Posted on 12/13/2007 8:10:33 PM PST by djf
t was revealed yesterday that the lady who became the world’s oldest mother at 66 has been struck down with cancer.
Single mum Carmen Bousada who is now 67 was diagnosed with cancer months after having her twins.
Carmen said that “I have a very serious illness. I am well at the moment but you never know how things will work out.”
When Carmen made her decision to have children using IVF at her age she sparked a worldwide debate.
A lot of people have said that she is very irresponsible having children so late in life and even more so because she is single.
When Carmen was asked who will look after the boys if she dies, Carmen replied: “I have a nephew, and their godfather is very good with the children. They are not going to be alone.”
Ok so she will have someone to be able to look after the boys but it will not the same as having their mum or dad looking after them.
Do you agree or disagree with people having children so late in life?
Nonsense. She didn't become the "worlds oldest mother at 66". My own mother is well into her 80's.
She is a selfish person. Too bad but that is the truth.
LOL!
Prayers for the lady’s health.
She is not the worlds oldest mother. My great grandma (who was a mother) lived to 102.
A pregnancy can sometimes bring on cancer. Doctors thought that caused my daughter-in-laws cancer.
That’s what I was thinking. Any good doctor would be very wary of messin with a womans estrogen levels at that age.
My guess would be that odds are very high the cancer is a result of the pregnancy.
Would you say the same to a 25 year old who had already been diagnosed with breast cancer? Somehow I doubt it.
I think at 66 yrs old it is very wrong & the doctors should not have helped her. But I had Sassy at 41 yrs old & many people told me to abort because I would be an “old mother”. Funny those very same people love Sassy to death now & tend to forget that they thought I was crazy to be a mom that old...
Of course there are no guarantees. However, would you DELIBERATELY create a situation where is was much more likely that your children would have to grow up without you?
I think that is selfish.
My best freind’s father was 72 when he was born. He died at about 82 when my freid was 10. My dad, on the other hand, started early and is only 18 years older than me. I’ve spent a lifetime doing things with my dad that’s more akin to things brother do.
My freid was robbed of a father and this women’s offspring likely will too.
This woman’s children were robbed of a father when she decided to have them on her own through IVF and no partner.
People, focus your ire and opinions more toward the young, single, poor women who are having babies. Those children are in far MORE trouble. A mature woman who has plenty of resources (emotional and financial) should be able to have children if she wants. These children will be fine, and I hope and pray this woman beats her cancer.
I couldn’t have children young either and I am so grateful to G-d that He has given them to me now.
How many wonderful people HAVE been raised by grandparents, anyway? Let’s be fair.
Today, the Daily Mail (UK) posted this article:
World's oldest mother, 66, who lied about her age to get IVF, is 'stricken by cancer'
FTA: "Yesterday she told a Spanish television show: "I have been presented with an illness, a very serious illness."
She would not reveal what it was but added: "It is one which is fashionable at the moment."
Some observers said this suggested either breast cancer - of which Kylie Minogue was a victim - or intestinal cancer, which is afflicting Farrah Fawcett.
Miss Bousada added: "I am having treatment and that, but I'm well. The little ones are beautiful, very chubby, very big."
What doctors know would fill a shotglass, compared to what they don’t know, which would fill a bucket. The real problem though, is that they don’t know, how much they don’t know. Then there are always those know it all type doctors. A lot of what they know, just ain’t true. I know all this, from experience.
It was on the local news, I did a quick Google news scan and posted the results. I cannot testify to the truth one way or another.
Sounds to me like she is not particularly trustworthy anyways. Article says she flat out lied about her age to get the IVF done.
It apparently is related to hormone variations.
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