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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: cavegal on December 07, 2010, 03:51:19 PM
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Elizabeth Edwards, the political wife whose public battle with breast cancer, coping with marital infidelity and continued advocacy for the downtrodden raised her profile above that of her husband, died Tuesday, WRAL News has learned. She was 61.
Edwards died at her Chapel Hill home, where family and friends had gathered in recent days after doctors informed her that her cancer had spread and recommended that she not undergo further treatment.
WRAL (http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5573188/)
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May God be with her family.
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Wow, the media had just said she had a few weeks.......condolences to the family.
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May God be with her family.
I agree. RIP, Mrs. Edwards.
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My prayers for Elizabeth and the family. This is horrible.
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KC
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May God give her loving family comfort.
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RIP Mary Elizabeth Anania. Condolences to her family.
I cannot believe what John Edwards did while she was fighting cancer.
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So very sad. :(
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God bless Elizabeth! May you now receive the love you so much deserve.
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I wonder if that worthless lying cheating sack of shit ex-husband of hers will be indited now? Poor woman, that was no way to go but now she is in the hands of her creator. RIP.
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May she now rest in peace.
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Wow that was fast! I think she was done fighting. I second PatriotGame.
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RIP. That's just sad, based on the reports I heard, I thought she had more time. I was really hoping she would last through Christmas, for her family.
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This is the lady that told the DUmp what awful people they were for mocking Laura Ingraham (if I remember correctly)as she battled cancer.
It shows that politics doesn`t have to change decent people into something else and so is doubly sad.
She had class and character as a person and endured a few last years of life no one deserves.
Many condolences for her children and family.
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What is it with shitstain spouses?? My ex almost let me die of an eColi infection back in the summer of 2007.
My condolences to Mrs. Edwards offspring and other family. I hope her husband, John suffers the worst and eventually rots in hell for his infidelity, especially during a time of need.
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Elizabeth, you had every right to any bitterness you felt towards your cheating ex and his skanky ho. I'm so glad you are above the fray now, but sad for your children and other family members.
You were DEFINITELY the better half of your marriage.
If you see my little terrier Dominic, give him a pat on the head for me and tell him I'll be there eventually.
Sorry, it's been a weepy sort of day for me. December 7th was the 9-11 of its time and it's also my birthday so I feel a bit overwhelmed emotionally.
Go in peace, Elizabeth.
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RIP
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Elizabeth, you had every right to any bitterness you felt towards your cheating ex and his skanky ho. I'm so glad you are above the fray now, but sad for your children and other family members.
You were DEFINITELY the better half of your marriage.
If you see my little terrier Dominic, give him a pat on the head for me and tell him I'll be there eventually.
Sorry, it's been a weepy sort of day for me. December 7th was the 9-11 of its time and it's also my birthday so I feel a bit overwhelmed emotionally.
Go in peace, Elizabeth.
+1 +10 +100!
Thank you!
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That's too bad. Should have been her scum bag husband to go first.
I hope she found serenity at the end.
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RIP Elizabeth with much love to your family at this time.
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Rest In Peace Elizabeth.
God bless.
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RIP Elizabeth. I'll remember your family and friends in my prayers.
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RIP. I hope she is at peace and the family that really loves her deserves all of the prayers we can send.
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What is it with shitstain spouses?? My ex almost let me die of an eColi infection back in the summer of 2007.
My condolences to Mrs. Edwards offspring and other family. I hope her husband, John suffers the worst and eventually rots in hell for his infidelity, especially during a time of need.
Agreed to that! I never understood why people who engage in extramarital affairs when their spouse fighting a serious illness like cancer. They are scum, they are not human.
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Agreed to that! I never understood why people who engage in extramarital affairs when their spouse fighting a serious illness like cancer. They are scum, they are not human.
Not to sound all high and mighty but I don't understand extramarital affairs period.
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RIP Mrs. Edwards. I wasn't with you politically but I wish this fate upon no one. May you find peace now that you are free from your total jerk of a husband, who will receive his comeuppance sooner than he may think.
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RIP Elizabeth, a VERY good woman. May your children find strength....what a sad time for them to lose their Mother.
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Prayers and sincerest condolences to her family. I feel for those children. All the money in the world will never be able to replace their Mother or repair the damage their Father did. I hope the 3 of them can get some sort of peace in their lives.
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Wow, the media had just said she had a few weeks.......condolences to the family.
I had an idea when it was announced that she was on the verge. They did it at the last second to keep the media from hounding her, and I can't blame them for that. Besides, the announcement was made when they called the family in, which was part of the story. Even John was there.
Didn't agree with her politically, of course, but she seemed nice enough. My only beef was during the 2008 campaign she knew John was a cheat and that his life was a lie but kept quiet about it. On some level I understand, but that also tells me power was more important to them than honesty.
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Not to sound all high and mighty but I don't understand extramarital affairs period.
Same here.
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Hot Air:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/12/07/elizabeth-edwards-dies/
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Rest in peace Elizabeth, I hope you are reunited with your son.
God Bless her children and family.
My children's step-mother has been dealing with breast cancer for a couple of years, and thought she was going to be ok. Day after Thanksgiving, spots were found on her liver. Last week, she had an MRI and there are 15 spots. Finding out that Elizabeth Edwards' cancer had moved to her liver has been very difficult for them. That Elizabeth passed so quickly, has been a devastating blow. Please add J to your prayers, along with all women who suffer from this horrendous disease.
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Oh Deb. Prayers up for J and the kids. I have been holding in my heart my breast cancer survivors. I know that has to be a blow. I have witnessed 4 masectomies in the last year, ranging in age from 40 to 80. God Bless.
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Rest in peace Elizabeth, I hope you are reunited with your son.
God Bless her children and family.
My children's step-mother has been dealing with breast cancer for a couple of years, and thought she was going to be ok. Day after Thanksgiving, spots were found on her liver. Last week, she had an MRI and there are 15 spots. Finding out that Elizabeth Edwards' cancer had moved to her liver has been very difficult for them. That Elizabeth passed so quickly, has been a devastating blow. Please add J to your prayers, along with all women who suffer from this horrendous disease.
My goodness debk...I hope the best for step-mother, you, and family. When confronted with my own mortality, my head will probably explode.
It is a sad statement whereas our political beliefs can make US hate our brothers so much...
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Rest in peace Elizabeth, I hope you are reunited with your son.
God Bless her children and family.
My children's step-mother has been dealing with breast cancer for a couple of years, and thought she was going to be ok. Day after Thanksgiving, spots were found on her liver. Last week, she had an MRI and there are 15 spots. Finding out that Elizabeth Edwards' cancer had moved to her liver has been very difficult for them. That Elizabeth passed so quickly, has been a devastating blow. Please add J to your prayers, along with all women who suffer from this horrendous disease.
Prayers for J and all cancer sufferers, and anyone who is hurting physically or mentally.
Exceptions to this would be killers like that 14-year old Mexican boy and the illegal alien who beat his girlfriend's son to death. In a perfect world, all the terrible diseases would go to scum like these and good, decent human beings would be healthy.
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her only claim to fame is she married a human dog.
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Prayers for J and all cancer sufferers, and anyone who is hurting physically or mentally.
Exceptions to this would be killers like that 14-year old Mexican boy and the illegal alien who beat his girlfriend's son to death. In a perfect world, all the terrible diseases would go to scum like these and good, decent human beings would be healthy.
Agreed to that. It should be all evil figures too. Cough Osama bin Laden! Cough Joran van der Sloot! Cough Elisa Baker!
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She was too good a woman for that POS husband of hers. I'm sorry she had to put up with him while she battled cancer. My condolences to her children. To John, eff off... I'm sure you are off effing some babe tonight anyway.
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She definitely deserved better, but made the most of what she had.
Class and grace, indeed. God speed, Elizabeth.
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RIP
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Oh Deb. Prayers up for J and the kids. I have been holding in my heart my breast cancer survivors. I know that has to be a blow. I have witnessed 4 masectomies in the last year, ranging in age from 40 to 80. God Bless.
Thanks to all for their prayers.
She is my ex's wife #3. They were HS sweethearts, broke up before he started med school. ( I met him half way through and we married upon his graduation). They met up again 5 yrs ago in AZ, realized they were still in love with each other, he came home and divorced wife #2 (she already was), both moved back to NE and got married 5 yrs ago this month.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer almost 3 yrs ago. Had a double mastectomy, went through chemo, had reconstruction, and they found a "spot" on her spine last summer that was treated with radiation and went away. The checkup the day after Thanksgiving was just a routine followup. The spots weren't on her liver 3 months ago.
While I can't say a whole lot of good things about my ex...it still makes my heart hurt, to see two people who have finally found each other again, are both finally happy, to have something so tragic happen.
I talked to my daughter this morning, and Elizabeth's death so soon after being told the cancer was in her liver....is really hitting them all hard. Just as I'm sure it is, for so many women who are in the midst of breast cancer treatment and even those who are in recovery. There's something about breast cancer, that it seems to frequently come back in the liver....M's mother's came back there, and she only lasted 6 wks when it did. She had been "cancer-free" for over 5 years. One never knows just how long the recovery will last. It's not fair.
This will sound like a bouncy, but it isn't....
I saw a young mother last week, in line with me, at a store picking up her kids' layaway Christmas presents. She had one child with her, a toddler - maybe 3 or so - she was wearing a sweatshirt with a pink ribbon on it. She was telling another customer that she was in the middle of chemo and had already had surgery. She was sooo young. The woman in front of me, about my age or maybe a bit older, was watching her talk. As the young woman left the store, we both watched her leave. I turned around and said to the other woman - "that's so sad, she is so very young." Then I noticed her shirt...."Fight like a girl!" in pink with pink boxing gloves. And I said, Oh! and she said "yeah"..... We both teared up a bit. The whole incident just pointed out - yet again - that cancer doesn't discriminate....it can attack anyone. :(
All the money going into breast cancer research....why can't they find a cure? :(
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My mom has been in remission for almost a year. I felt so sad when I heard about Elizabeth Edwards I felt so bad for her children may she rest in peace
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Thanks to all for their prayers.
All the money going into breast cancer research....why can't they find a cure? :(
To quote Flame, "Cancer is a sucking suckfest."
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My sympathy to your ex and his wife, those are 2 very sad stories. I work in a cytology dept in a large hospital and I could tell you so many more....thankfully I don't have to intimately know most of these people newly diagnosed or I'm not sure I could work here. It helps that I can keep a clinical perspective, not a personal one.
<<All the money going into breast cancer research....why can't they find a cure? >>
Often wondered this myself and I almost feel like it is too lucrative a disease for some docs. There has been some remarkable advances in treatment and diagnostics, but it will never be enough to stop the disease IMO.
I just lost my sister to lung cancer and have done a lot of introspective thinking on these issues. And trying to cope and help my parents deal with the fact that some people are just given a "terminal" result because of the type of cancer or stage when it's found.
My advice is get screening, go for the most agressive treatment (with breast), keep your immune system and over all health in top shape.....and pray. Cancer is us, our cells gone haywire for whatever reason and I don't have much faith in science ever stopping it.
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She wanted so badly to hang on until her children were older. Politics aside, she was an amazing woman, a fighter and a devoted mother.
Cindie
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My sympathy to your ex and his wife, those are 2 very sad stories. I work in a cytology dept in a large hospital and I could tell you so many more....thankfully I don't have to intimately know most of these people newly diagnosed or I'm not sure I could work here. It helps that I can keep a clinical perspective, not a personal one.
<<All the money going into breast cancer research....why can't they find a cure? >>
Often wondered this myself and I almost feel like it is too lucrative a disease for some docs. There has been some remarkable advances in treatment and diagnostics, but it will never be enough to stop the disease IMO.
I just lost my sister to lung cancer and have done a lot of introspective thinking on these issues. And trying to cope and help my parents deal with the fact that some people are just given a "terminal" result because of the type of cancer or stage when it's found.
My advice is get screening, go for the most agressive treatment (with breast), keep your immune system and over all health in top shape.....and pray. Cancer is us, our cells gone haywire for whatever reason and I don't have much faith in science ever stopping it.
Having been married to a urologist through his residency at Univ of Virginia (general surgery) and Duke Univ (urology)....I don't think there will ever be a true cure for cancer.
Oh, treatments will change, and new medicines will be developed....but cure it? Never!!!
Cancer is a cash cow for doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical and insurance(cancer policies) companies.
Each new medicine "cure" costs more than the previous one.
Doctors and hospitals make fortunes off of cancer patients.
The insurance companies make lots of money off of those who never get cancer.
Cancer, like the common cold....will never, ever...be cured.
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Having been married to a urologist through his residency at Univ of Virginia (general surgery) and Duke Univ (urology)....I don't think there will ever be a true cure for cancer.
Oh, treatments will change, and new medicines will be developed....but cure it? Never!!!
Cancer is a cash cow for doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical and insurance(cancer policies) companies.
Each new medicine "cure" costs more than the previous one.
Doctors and hospitals make fortunes off of cancer patients.
The insurance companies make lots of money off of those who never get cancer.
Cancer, like the common cold....will never, ever...be cured.
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I'm sorry to get a little snotty but I take exception to your view of doctors who treat cancer. My cousin is the director for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Survivorship Program. He has spent his whole life treating children with cancer, researching cancer and volunteered for hospice. He is one of the best people I know. He volunteers a lot of time and money for kids with cancer and has dedicated his life to find a cure. :(
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I'm sorry to get a little snotty but I take exception to your view of doctors who treat cancer. My cousin is the director for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Survivorship Program. He has spent his whole life treating children with cancer, researching cancer and volunteered for hospice. He is one of the best people I know. He volunteers a lot of time and money for kids with cancer and has dedicated his life to find a cure. :(
You can be "snotty" and "take exception" all you want, BEG.
However, the reality is still that cancer is a incredibly expensive disease...regardless of who is making the money. Whether it's the doctor, the hospital, the drug companies.
They all make money from cancer. As does your cousin, unless he has the directorship minus a salary. My ex has taken care of cancer patients since 1974...adults and children. He has had papers published in medical journals, on urologic surgical procedures for cancer patients, while he was in residency...and while he didn't get much of a salary, while at Duke, he did get paid then and he gets paid now. He gets paid, because it's his job.
Just because any of those entities make money from cancer does not make any single one of them evil.
Without any of them.....the doctors, the hospitals, the drug companies....people would just die sooner, because they have no chance whatsoever of beating the disease without those entities....unless a miracle happens for a specific individual.
But cancer continues to change. And while a cure might have been found for one particular type of cancer in one particular part of the body.....and another one might be found tomorrow.
As of this moment, cancer is a disease that has not been eradicated from this earth.
Until it has been, and no one we love and care about, or don't even know....no longer has to suffer and/or die from this disease...then there is no cure for cancer.
In the meantime....doctors, hospitals, and drug companies will continue to make money - a lot of money - from the disease...because cancer is a very very very expensive disease.
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You can be "snotty" and "take exception" all you want, BEG.
However, the reality is still that cancer is a incredibly expensive disease...regardless of who is making the money. Whether it's the doctor, the hospital, the drug companies.
They all make money from cancer. As does your cousin, unless he has the directorship minus a salary. My ex has taken care of cancer patients since 1974...adults and children. He has had papers published in medical journals, on urologic surgical procedures for cancer patients, while he was in residency...and while he didn't get much of a salary, while at Duke, he did get paid then and he gets paid now. He gets paid, because it's his job.
Just because any of those entities make money from cancer does not make any single one of them evil.
Without any of them.....the doctors, the hospitals, the drug companies....people would just die sooner, because they have no chance whatsoever of beating the disease without those entities....unless a miracle happens for a specific individual.
But cancer continues to change. And while a cure might have been found for one particular type of cancer in one particular part of the body.....and another one might be found tomorrow.
As of this moment, cancer is a disease that has not been eradicated from this earth.
Until it has been, and no one we love and care about, or don't even know....no longer has to suffer and/or die from this disease...then there is no cure for cancer.
In the meantime....doctors, hospitals, and drug companies will continue to make money - a lot of money - from the disease...because cancer is a very very very expensive disease.
So my cousin has to work for free to be genuinely fighting cancer? Sorry if I took your post wrong, I am on mucinex d right now and feel a little loopy.
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So my cousin has to work for free to be genuinely fighting cancer? Sorry if I took your post wrong, I am on mucinex d right now and feel a little loopy.
Yes...you have taken both posts wrong.
No, your cousin does not have to work for free to be genuinely fighting cancer. I'm not sure how you even came to that conclusion.
However...I'm out of this particular discussion with you.
Hope you feel better soon...
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I have thought it questionable for a long time, that I can easily find a drug to make my periods stop, help my man get a hard on, grow hair, and fix anyone's toenail fungus, etc.....but still we aren't making all that of an achievement in the cancer arena. Now, granted, we have made progress, but not what we should see, at least IMHO. I have come to the conclusion that one reason is that there is so much money involved in treatment. Not just with cancer, but many other diseases. The fact of the matter is that there is more money involved in treating systems, rather than a cure.
With that being said, I don't doubt for one instance that there are wonderful people out there, doctors, nurses, scientists that want to CURE cancer. And I am grateful for each and everyone. But, the sad fact is, until they become the majority, I doubt we will find a cure, or at least know it exists.
Call me a cynic if you want, just my two cents.
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I have thought it questionable for a long time, that I can easily find a drug to make my periods stop, help my man get a hard on, grow hair, and fix anyone's toenail fungus, etc.....but still we aren't making all that of an achievement in the cancer arena. Now, granted, we have made progress, but not what we should see, at least IMHO. I have come to the conclusion that one reason is that there is so much money involved in treatment. Not just with cancer, but many other diseases. The fact of the matter is that there is more money involved in treating systems, rather than a cure.
With that being said, I don't doubt for one instance that there are wonderful people out there, doctors, nurses, scientists that want to CURE cancer. And I am grateful for each and everyone. But, the sad fact is, until they become the majority, I doubt we will find a cure, or at least know it exists.
Call me a cynic if you want, just my two cents.
I'm not trying to fight but the people you agree that are wonderful who fight cancer, what reason do you think they would have for not letting the world know that there is a cure? I am 100% positive that there are people in it for the money, there are crappy doctors, scientists and pharmaceutical companies. How are the bad ones keeping the good ones from getting the secret cure out or keeping them from finding a cure?
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Yes...you have taken both posts wrong.
No, your cousin does not have to work for free to be genuinely fighting cancer. I'm not sure how you even came to that conclusion.
However...I'm out of this particular discussion with you.
Hope you feel better soon...
Sorry I misunderstood your posts. This was the part that I was responding too in my last response from you:
They all make money from cancer. As does your cousin, unless he has the directorship minus a salary.
He didn't go into oncology because it was a "cash cow". He would have gone into plastic surgery if that were the case. Cancer has touched his life well before he went into medical school, also our great grandma lived with his family while she was dying from cancer. It was miserable to witness. She had uterine cancer and by the time they found it it was too late. Before he got the directorship he was researching cancer at a Minneapolis hospital. Yes he makes a lot of money, actually a ton of money. I don't think if he knew of a cure he would hold it back because he wanted to make even more.
I know you said you were finished with this issue so I don't expect a response. I hope you still want to be friends. :(
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All the money going into breast cancer research....why can't they find a cure? :(
That's because the Susan G Komen foundation is funnelling some of that money off for abortions. Furthermore, the Big Pharma doesn't want a cure for cancer as it would affect their bottom line.
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There HAVE been cures for some cancer's and this discussion is probably too personal for most of us, we've ALL been touched by this disease in one form or another. But fact is fact....malignant cells are OUR cells going to places they shouldn't be. Docs and researchers know what the triggers are for some of them and it runs the gamut from enviromental (mesothelioma) to genetics (breast, sometimes) and there is even a link between women with breast to their sons for prostate. And all of this knowledge takes years to understand and big money to fight. Bottom line, again IMO, is that it will never go away. Hell, we even cause one type when we treat another.
Key factors are prevention if we can, and knowing when to quit fighting when you have to.
In one of Obama's key speeches, I forget which one, he stated "and we WILL find a cure for cancer in our lifetime!" is when I turned the TV off with disgust. Haven't watched his crap since...panderer-in-chief
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If I may submit:
http://www.naturalnews.com/030652_walking_cancer.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/030651_microwave_cooking_cancer.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/030599_vitamin_C_mega_dose.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/030521_American_Cancer_Society_cure.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/030363_cancer_origins.html
Finally, Inga has helped people beat cancer strictly through the use of natural remedies. She receives no "perks" or "bennies" from the companies that provide the store with their supplements. She doesn't get paid a whole lot. She says it's not easy for the people that come to her because of the regimen. A strict dietary changes, a use of several different supplements that aren't exactly "cheap", etc. However, the cost is minimal when compared to surgery, chemotherapy, etc. Basically, cancer is a big money making business for Big Pharma and there are plenty of scams going on out there where money is being donated and the various organizations funnel that money elsewhere or it goes into someone's pocket.
Do the Doctors have our best interest at heart?? I would hope so. However, they can only do what they have been taught, have learned, etc. They're into medicine to make money, too. If they weren't, they wouldn't be charging what they do. (That doesn't mean they aren't also into medicine to help people.)
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gonna save that link, tanks!
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Even the Westboro pukes can't leave well enough alone...
(http://thisainthell.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/WestboroEdwards.jpg)
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Even the Westboro pukes can't leave well enough alone...
(http://thisainthell.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/WestboroEdwards.jpg)
Color me surprised. NOT! Those Westboro freaks are ****tards. :argh: :bird: WBC are the ones going to Hell.
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Good grief and **** it all, just when you think the Westboro lobotomies couldn't be any worse, they disabuse you of that notion.
People that vilely mentally ill should be locked up and the key thrown away.
At least EE doesn't have to deal with it, but her poor, poor family (excepting John the Skunk).
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Good grief and **** it all, just when you think the Westboro lobotomies couldn't be any worse, they disabuse you of that notion.
People that vilely mentally ill should be locked up and the key thrown away.
At least EE doesn't have to deal with it, but her poor, poor family (excepting John the Skunk).
I see Phelps more of a raging psychopath.
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Hundreds Gather at Funeral for Elizabeth Edwards
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/11/family-friends-honor-elizabeth-edwards-funeral/?test=latestnews
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Hundreds of family and friends gathered Saturday to honor the life of Elizabeth Edwards, who has been praised for her strength amid a series of life tragedies that included the death of a son, a betrayal by her husband and a battle with cancer that eventually led to her death.
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So it's today? Good, I'm glad it's getting over with. I mean I have sympathy for the situation, but this is being way over-reported AFAIC. It's not like it's a state funeral or something - all she was some one term Senator's ex-wife.
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So it's today? Good, I'm glad it's getting over with. I mean I have sympathy for the situation, but this is being way over-reported AFAIC. It's not like it's a state funeral or something - all she was some one term Senator's ex-wife.
It was live on C-SPAN. You would have thought it was Nancy Reagan. ::)
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So it's today? Good, I'm glad it's getting over with. I mean I have sympathy for the situation, but this is being way over-reported AFAIC. It's not like it's a state funeral or something - all she was some one term Senator's ex-wife.
I dunno, maybe she's a stand in for so many folks, like myself, who have lost a dearly loved relative or friend to the disease.
Her life was a true tragedy, which of course the media will glom onto because they are bloody sharks, with apologies to the sharks.