Posted on 04/06/2009 11:53:11 AM PDT by Steelfish
Fawcett’s cancer spread to liver, producer says Former ‘Charlie's Angels’ star, 62, has been battling disease since 2006
NEW YORK - Farrah Fawcett is being treated for anal cancer that has spread to her liver, a producer who worked with the actress said Monday in detailing a more serious situation than has previously been described.
In separate phone interviews with The Associated Press, Fawcett’s producer and her doctor said that Fawcett is in a Los Angeles hospital, recovering from complications from a medical procedure in Germany, and is “not on death’s door,” as the producer put it.
“She had a minor procedure. That procedure led to a small amount of bleeding into a muscle in her abdominal wall,” which created a sac of blood that caused pressure and pain, said her Los Angeles cancer specialist, Dr. Lawrence Piro.
It was “a simple procedure” and a standard one, although Fawcett also has pursued experimental treatments in Germany, he added.
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Very sad. Insidious disease. She graced my bedroom wall in my teenage years. What a gal.
Sad. Ryan O’Neil, who I was never crazy about, has been very supportive and is taking care of her. He must be a pretty decent guy.
Me too. I had that famous poster and also had it on a T-shirt. My teenage years were spent lusting her. Cancer of the liver sounds serious and life threatening.
There’s a disease referenced here that I was not aware existed.
He's the guy who's been treating (successfully) my mother-in-law for the past 6 years (colon cancer and lymphoma). He's a great guy... personally and professionally (even if he did grow his hair real long recently and started to act like a rock star).
“Sad. Ryan O’Neil, who I was never crazy about, has been very supportive and is taking care of her. He must be a pretty decent guy.”
When he is not stoned. Apparently he, like most of his children, has a serious drug problem.
Sounds like she got fetal stem cell injections in Germany. If so, bad idea. Last year, an Israeli man got the same thing there, and came home to develop dozens of new tumors all inside his body and was dead within 2 weeks. Not only are fetal stem cells unproven to cure dieases, they have proven to be quite dangerous when injected into the body.
Maybe. - Fact is she abandoned the treatment advised and flew off to Germany to undergo a "cure."
Many seem to believe that there is a big conspiracy in America to "cover up" cancer cures, and that they can all be saved by jetting off to some other country.
She isn't the first Hollywierd type to do this and die.
Doctors contemplated whether to implant a radiation seeder which differs from conventional radiation and is used to treat other types of cancer.
Fawcett, however, chose to travel to Germany with O'Neal for embryonic stem cell cancer treatment not available in the U.S.
This treatment in Germany has been recorded for a possible reality television show.
I'm not saying that conventional therapy would have cured her relapse again, but to not do it probably was not the wisest choice. - Poor Farah. - what a beauty.
Prayers for this very beautiful woman.
My wife developed breast cancer at 28 and when it spread to her liver, it was over quickly. All happened in 9 months so it was a blessing she didn’t suffer for a lengthy period. But the liver is really bad news for Farrah. Prayers for her...
Fawcett did porn movies?
Ewwwwwwwww!
What “porn” was she in?
Isn’t there some silly commandment about false witness?
That bottom picture is awesome
She wasn't a porn actress. She did a couple spreads for Playboy, but they don't feature the type of activity you refer to.
On another note: I seem to recall that she was one of the few R's in Hollywood. I know Bo Derek is reported to be one, do I have them mixed up?
“Faucets porn days” You have anything to back that up?
She appeared nude in Saturn 3. Was there a porn sequel to that movie?
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