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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:10 PM Original message |
‘Couldn’t I please just have cancer and die?’” |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:13 PM Original message |
I think tons of people with MS and ALS and various |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think it is a stupid statement. Obviously her ignorance is reflected by that statement |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Some types of cancer (like bladder cancer, which I have) are chronic. |
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The River (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Same Thing Here |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. I hear you, still I would like to know her position on stem cell research |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. But you can FIGHT cancer |
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blondie58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. being one that suffers from that insidious disease |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. It's all good :) |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Steven Hawkings has Lou Gehrig's disease not MS N/T |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Right, and the disease is also called ALS, |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
69. People can also go to the doctor because they |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. yes, I wonder how I would respond- |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yeah. My aunt has MS. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
31. THANK YOU!! |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. Yep. When I lst knew I had MS, I did not want to live another |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yep |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I'm sorry |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. personally, wanting your pain all at once instead of on the installment |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:13 PM Original message |
I think it's normal for irrational thoughts to pop in one's head after a diagnosis like that. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Romneys are ill prepared for the spotlight. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. So Ann was ignorant. She could have said any disease and she'd still get flak. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. He COULD just strap her to the roof of the car. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. I shared my thoughts here already. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. My father died of lung cancer |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hey republicans, how about stem cell research? /nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Deleted message |
DogandPony (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. I have been fortunate |
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blondie58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. welcome to DU, DogandPony! |
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DogandPony (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Hey thanks and back at ya! |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. As the wife of a politician running for president, it was a dumb thing to say |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I can well understand that... |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Cancer isn't always slow and painful. Liberal columnist Diane Glass right now is |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. passing on trashing her for this |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm no fan of the Romneys, but ... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Do you get the comment |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Oh yeah ... I've heard that comment many times |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Same for me, I never know how |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Oh, the fatigue is horrible! |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I hear ya on the fatigue |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. People think they know what it's like but they don't. |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. it's good to have that one friend... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Nobody expects cancer patients to feel energetic but |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 03:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Yeah, I think she was expressing the concept that Jesus expressed |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
56. Ding! Ding! Ding! You got it, and said it very well. |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. Exactly! |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. She was despondent, as many of us would be |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. Let's leave her alone on this one, folks... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. Unless YOU have a painful chronic disease, you have no right to judge her. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. well said |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
53. Thank you. I wish more people would understand |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. I can't criticize the woman for saying such thing. After a diagnosis like that |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. More usual stepford wife ignorance of reality. (nt) |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. Probably why she's a Rethug |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. You've walked a mile in her footsteps, have you? |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. I posted this in the thread in GD, but here it is again... |
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blondie58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. I think that is the key point, mcctatas |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
68. When you are in terrible pain and the drugs aren't working, |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
32. Maybe she ought to persuade her husband to support Stem Cell Research |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. I wouldn't be too hard on her. She might have believed at the time |
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Indy_Dem_Defender (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
34. I think it's silly to rag on her about it |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
35. That wasn't what she was expressing at all |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. I agree with you. Add to that the fact everyone says something |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
43. As much as I despise the Romneys, I just can't get upset by this |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
45. as much as I don't like her husband... |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
47. from the actual people interview |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
51. Fucking clueless UNCARING repuke... |
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Like It Is (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. What a piece of absolute dog crap you are! n/t |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. YOU are the one who's clueless & uncaring. Read my post #21 and |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. She's an Idiot |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. MS hurts, too, as do all chronic autoimmune diseases. |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I Do Have Several Chronic Conditions |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. she was speaking about a time.... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Very well said. Anyone who has cancer or any chronic disease |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #66 |
76. Believe It Or Not I Understood What She Was Saying |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
72. Do not go there. |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
73. found this interesting |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
74. Your lack of compassion is appalling - She obviously said that out of depression, |
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mrgorth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
75. I suffered from depression |
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