Posted on 04/11/2007 6:27:06 AM PDT by tsmith130
Damn! Will be on Fox today with Neil Cavuto.
It really does sound that way to me too.
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Agree completely.
Candidates typically release information about health issues before announcing campaign plans.
Thank you.
WE CANT SAY IT OFTEN ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!
My gosh, I don't recall ever knowing or hearing that. Isn't FR grand?!
astute observations
He’s running.
Exactly. There's no other reason to announce it. Go Fred!!
Well, which is it? Does he have it, or is he in remission?
Having stood by my wife for 2 bouts of breast cancer, it can't be both.
First, this is not a specific enough description for us to really know what kind of cancer he has, and therefore what to expect. However, as a general category, "indolent" non-Hodgkins lymphoma is slower growing but harder to cure than the more aggressive kinds.
One place people might look for info is here:
Indolent non-Hodgkins lymphoma
No one can know when a relapse will occur, but the info it gives on relapse is:
Indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Most patients with indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have a relapse, despite having had treatment. The length of time between treatment and relapse can vary, but it is typically between 1.5 and 4 years.
The best treatment for relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma depends on many factors. A 'watch and wait' approach may be recommended for some patients if they have no symptoms that are troubling them.
Most patients, however, are given chemotherapy, either with a single drug or with a combination of drugs. A steroid, such as prednisolone, is often given as well.
Monoclonal antibodies, for example, rituximab, are used for some types of lymphoma in this group of patients. It can be given as a single treatment (monotherapy) for relapsed disease. It is also often given with chemotherapy, and it can increase the effectiveness of the treatment, without significantly increasing the side effects.
When an indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma relapses, it has sometimes changed, or 'transformed', into an aggressive form of the disease. Often, the treatment for patients with transformed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is difficult. They may be treated with high-dose chemotherapy with or without a peripheral blood stem cell transplant. This can also be combined with monoclonal antibody therapy for 'purging' residual lymphoma cells from the bone marrow.
I am personally quite familiar with the treatments mentioned here. They most definitely DO have major side effects. My wife nearly died from them. Any President who was being treated in this way would be seriously affected, even if he did better than my wife did.
I'm willing to wait until we get more info about his specific situation, but my initial reaction is that he should NOT run. A relapse could come at any time, and the treatment would be quite intense.
Did he say that?
Did he take the news lying down?
Oh please, there is ONLY ONE reason for him to announce this.....HE IS RUNNING!!! RUN FRED RUN!!!!
I know I know! I goofed! I always do that with the word prostate! LOL!
No he has not.
Nonsense he has had it for to years now. It is in remission.
"I have had no illness from it, or even any symptoms. My life expectancy should not be affected. I am in remission, and it is very treatable with drugs if treatment is needed in the future—and with no debilitating side effects.
I just had to say it. Couldn’t resist. :)
I would expect that this is what Fred’s doctors have told him, too, so that ought to be as authoritative as anything else that can be said on the subject.
“I’m willing to wait until we get more info about his specific situation, but my initial reaction is that he should NOT run. A relapse could come at any time, and the treatment would be quite intense.”
OK, so Fred should just sit home and wait to die while our country goes to hell in a handbag! “A relapse could come at any time”...sounds like a typical lib scare tactic (albore...the earf’s gonna die, global warming, ahhhhhh). Please, spare me.
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