Posted on 07/19/2017 6:15:08 PM PDT by Islander7
U.S. Sen. John McCain revealed Wednesday evening that he has a brain tumor.
The announcement follows a procedure to remove a blood clot from above his left eye at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix last Friday, where a pathology report revealed the glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor.
Treatment options may include a combination of chemotherapy and radiation.
(Excerpt) Read more at tucson.com ...
“...Needs immediate chemo therapy. ...”
Chemo, hell.
He needs a cactus enema. What a Nasty old cuss.
“His time as a POW was spent narcing out his fellow POW’s, and participating on Tokyo Rose”.
He didn’t participate on Tokyo Rose because no one participated on Tokyo Roses program but her. And that was during world War II.
He did narc out his fellow POW’s.
I’m sorry, a “Tokyo Rose” type program.
No problem.
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When McCain was captured as a young man he was offered a chance to be released because of his father’s rank. He chose to stay with his men in the Hanoi Hilton... I don’t agree with McCain’s politics either but within his world view he loves his country - and he’s been a caring and loving father... I’m ready to give him a pass and be grateful for his service.
If he beats brain cancer (God willing) then we can go back to attacking his stupid political positions. Until then, really it’s time for the pass...
I hear this is one of the quickest, most painful ways to go.
THREE CHEERS FOR A PAINFUL DEATH FOR JOHN MCCAIN!
HIP HIP HORRRAAAAYYY
HIP HIP HORRRAAAAYYY
HIP HIP HORRRAAAAYYY
When it comes to John McCain, I wish him 20 more years of life.
My thoughts? John McCain's diagnosis should be a National Holiday, celebrated every year.
Chuckle... no further comment... :^)
My cousin in law has GBM IV multiform. 4 yrs later hes still here...
“My cousin in law has GBM IV multiform. 4 yrs later hes still here...”
That is not the usual course for GBM. I just left my doctor’s office. His nurse and I were discussing my classmate and McCain. She said that he’s as good as dead. Now I know there are always exceptions to the rule, but my classmate and Teddy Kennedy followed the normal course for the disease, so I have to believe that it will be the most likely course for McCain. And while I have detested his Senatorial behavior, I could not wish what he’s going to go through on anyone short of the Mullahs in Iran or Kim Jong Un.
As far as I can tell from the public reports, McCain's discovery of this was pretty early. As far as I can tell, they didn't even see anything other than the blood clot until they actually took the clot out and biopsied it. That's when they found one or more cancer cells.
I'm no expert at all in this, but it sounds to me that this is about as early a detection as one can hope for. Perhaps the chemo can nip it in the bud, at least for a few more years.
I can only assume that's he's getting every test known to man to see if it has spread to anywhere else, and that he'll get the latest drugs/treatments available.
“As far as I can tell from the public reports, McCain’s discovery of this was pretty early. As far as I can tell, they didn’t even see anything other than the blood clot until they actually took the clot out and biopsied it. That’s when they found one or more cancer cells.”
I think it would be specious to think that his cancer was “discovered” by reason of the surgery to remove the blood clot. Medical imaging is so good today that it would be almost unthinkable that McCain didn’t have a CT Scan or some other form of medical imaging prior to surgery. And that imaging would have shown the doctors everything. No one has surgery today without through medical imaging beforehand.
My wife has had three back surgeries and open-heart surgery to replace one of her heart valves. Medical imaging was key to identifying her problems and providing a clear roadmap for the surgeons to effectively treat her.
You’ll have to discuss that with Him one day....He has the book....
At his age probably true...but i thought the same about my cousin...doing remarkably well..but hes 38.
People tend to follow the rule "thou shall not speak ill of the dead". Worse than some "celebrity" whose been out of the public spotlight for decades being treated as the "greatest artist ever" is when some completely reprehensible public figure dies and is treated as an outstanding public servant.
One of the bigger ironies I remember is my fellow conservatives balking at the fawning coverage of Nelson Mandela, screaming about how biased it was because he was treated "like a saint" and from bios of him on TV, you'd think Mandela was a spotless heroic freedom fighter. Then merely a week later, Ariel Sharon dies (whose legacy had been one of the biggest turncoats and traitors to his country and to the conservatives who supported him), but the coverage from the CONSERVATIVE media was pretty much the same one-sided "saintly" portrait they had just screamed bloody hell about. If you knew nothing about Ariel Sharon except from the description of him the week he died, you'd think Sharon was some George Washington type fearless patriotic figure that was universally beloved his people.
A more local example for me is when Judy Baar Topinka died. She always one of the worst RINOs in Illinois and loathed for backstabbing conservatives, but the coverage from conservatives after her death depicted her as a "GOP icon in Illinois" and a "good government conservative role model"
>> What he has is a killer. There’s no cure. They’ll operate, it comes back, operate again, it comes back, and each time a little more of him goes away. A doctor was on the afternoon radio today (WPHT 1210am) and explained it. It’s not a good way to end. Were I him, I’d be spending every minute with family.
Agreed. As for people getting brain cancer, its one of the worst ways to go and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemies.
That being said, McCain really ought to retire NOW, and should have done so years ago. I feel terrible about what's happened to him, but I hope his ego isn't letting his desire to stay in the spotlight get above his better judgment. His prime concern now should be spending time with his family and preserving the time he has left.
“..I feel terrible about what’s happened to him, but I hope his ego isn’t letting his desire to stay in the spotlight ...”
Everybody has an expiration date. One way or the other, as Jim Morrison said, “no one here gets out alive”.
Some of us get sick, others have accidents, others are victims of crime, or one thing or another, but ultimately it is what it is: - it’s just Life taking it’s lease back and demanding the last payment.
He needs to leave the Senate though. He’s done enough damage to the Country. He served honorably in the military, but his political chicanery and willingness to collaborate with the Dems has cost us dearly, and in my mind wipes out the former good.
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