Ann Romney's Health

[cali]

Ann Romney and the Romney campaign have made a campaign issue about her having suffered from breast cancer and MS. They've claimed that because she's endured such hardships, she has empathy with people who are suffering from... everything.

I don't know that much about MS. The one person I know well who has it, is a great deal more impaired that Ann Romney. I do know that it can be in remission and it can vary in severity. Mrs. Romney is evidently in pretty good shape; witness her campaign activities.

Mrs. Romney did have breast cancer:

"Ann Romney, wife of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, was diagnosed and treated for early stage breast cancer in 2008. Soon after her diagnosis, she released a statement saying she had been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS), a non-invasive type of breast cancer that is considered to be a precancerous form of the disease.

After a routine mammogram, the then 59-year-old underwent a lumpectomy, followed by radiation therapy. While DCIS is not life threatening, when left untreated, in some cases it can become invasive. According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 5 cases of breast cancer diagnosed are DCIS.

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http://cancer.about.com/od/celebritiesandcancer/a/Ann-Romney-And-Breast-Cancer.htm

I'm trying to write this very carefully.

I'm sure it was scary to get her diagnosis, but it was what's called "stage zero" breast cancer It was never life threatening and fortunately for her she didn't have to undergo grueling chemotherapy. She didn't need reconstructive surgery.

She has the best of care for her MS. She had the best of care for her very early stage breast cancer. She didn't have to worry for one second about anything but focusing on getting well. Good for her.

But the constant trumpeting of the campaign about how much Ann Romney has suffered and overcome, is largely untrue. Like so much else about this pair.

She is the most clueless woman I can imagine.

[Faux pas]

1. Clueless dad, clueless mom=5 clueless sons no doubt. n/t

[djean111]

2. yes, you have pinpointed something here -

she never had to worry if she could afford treatment, and then worry about getting insurance afterwards, if she lost her job.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

3. disgusting and specious that they're using her issues to imply a compassion

that does not exist.

I hope NO ONE is fooled by it.




And, Blessings to you Ann, on your good health and prosperity. May we all be so blessed.

[annabanana]

4. They say you have nothing if you don't have your health... BUT

Your health is much more iffy when you have little or nothing in the way of resources.

[cali]

5. they keep saying that she fought breast cancer

and implying that she went through more than she did. I had no idea that she had such a non-threatening diagnosis.

[demtenjeep]

6. she never had to worry about money

or trying to work while sick


or losing her home because she had to stay home or be in the hospital and not make her salary

[bluestate10]

7. People that learn something from their personal experiences,

have empathy for others that struggle. Mitt Romney claims that Ann Romney is an important advisor. If that is so, why does Mitt Romney attack women's health choices and would drastically cut health care for the poor and unfortunate if elected?

[Great Caesars Ghost]

8. Good for her, but bad for the nation!

[Snarkoleptic]

9. No shortage of mammograms for the wealthy, but...

The pugs are currently trying to pull funds from women's health screenings in Obamacare in order to continue subsidies for student loans.
Sounds a lot like a republiclown death panel.

[cali]

10. kick

[KamaAina]

11. And yet Willard the Bully continues to oppose stem cell research

even though MS is one of the diseases targeted.

He apparently values nutjob fundie votes over his own wife's health. Goodness only knows what he'd do to his dog... oh, wait a minute..

[DemocracyInaction]

12. I had her type...what bullshit

I figured she had in situ-type. It is 100% curable with a little lumpectomy & a few little saps of radiation. Some experts do not even call it cancer!!! I had it 15 years ago and about every other woman I know has had it. Also there are several forms of MS....a friend has had a type that 20 years later has done nothing more than makes her tire easier. This is playing the bullshit pity card. Ann ...and I...have no clue what the horror of real breast cancer is like.....just like this pampered bitch does not know what the real stay at home mom is like...and I was also one of them. These unsufferabe assholes,.......

[DemocracyInaction]

13. kick

...because I want you to read my reply above and understand how they have dare use this non threatening in situ diagnosis to make you think she went through a battle....these sick bastards