit every night when I go to bed.

[EBH]

My favorite aunt died from this type of cancer...I wish they'd been honest about the prognosis at the time. The chemo she thought was worse than the disease and with the short amount of time she had, the time could've been better spent.

[68skylark]

This is really rough -- I'm very sorry to hear this kind of news about anyone.

[Lazamataz]

:o(

[imintrouble]

I think Jennings knows enough about his condition and probably has been told by the medics the honest truth.

Perhaps what the press is letting out is for public consumption only and not what the Jennings family may know.

He looks terrible and the disease has already robbed him of his energy from the ravages being seen.

I think in Jennings' case we can directly link cigarettes to his disease as he was a lifelong smoker.

[reagan_fanatic]

My prayers are going out to you, Peter. I hope you can beat this thing.

[dfwgator]

66 is way too young. And Jennings looked like the type that had genes to live for a very long time.

[Bahbah]

Very sad.

[Charles Henrickson]

In his last conversation with his brother, Johnny Carson kept saying, "Those damn cigarettes, those damn cigarettes."

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

You might want to post this on the Smokers Club Threads.

They will just say that smoking is healthy, never killed anyone, and anyone who doesn't think so is a nazi.