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

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Personal decision by lucid,  well informed and otherwise relatively "healthy" cancer patient and  if applicable their health POA  
In my opinion JC meets this criteria 
Lynn

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On 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>