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

[Ginga Wilder]

I agree completely with Jay.  Jimmy Carter gets to choose his treatment.
Plus, sometimes radiation is used as part of palliative care.

I remember when my mother-in-law broke (age 97) both hips within 3 weeks
and with the second break, it was quite evident she was failing fast.  Many
people, some on this list, questioned why her children had chosen to have
hip repair done.  The answer was that her pain level was agony x 10.  She
never regained consciousness from the second surgery but considering her
healthy body, she lingered for 3 weeks and died, but without her or her
children having to suffer from the excrutiating hip pain, or seeing her
suffer.

I would guess that the Carters have given good information to the public,
but that we don't have the whole story.  I'm not second guessing his choice
to have treatment.

Ginga

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> > >
> >
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