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Bob Dole diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bob-dole-diagnosed-stage-4-lung-cancer-n1258241 ^ | 2/18/21 | Adam Edelman

Posted on 02/18/2021 7:41:35 AM PST by Borges

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This is not curable. If I was him I’d reject treatment and live out my final days. Hope he responds well to the treatment though. God bless him.


61 posted on 02/18/2021 9:16:27 AM PST by Halls (Texan by birth, Texan by choice, Always a Texan! Pro Life!, )
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To: Jeff Chandler

Bob Dole sees what you did there


62 posted on 02/18/2021 9:18:23 AM PST by mykroar (God speed, President Trump)
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To: Osage Orange
Maybe, but it's his decision.
63 posted on 02/18/2021 9:20:06 AM PST by Fury
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To: Borges

Prayers for Senator Dole.


64 posted on 02/18/2021 9:26:26 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: nuconvert

Why have treatment? Is that what you mean?

That’s a good question. Would he live longer without the treatment and in less discomfort? My aunt forewent chemo after her stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis and lived for 2 years and 2 months after diagnosis. She was only given 2-3 months to live. She was 76 when she died.


65 posted on 02/18/2021 9:30:06 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: nesnah; CodeToad
Please provide me with just ONE death certificate where the cause of death was “prolonged exposure to radon gas”.

I’ll wait, but won’t hold my breath.

Please, no need to hold your breath. Will only cause needless suffering !

Radon is radioactive, in other words it's ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation damages DNA -that is not in question. Damaged DNA greatly increases the likelihood of cancer, especially if the immune system is weakened such as with age or due to immunosuppressive drugs, and is unable to destroy damaged cells. Remember cancer is not a 'causative' disease as in if you do X, you will get cancer. A number of things have to happen over a period of time for you to get cancer, but the starting point is almost always damaged DNA such as from exposure to substances. This is why most lifelong smokers do NOT get lung cancer even though all have damaged DNA in their lungs because the other things that need to happen for it to progress cancer does not happen. But they are among the highest risk groups

Secondly, death certificates only list the immediate cause of death, not what lead to it. If someone dies of head trauma it will say head trauma and not that their blood alcohol was 3 times the allowed limit while they were behind the wheel.

66 posted on 02/18/2021 9:41:09 AM PST by libh8er
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To: Fury

Of course it is.....


67 posted on 02/18/2021 9:45:46 AM PST by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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To: Dr. Franklin

My father is a WWII vet, in fact he was able to go on an Honor Flight a few years ago and actually met Bob Dole and had a nice conversation with him. He’s a retired dentist and made “Doc Calls” handmade beautiful duck calls and he’s got his picture with Dole on his website. He said it was one of the highlights of his life as they got to see their WWII memorial.

My father is 95 and got Covid last January when he was 94, before we knew it was going to be ravaging here. He and my mother who I’m also certain had it, she’s now 93, both recovered. Later we knew it had been Covid because they lost sense of taste for months.

Tough people that generation.


68 posted on 02/18/2021 9:46:32 AM PST by BlueHorseShoe
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To: libh8er

You provided proof of nothing, only wishful thinking.


69 posted on 02/18/2021 9:54:10 AM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: libh8er

Granite is radioactive. The northern States are loaded with granite and radioactivity.

You need to get an education in physics and chemistry before spouting off propaganda made by an industry that rips off homeowners.

Again, the Radon scare and the COVID scare and globull warming and the ozone hole are all related to stupidity and ignorance and suckers that follow them.


70 posted on 02/18/2021 9:56:24 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Borges

While I agree that treatment should be available to him if he wants it, I will say that whomever has convinced him that this is a good idea at age 97 and wheelchair bound, needs to be bi+ch slapped!

He’s NINETY-SEVEN for crying out loud! And he’s not one of those 0.0005 percenters who runs 5K’s at age 97. He’s frail as Heck!

Get a good at home Hospice team and ENJOY your last days, pain free and puke free.


71 posted on 02/18/2021 9:56:28 AM PST by a real Sheila (RIP Rush! You were loved.)
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To: CodeToad
I have pretty much ignored the Radon thing since moving to Colorado, and I havent suffered any ailments for it. Now there is that abnormally large growth that comes and goes, or thats how Ms Magnum describes it anyway... :)


72 posted on 02/18/2021 10:02:39 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: CodeToad
Granite is radioactive. The northern States are loaded with granite and radioactivity.

Yes, and what is your point ? Look up a chart on lung cancer incidence by state.

Radon scare and the COVID scare and globull warming and the ozone hole

Failing argument. Lumping them all together doesn't make them all the same.

73 posted on 02/18/2021 10:20:02 AM PST by libh8er
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To: Jeff Chandler

I saw what you did there...

I cannot say that he ever effectively advanced the conservative cause, but at least he was someone you could feel was a hero, not a grifter like the rest.


74 posted on 02/18/2021 10:21:09 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I saw what you did there...

I cannot say that he ever effectively advanced the conservative cause, but at least he was someone you could feel was a hero, not a grifter like the rest.


75 posted on 02/18/2021 10:21:10 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: PLMerite
I swear, I thought he had passed a while back.

Dole was very vocal last fall about the inequity in the makeup of the panel determining the format and questions of the debates. He felt Trump was getting the shaft.

This wasn't the first time Dole spoke up in defense of President Trump.

Dole is a brave man. I pray for his comfort and peace through this next ordeal.

76 posted on 02/18/2021 10:44:27 AM PST by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: libh8er

Yes, it makes sense. They are all followed by stupid people with no knowledge of science.


77 posted on 02/18/2021 10:52:01 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: HighSierra5

I remember when he fell of the stage at a rally during the 96 race for President. I knew at that instant that he was toast.

I remember when Biden went on and on about kids rubbing his hairy legs. I thought he was toast. How far we have fallen as a country.


78 posted on 02/18/2021 12:00:04 PM PST by spudville
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To: Mr. Jeeves
Dole supported Trump when others of his era acted as backstabbers.

I will never forget Dole's support for Trump when the swamp creatures were raising their stink.

79 posted on 02/18/2021 2:45:45 PM PST by NautiNurse (It took 20 years for FL to clean up voter fraud in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. But we did it. )
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To: Borges

Old age will kill him before cancer does.


80 posted on 02/18/2021 2:51:03 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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