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My Medical Choice (Angelina Jolie has voluntary double mastectomy)
New York Times ^
| 5/14/13
| Angelina Jolie
Posted on 05/13/2013 10:08:45 PM PDT by CaptainK
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To: married21
Hmmm that’s a low level joke. You might want to rethink that one.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:29:36 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: James C. Bennett
Well said, this person needs our prayers.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:30:28 PM PDT
by
Spruce
To: mylife
They probably only removed all the underlying breast tissue leaving the skin intact and putting implants in under them.
So from the outside it may not be all that noticable.
Compared to a procedure done after radical cancer is detected which would leave massive scarring and a flat chest.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:30:41 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: One Name
Life is just a daily dice roll.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:31:51 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: CaptainK
How can you monitor an aggressive cancer? To some people living everyday with fear, that is a rational fear, is more overwhelming than undergoing a radical preventative measure. Exactly and it can go anywhere--bones, brain, lymph nodes, spine. Most people have no idea how out of control and also how aggressive cancer can become. Until of course they have either experienced it or watched another go through it.
In my opinion this is the time she does have control over cancer. The percentage drop alone for her made it worth it.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:32:04 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: CaptainK
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:32:55 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
Life is just a daily dice roll.Yes and no. Yes to only God knows our time and it could be anytime, anywhere, any place. However in this day and age so much is known about healthy changes we can make and technological advances we can take advantage of to increase the chances of a healthy long life.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:34:09 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: CaptainK
Sorry. Rather than think about it again, I think it might be better to just move on.
To: Paladin2
Yes, some days you feel like rollin them; some days not so much...I’m old enough now I ain’t got a hell of a lot to lose!
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:34:23 PM PDT
by
One Name
(Ultimately, the TRUTH is a razor's edge and no man can sit astride it.)
To: FReepers; Patriots; FRiends
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:34:33 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: GraceG
And you have to figure that she just ended her career in a sense. In that most of her roles required youthful, physical perfection. This was a very bold move. She needs our prayers.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:35:05 PM PDT
by
Spruce
To: GOP Poet
I lost my (step)Grand Father in 6 months to cancer.
I had time to take him to breakfast, cajole him and make him eat like a baby.
My real Grand Father was dead when my Mom was 2.
Poof! He went up in a tanker accident.
I guess we should all stop driving.
At any rate I am sorry for everyone’s troubles but this seems extreme.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:35:19 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear what is unlawful.)
To: GOP Poet
You are correct. My mother had breast cancer and fought it for 7 years. At the end the cancer metastasized in her spine, her brain and the lymph nodes.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:35:26 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: CaptainK
Oh, no. No no no.
A rational but brutal choice. I wish her a long, healthy life.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:35:59 PM PDT
by
TChad
(Call them Oppressives, not Progressives)
To: One Name
I'm retired and now that all my time is my own, I'm not one to waste a second.
Ya never know. That's why they call it the future.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:36:25 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: CaptainK
Good girl.
I’d have waited for symptoms but...
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:37:42 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: GraceG
It still seems like a radical decision to me.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:37:44 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear what is unlawful.)
To: James C. Bennett
Cancer, especially ones particularly potent like breast or ovarian cancer, can be too late to treat by the time the problem is detected. I understand her choice. All cancers are not the same, even when they affect the same organ. She must have had information from her doctors about the potency of the particular kind of cancer the gene defect is known to provoke. Its easy to play pretend and armchair-command the situation, but the perspective gets a lot different when ones at ground zero. The route she took is one that is advised and taken by many with the misfortune of inheriting that particular gene.
Well said.
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:38:00 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: married21
I guess she had a lot to get off her chest. Good one, if a bit cold...............I like gallows humor
;-)
To: Paladin2
I’m eligible for full retirement in January; got my sights on the runway hoping they don’t shut the lights off on the field!
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posted on
05/13/2013 10:41:33 PM PDT
by
One Name
(Ultimately, the TRUTH is a razor's edge and no man can sit astride it.)
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