Congressman John Lewis diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer

WSBTV ^ | December 29, 2019

[rdl6989]

Atlanta congressman Rep. John Lewis announced Sunday he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Doctors informed Lewis his cancer is stage IV.

[zerosix]

That’s what I was fearing, few if any symptoms in early stages, or are easily misdiagnosed or patients don’t realize they should seek medical help.

Another friend’s mother had some “stomach pains” but she was ecstatic that she was finally losing weight, “without even trying!” Again, dead in 4 weeks. Hardly time to settle the briefist

[Springman]

I wish the congressman would have retired so he could have spent more time with his family.

[50sDad]

It’s the constant outrage.

[Guenevere]

‘A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look for them, they will not be found’
Psalm 37:10

Man does not know his time

[a little elbow grease]

Elijah or John? You be the judge.

[abbastanza]

I have thoughts about Lewis. They’re not nice.

[Vermont Lt]

My wife is stage I-b. There is no difference in the treatment regimen, except my wife got a Whipple, and he won’t. The chemo is long and horrible.

Six months of some of the worst poison and it gets a “good” diagnosis down to a 60% recurrence rate. The 5 year Seer rate has doubled in the past few years. It’s up to 9%. Fewer than 1 in 10 will make it to the next election cycle (2024.)

I would not wish this on anyone. For the family it’s just devastating.

[Vermont Lt]

Yes. This sounds similar to Trebek. Steve Jobs was different. RGB’s is like Trebek.

The survival rate depends on the treatment, the reaction, and whether or not they can do surgery.

A full treatment of chemo, a resected tumor with clean margins will get you up to 5 years for 1/3 of the patients.

[Vermont Lt]

I am in the same place FRiend. You ever want to rail against this monster, just PM me. It’s fun trying to figure out what we can eat. It is literally a crap-shoot.

[Vermont Lt]

It doesn’t present with symptoms. If you talk to people who catch it early, it is usually a fluke. My wife had unspecific gastric issues, and they caught a blood level that was out of the norm. If she were not having regular blood tests for another “non threatening” condition, it would have been months.

And men generally ignore the symptoms because they ignore the “little signs.”

[Vermont Lt]

At 79, most people would be retired. But for most patients under 65 you HAVE to keep working to afford the insurance. In my wife’s case she is too young for Medicare. We go off short term disability on Feb 2. We have 30 days to figure out our insurance situation. This will not end well.

[klsparrow]

Hell he will die and they will just prop him up in the chamber like a puppet. Do I feel bad about about this....I won’t lose any sleep lets leave it at that.

[TheBattman]

I would be happy with TERM LIMITS

[Ancesthntr]

Ditto.

[enumerated]

Yeah, I was following that whole misunderstanding too, as I watched it go off the rails. I’ve tried straightening out similar misunderstandings in the past, but to no avail.

Unfortunately, those most prone to misunderstandings in the first place, are also the least likely to understand any attempts to straighten them out!

[SecAmndmt]

Yup. We are all fallible human beings. Pray peace for his family.

[unlearner]

Trump curse?

[NFHale]

If he stepped down and removed himself so he couldn’t do anymore damage, I’d be inclined to maybe wish him well.

But he won’t. So I won’t. I’m not going to virtue signal and “pray for his health”. He’s going to stay there for whatever Nancy Pelosi needs him to do.

This guy, Cummings, and others like him did a lot of damage to this Country and our people.

So yeah... No further comment.

[gcparent]

I pray his death is swift.

[Churchillspirit]

My friend was comparatively lucky. He lived for 2 years after diagnosis. He had a “Whipple” procedure which the surgeon thought was a success.