Jimmy Carter's cancer has spread

[AthenaAwakened]

Former president Jimmy Carter said Thursday he will fight the cancer that has spread to parts of his brain and will receive his first radiation treatment later in the day.

Examinations that began with the discovery of cancer during liver surgery have revealed "four spots of melanoma on my brain," Carter told a news conference at his presidential center in Atlanta.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...-carter-discuss-battle-cancer-today/32040571/

 

[Tom Sawyer]

That too bad. He seems like a nice guy.

 

[krypton iodine sulfur]

I'm a little surprised at his age. I suppose it varies case by case, but I'd think at ninety, I'd be sorting out a good way to end it myself before things progressed too far, and try to make the most of my remaining time in relatively decent health.

 

[dismal]

This will probably set the "dump Hillary, draft Jimmy" movement back a bit.

Anyone know what Adlai Stevenson is doing these days?

 

[untermensche]

Carter was crushed by Reagan in 1980.

The nation has gone downhill ever since for most.

Reagan was the perfect mindless mouthpiece for the interests of the rich.

One wonders if things would have been different had his hostage rescue mission succeeded instead of embarrassingly failing.

 

[James Brown]

This will probably set the "dump Hillary, draft Jimmy" movement back a bit.

Classy.

 

[credoconsolans]

Man talk about good genes.

He's 90 before cancer rears its ugly head?

We should all be so lucky.

 

[Horatio Parker]

I'm a little surprised at his age. I suppose it varies case by case, but I'd think at ninety, I'd be sorting out a good way to end it myself before things progressed too far, and try to make the most of my remaining time in relatively decent health.

It varies greatly. He may eminently treatable. But I wouldn't be surprised if he's only around a few more months.

Radiation to the brain could blind him, besides other unpleasantries.

 

[Axulus]

My best friend from high school died from melanoma that had spread to the brain. The radiation treatment added on an extra few months of life, but he went pretty quickly once the cancer was detected (within 4 months). Melanoma is very hard to treat.

 

[Derec]

My best friend from high school died from melanoma that had spread to the brain. The radiation treatment added on an extra few months of life, but he went pretty quickly once the cancer was detected (within 4 months). Melanoma is very hard to treat.

How long ago did he die and how old was he? Apparently in the last few years new treatments have increased survival time for melanomas significantly. Also, cancer in very old people tends to progress slower.

 

[Axulus]

My best friend from high school died from melanoma that had spread to the brain. The radiation treatment added on an extra few months of life, but he went pretty quickly once the cancer was detected (within 4 months). Melanoma is very hard to treat.

How long ago did he die and how old was he? Apparently in the last few years new treatments have increased survival time for melanomas significantly. Also, cancer in very old people tends to progress slower.

He was 27 and the cancer was detected February of 2012 and he died May of 2012. I have heard a little bit about the recent progress. It's pretty incredible what a difference just a few years makes.

 

[NobleSavage]

How painful is cancer? I'm assuming when you are on hospice care you get all the morphine you want?

 

[Axulus]

How painful is cancer? I'm assuming when you are on hospice care you get all the morphine you want?

They limit the amount of morphine you can get per hour. However, as you get really close to the end, they can provide you sedatives

 

[Toni]

A good friend is about four years post diagnosis of melanoma following a history of other, less serious skin cancers.

So much depends on location and how advanced the cancer is when it is diagnosed, as well as the quality of the treatment.

With President Carter, the location of cancer in his brain and the fact that it is multiple sites of metastatic cancer are not good. However, new treatment options includinf immunotherapy, can make a great deal of difference.

 

[Derec]

He was 27 and the cancer was detected February of 2012 and he died May of 2012. I have heard a little bit about the recent progress. It's pretty incredible what a difference just a few years makes.

Young guy. That sucks.

 

[Horatio Parker]

How painful is cancer? I'm assuming when you are on hospice care you get all the morphine you want?

Again, it varies. I had a friend who died of liver cancer and never had any pain. Others have excruciating pain.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I'm a little surprised at his age. I suppose it varies case by case, but I'd think at ninety, I'd be sorting out a good way to end it myself before things progressed too far, and try to make the most of my remaining time in relatively decent health.

It varies greatly. He may eminently treatable. But I wouldn't be surprised if he's only around a few more months.

Radiation to the brain could blind him, besides other unpleasantries.

Once cancer has spread it's normally just a question of how much time they can buy you and at what price (in unpleasantness).