GOOD POST for Chris Matthews thread. . CHRIS MATTHEWS ..... RECOVERING FROM PROTATE CANCER SURGERY.

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25. *Is* he Type 1? - I realize that you are one of the best reporting/factual DUers, but

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Tweety is one of my pet peeves (not wishing him ill), and therefore have monitored him for a couple of decades, and know that several years ago he was first diagnosed via a hospitalization with the glucose at 300+.

And back then some empathetic posters were all charitably upset like it was a death verdict. I remember posting that many millions of us have diabetes and either *manage* it with testing & whatever, but that sympathy for Tweety is not a zero-to-120 issue.

******Now. On to prostate cancer. (I've also had/have that.) Yip, when the diagnosis is burst on you, it is a black-out horrendous event. I'm no expert on any of these things, just how I was impacted at the time. So, getting a cancer diagnosis is a *SHOCK*. Then things happen. Choices. Radiation or chemo or surgery. Then we learn that our medical professionals see this every damned day. So, really, all the choices are pretty much already clearly MADE. So for my (and I guess everybody's?) prostate cancer, the first thing I was told was that I would be sent to a surgeon/urologist to lay it all out. On first sight he said I was not a candidate for surgery because of my weight, that (no choice) I was headed to radiation. Fine. They didn't explain whatever. Now, going on 6 years later my family doctor told me that radiation is the same final effect as surgery. Basically, the prostate is burned out vs being cut out. Fine.

Let's see, John KERRY has had whatever choice for his prostate cancer. Just today, even after seeing Elton JOHN's "Rocketman" movie, which supposedly was his autobio pic, he said on a talk show spot that he had prostate cancer and went the surgery route, with the other detail that he didn't care about the end-of-sex because he "had plenty of sex" (in his life) so doesn't need any more. Fine. (I didn't know that.)

That's another thing one learns, that the doctors don't really tell you stuff as stuff is happening (although they later say they did). And our our medical professionals are severely over-burdened. And when you go to the reception areas to get your treatment, the room is *BURSTING* with patients SO what makes YOU special? And many many others have far more severe conditions and past treatments than I had. So, HERE'S THE THING: i couldn't even feel sorry for myself. Many are worse off.

As for Tweety (and Elton JOHN?), well, they have the *TOTAL MAX, GOLD CARD, PREMIUM HEALTH INSURANCE*. i'm not saying they don't deserve stuff, just that they will be as all right as all right can be, no matter what the outcome.

Am I saying something class-envious here? My opinion is "no".

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https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-1-diabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20353011
Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone needed to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy.

Different factors, including genetics and some viruses, may contribute to type 1 diabetes. Although type 1 diabetes usually appears during childhood or adolescence, it can develop in adults.

Despite active research, type 1 diabetes has no cure. Treatment focuses on managing blood sugar levels with insulin, diet and lifestyle to prevent complications.

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