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Wyoming senator diagnosed with leukemia
CNN ^ | Nov. 9 2006 | AP

Posted on 11/09/2006 1:10:23 PM PST by beezdotcom

CHEYENNE, Wyoming (AP) -- Sen. Craig Thomas, hospitalized since Monday with pneumonia, has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia, his spokesman said Thursday.

The Wyoming Republican, who was easily elected to a third term while in the hospital, issued a statement saying he will undergo treatment and plans to return to Congress in January.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: craigthomas; election; fsw; leukemia; politics; senate; wyoming
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To: Ready4Freddy
RI & Del should have 1/2 Senator each! ;>)

They do, intellectually. Can you imagine that Chairman Biden is going to get even more face time on TV?

61 posted on 11/09/2006 6:24:18 PM PST by AmishDude (Libertarians didn't lose it for us. They're losers who work against what they claim to want.)
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To: beezdotcom

I hope that he finds a Republican doctor.


62 posted on 11/09/2006 6:48:55 PM PST by nj26 (Border Security=Homeland Security... Put Our Military on the Border! (Proud2BNRA))
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To: Recovering Hermit
What are you so shocked about?

The same thing you noticed. No nastiness.

63 posted on 11/09/2006 6:54:04 PM PST by drubyfive
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To: dogbyte12

What a marvelously sensible system!


64 posted on 11/09/2006 6:59:18 PM PST by Uriah_lost (We've got enough youth, how about a "fountain of smart")
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To: beezdotcom

Sending prayers for a speedy recovery.


65 posted on 11/09/2006 7:45:54 PM PST by Purrcival (We may be temporarily down, but we're NOT OUT! Not by a LONG shot!)
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To: twigs

--Isn't this what Sen. Specter was diagnosed with right after the 2004 election? He appears to be doing much better now.--

i think Specter had lymphoma. If properly treated, that seems to be more survivable(5+ years) than leukemia. This is bad stuff. Prayers to the Sen. and family.


66 posted on 11/09/2006 8:18:00 PM PST by rfp1234 (I've had it up to my keyster with these leaks!!! - - - Ronald Reagan)
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To: darkangel82

--I'm not even going to look at that. Those people are revolting.--

There are a couple of despicable militant Wellstone-Memorial-types who are trying to score political points about stem cells & socialized health care.

However, it seems over 90% of their posts are decent. There is some humanity in DU after all.




67 posted on 11/09/2006 8:28:33 PM PST by rfp1234 (I've had it up to my keyster with these leaks!!! - - - Ronald Reagan)
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To: hsmomx3
I was diagnosed with HCL (Hairy Cell Leukemia) November 1999.
The symptoms which precluded treatment were bruising (very easily) and swelling of the pancreas. I thought it was old rib injuries coming back to haunt me.
Fortunately the chemo worked (2CDA) and I have been fine since that long winter. The average survival time after diagnosis, before this treatment, was 54 months.

Since then I have changed my outlook 180 degrees. I abandoned the cubicle rat race and began working from home, in addition to these side trips to Iraq. Live it up.

Praise be to modern chemistry. Hey lawyers...are you listening???? Leave the drug companies alone.
68 posted on 11/09/2006 8:58:47 PM PST by LFOD (IRAQ - Back in downtown Baghdad)
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To: beezdotcom

Prayers for the Senator and a full and speedy recovery !


69 posted on 11/10/2006 12:44:42 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: beezdotcom

Yah...just what I was thinking.


70 posted on 11/10/2006 12:46:49 AM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: twigs

Specters was Hodgekins, which I believe is a form of lukima, but I'm not exactly sure.


71 posted on 11/10/2006 12:47:29 AM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: twigs

I don't know about Sen. Specter, but commentator Ed Bradley just died of leukemia.


72 posted on 11/10/2006 1:38:30 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: LFOD

Thank God you are okay.

Sometimes I wonder about all of these drug treatments, esp. for cancer. Seems they make many people much worse. On the other hand, when diagnosed with a fatal disease, you will do anything.


73 posted on 11/10/2006 4:40:59 AM PST by hsmomx3 (Steelers in '07--Go BIG BEN!!!)
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To: drubyfive

Who *are* those people? Gotta be imposters. The majority of them wished him well. The world is upside down for sure.


74 posted on 11/10/2006 5:40:32 AM PST by daybreakcoming
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To: beezdotcom

There are at least three or four versions of leukemia, and some diseases that are quasi-related to leukemia. Survival rate and success of treatment apparently depends on what form of the illness you have and probably whether it was caught early. I don't know if medicine can actually cure the disease, but I believe they can put some patients into long-term remissions. I know of one woman whose remission lasted more than 20 years. My mother, however, had multiple myeloma, which is related to leukemia -- survival rates are rather low for that illness (2 or 3 years at best), but my mother had other health problems, so she did not survive more than a few months.

That all said, I hope the Senator's treatment is successful and I wish him a speedy recovery and God's blessings on him and his family.


75 posted on 11/10/2006 9:01:07 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: hsmomx3
My mother was treated for it through Chemo and did great. It is a cancer of the blood and effects the bone marrow. Long term (5 years after chemo) problems with my Mom is problems producing blood due to the bone marrow. There are injections to stimulate the bone marrow to produce blood cells.

There is Chronic and Acute Leukemia/Lymphoma. Acute is has a higher death rate than the chronic.

Just as in severe anemia - the fatigue is the worst part. But, my mother did great through chemo (no hair loss or stuff like that). If this senator responds as well, he should be able to continue work.
76 posted on 11/10/2006 10:09:12 AM PST by sasha123
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To: drubyfive

Honestly that thread is a lot less bad than i'd expect.


77 posted on 11/10/2006 10:29:59 AM PST by SmoothTalker
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To: SmoothTalker

It may be that he is not sufficiently well known to draw a crowd. Or, it may be that the moderators have some way to delete messages without them showing up as "deleted messages". At any rate, if you want to see the real personality of these organisms, look at the thread where Laura Ingraham is diagnosed with breast cancer. Elizabeth Edwards, wife of the Dems VP candidate, who also has breast cancer, stepped in to try her hand at mob control.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3545777


78 posted on 11/10/2006 12:59:52 PM PST by Aegedius (Veni, vidi, icked-kay utt-bay.)
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To: beezdotcom

And Democrats wring their hands with glee...


79 posted on 11/10/2006 1:01:25 PM PST by DesScorp
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To: beezdotcom

He has acute Leukemia. It can kill you very, very quickly. My sister was diagnosed with acute Leukemia, on June 27 several years ago. She died 2 1/2 weeks later.

The chronic form can last for years. I've never known anyone to survive the acute form. The doctors had orginally told us that 1/3 die from the disease, 1/3 die from the chemo and 1/3 survive. We believe the chemo took our sister. Gosh how we miss her!!!!

I hope the senator does indeed beat this terrible disease.


80 posted on 11/10/2006 1:13:57 PM PST by jamaly (I evacuate early and often!)
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