Have you been following the story of Kay Yow, NC State Women's basketball coach? She is battling her third recurrance of breat cancer. She took two months off from coaching in but returned to the team in January. She is taking chemo and biologic treatments and just led her team to the Sweet 16 in Fresno CA. She's had a nurse flying with her and her oncologist went with her this past weekend, she has been tired and sick, but she was able to coach. She said that during a game--for two hours she didn't think about cancer. More power to her. She's been an inspiration to my mother who was just diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. My mother sees Kay Yow out there and she is inspired to lead as normal a life as possible for as long as possible. I don't agree with the Edwards politically on anything, but I did agree with Elizabeth's statement that to give up immediately is to let the cancer win before it has too.
Nobody is saying she needs to "give up". What we are saying is this could shorten her life, being dragged along a campaign trail. Thank god I have a husband who loves me and makes me his #1 priority, not his career or his own ambitions.
She had a nurse flying with her? And she was able to do all of this. How marvelous. The problem is that is NOT a normal happening. Look, I have cancer, and three of my friends do, and many in the past. We keep joking about these "people" who have stage iv cancer and keep working and dancing and never get sick and never get debilitated and even drive themselves back and forth like nothing is wrong! Funny part is, I don't know any. I just keep hearing about them.
Reality for most is quite different, I can assure you.