Posted on 11/04/2004 9:47:38 AM PST by crushelits
BREAKING. John Edwards wife diagnosed with breats cancer- Fox News
That's a shame. We will say a prayer for her and her family.
Hope she has a quick recovery.
My thoughts will be with her.
hmmm.....revenge? God doesn't give breast cancer. the other guy does. i hate to think of this on top of losing her son a few years back. sometimes they say traumatic loss can actually bring about major illnesses like this. too bad.
WASHINGTON (Nov. 4) - Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, was diagnosed with breast cancer the day her husband and Sen. John Kerry conceded the presidential race.
Spokesman David Ginsberg said Mrs. Edwards, 55, discovered a lump in her right breast while on a campaign trip last week. Her family doctor told her Friday that it appeared to be cancerous and advised her to see a specialist when she could.
She put off the appointment until Wednesday so as not to miss campaign time.
The Edwards family went straight to Massachusetts General Hospital from Boston's Faneuil Hall after Kerry and Edwards conceded on Wednesday.
Mrs. Edwards had a needle biopsy performed at the hospital, where Dr. Barbara Smith confirmed the cancer, Ginsberg said.
He said the cancer was diagnosed as invasive ductal cancer. That is the most common type of breast cancer, and can spread from the milk ducts to other parts of the breast or beyond.
More tests were being done to determine how far the cancer has advanced and how to treat it, he said.
Ginsberg said spirits are high at the Edwards household. ''Everybody feels good about it, that this is beatable,'' he said.
Edwards, who leaves his North Carolina Senate seat in January, said in a statement, ''Elizabeth is as strong a person as I've ever known. Together, our family will beat this.''
The American Cancer Society estimated that nearly 216,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.
Treatments have been getting better. The current five-year survival rate for breast cancer is 87 percent, up from 78 percent in the mid-1980s. About 40,000 women die of breast cancer annually.
Overall, the society says about one in seven women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.
Invasive ductal cancer accounts for 65 percent to 80 percent of all breast cancers, according to the Merck Manual of Medical Information.
Treatment usually begins with surgery, according to the National Cancer Institute. This could involve removal of the cancer itself and usually nearby lymph nodes. Lumpectomy, just removing the cancerous mass, is becoming more common, though sometimes removal of the whole breast is done.
Surgery can be followed by chemotherapy, radiation or hormone therapy.
Radiation can focus on a cancer site from a machine outside the body or use a radioactive substance placed near the cancer in ''seeds'' or via needle.
Chemotherapy uses drugs that can stop or slow the growth of cancer that may have spread.
Hormone therapy removes or blocks hormones that can encourage growth of cancer cells.
In early stages of cancer a combination of the drug tamoxifen and hormone therapy is commonly used, the Cancer Institute reports.
The Edwardses married in 1977. They have two daughters, Cate and Emma Claire and a son, Jack. Son Wade died in a 1996 traffic accident.
Mrs. Edwards, born in Jacksonville, Fla., grew up hopscotching between the United States and Japan. She met her future husband at University of North Carolina law school.
She juggled a successful legal career and family for 19 years. Then - stunned by Wade's death - she quit work to have more children at an age when many contemporaries were easing toward grandmotherhood.
On the campaign, she dubbed herself the ''anti-Barbie,'' a quick-witted, down-to-earth political wife who connected particularly well with mothers and fathers.
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Sending prayers to Mrs. Edwards.
I agree..May her cancer be treated and she recover.
Here is a link to the AP story on Yahoo!
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041104/ap_on_re_us/elizabeth_edwards_cancer_7
BTW:
FreeRepublic was talking about this a full 5 minutes before any sources showed up on the Web... that's impressive Freepers (o:
AND the truth is the dems would behave very badly ,if the shoe was on the other foot, so I am not like them, I shall control my thoughts and words,and offer my sincere hope for her speedy recovery.
certainly not the way everone took it
....I just quoted a passage that I've heard and believed all my life. I have seen the revenge of the lord many times. I DID NOT WISH ILLWILL ON THIS WOMAN, but let's face it, she personally attacked and judged a very upstanding, God loving woman in front of this whole world.
I do not believe this would please GOD!
I believe GOD assigns punishment while on this earth as well as after we die. I would not wish this illness her or any one else ,that said, I belive we all do get wake up calls.
....and I do believe my post was clean compared to the hundreds that were posted here when she attacked Mrs. Cheney
I now regret the bad jokes I posted about her and wish her and her family the best of luck in fighting this insidious disease.
God Bless his family.
re #269
I couldn't wish this on an enemy. I hope she comes through OK.
After an emotional election loss, this can only be that much more painful for Mrs. Edwards and her family. I will pray for the best.
Just now!? They've been holding this back.
Wishing her well.
Prayers. Wouldn't wish ill on anyone. Good luck, speedy healing.
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