[Magdalen] Fwd: Breaking News Alert: Cancer has spread to brain, Jimmy Carter says

[Jay Weigel]

I think it's up to Jimmy.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm just putting this out for discussion. A good friend and I were
> discussing the report that came out last week about Carter's cancer--before
> this latest information.
> She was of the opinion that it is a poor use of resources to treat him--or
> anyone--at this age. With Medicare the cost is being borne by taxpayers,
> and it would be more responsible to move to palliative care. Obviously,
> this is a highly personal decision, but
> what do you all think?
>
> > On Aug 20, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Can I just say how much I hate cancer?
> >
> > You'll want to read the whole article.
> >
> > Eleanor
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: BostonGlobe.com <newsletters at bostonglobe.com>
> > Date: Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:42 AM
> > Subject: Breaking News Alert: Cancer has spread to brain, Jimmy Carter
> says
> > To: "eleanor.braun at gmail.com" <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> >
> > Former president Jimmy Carter says cancer that first was discovered as a
> > tumor on his liver also is on his brain, and he will undergo radiation
> > treatment.
> >
> > Carter said Thursday at a news conference in his first public remarks
> since
> > his diagnosis that he would undergo the first treatment later that day.
> >
> > To read more, visit: www.BostonGlobe.com
> > <
> http://links.bostonglobe.com/t.do?id=2126347:4330708:AD07700B-551E-4EA9-9146-D6ED17A3AA32
> >
>