Posted on 03/23/2007 9:54:28 AM PDT by Bahbah
Tony's doctors have detected a growth of some kind. He will have surgery on Monday. They are not saying that this is or is not cancer. Please be so kind as to offer your prayers, your support for this good man.
We're glad to have you, whatever it is that brought you to FR! Just another thing to be grateful to Tony for! We look forward to updates! SnowFlakes rule!! (I don't think I've used that term in about 40 years!! LOL
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Nonsense.
You are precisely the type of guy who should be on the Free Republic, and the type of person that we need more of.
Now that would be interesting......Fox, remember the batteries for the camera this time! LOL ;>)
> What on earth is this guy, FOXFANVOX, doing on Free Republic!
Hey, this is the Internet. For all you know TOL's last name isn't "Laundry".
I JUST saw this. Woke up the cats. LOLOL.
Prayers going up.
Is there something here that Mrs. Snow should worry about? Just kidding. Your mom sounds pretty sweet herself.
Um...er...I have to confess to a similar reaction.
MR. SNOW: Okay, one last thing. There have been a lot of rumors about my health, so let me tell you what's going on. In a recent series of CAT scans and PET scans and MRIs, we have found a small growth in my lower abdomen. Blood tests are negative, PET scans are negative. But out of an aggressive sense of caution, I'm going to go in for surgery on Monday and have it removed. I'll be out for a few weeks, because it's still -- you know, they're going to cut me. And it will take me a little while to heal up. So I'll come back here a little lighter -- (laughter) -- in, oh, I don't know, a few weeks, maybe three or four weeks. Dana Perino will be handling the responsibilities from behind the podium.
But for those of you -- and I appreciate the expressions that I've received from a number of people on this. But please do not leap to conclusions about this, because we don't know what this is. We know it's coming out, and I know I'll be back soon. And I'll miss you each and every day, especially when I'm sore and filled up with drugs. (Laughter.) Thanks.
Q You're a very brave man.
Q Where are you having it done, Tony?
MR. SNOW: I'm not going to do that.
Q You don't want the flowers and the cards?
MR. SNOW: No, I don't -- I want my medical care-givers to be able to do their job without distraction.
Q Tony, a question about this. You've been very open about your issues, health-wise. And as you know, we heard about Elizabeth Edwards yesterday. And so many other Americans -- I believe the stats are one in three in this country are affected by some form of cancer in their lifetime. What would you say to those who are trying to survive?
MR. SNOW: Again, thank you, that is a great question. And first, let -- again, don't leap to any cancer conclusions about what's going on with me, because we don't know. But I'll tell you what -- and the reason I got choked up with Elizabeth Edwards yesterday is she is doing a wonderful thing. The one thing I have learned -- and I've had the great opportunity -- and it really is -- to be able to talk with and try to help out cancer patients. The biggest problem you have a lot of times with cancer is just flat-out fear. And when you're seeing Elizabeth Edwards saying, I'm going to embrace life and I'm going to move forward, that is a wonderful thing, because once you decide that you're going to embrace life, you become a much better patient. And once you decide that you proceed with a sense of hope and optimism, people are going to rally to your side, and they do. And it's a truly wonderful thing.
And so I certainly encourage everybody to send their thoughts and prayers to Senator Edwards and to Mrs. Edwards. And what she is going to do is going to provide a lot of encouragement and example that I think is going to help a lot of people, and that is a truly wonderful thing, and I congratulate her for it.
Prayers for you, Tony. We all love you and so does Jesus. God bless!
Is your post addressed to me?
There is absolutely nothing wrong with what I said.
Snowflakes are among my best friends here and they have no complaint with me.
Anyway, I think you must have mis-read, mis-interpreted or something.
Take it to FReepmail if you must. I will continue to pray for Mr. Snow.
Echoing your prayers for Tony and his family...May the holy Angels be beside him through his latest ordeal........So comforting, to know he was back at a job he loved so well..Peace!
Build a thousand bridges, but forget a battery and......
hush..............
Girls, please, this is a family Thread!
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Prayers to Tony Snow! Man this is not a good week for medical situations on both sides of the isle.
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