Prayers for a good man.
Well heck! G-d bless you Fred and family.
OH NO!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I’ll be praying for Mr. Thompson and his family.
Bad news!
I guess it's Mitt for me.
Prayers for him.
Prayers up!
Did he give any details? Prognosis? Etc?
“I have had no illness from it, or even any symptoms. My life expectancy should not be affected. I am in remission, and it is very treatable with drugs if treatment is needed in the future—and with no debilitating side effects,” Thompson said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265271,00.html
It is in remission and treatable.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265271,00.html
Guess he wants to get this out before he announces.
Between this announcement and Newt jumping the shark yesterday by endorsing both global warming and Kerry's book the GOP electorate needs to face the fact that we're stuck with just the candidates we already have. Fred can't run and nobody would want Newt. I don't think there's anyone else significant out there poised to join the race. For better or Hillary put an end to your wishful thinking and work at narrowing the current list down to one in a way that produces both a good candidate and one sufficiently intact to beat the Rats. Otherwise in another four years we'll be needing a Pied Piper to clear out DC.
Prayers up!
You’ve GOT to be kidding me?!?!?!
Gosh darn. God Bless him!
Fred will conquer this before he takes the mantle from W.
Tough news.
I’m just stunned. I know Fred will decide what is best for him and his family, and whatever he decides is right by me.
This is not worrisome.
The fact that he releases this with description that it is the good kind indicates he is going to run.
You release this kind of news early to get it out of the way.
There is no such thing as a good kind of lymphoma. But there are those with poor prognosis and there are those that respond well to treatment and can be managed easily (e.g. easier than diabetes) without side effects and without interfering in daily life. It appears he has the manageable type.
Many Presidents have had ailments and diseases while in office. Some disclosed and some did not. FDR had polio as well as other ailments.
Here’s one from Woodrow Wilson:
On October 2, 1919 President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) suffered a stroke that made it difficult for him to use the left side of his body. While he would partially recover, and walk with the help of a cane, he was so exhausted he found it very difficult to work. The White House became a kind of hiding place for Wilson. First Lady Edith Wilson and the president’s doctors would not tell the public about the seriousness of the illness. They tried to protect the president, and thought that if he heard about bad news, it might make his illness worse. Those who visited Wilson at the White House could stay for only a short time. Wilson’s staff arranged the visits so that it would be hard to tell how much the stroke had drained him of his energy. For four months, the United States did not have a president capable of performing his job and Americans did not know that information. Because of this, rumors spread about why the president never left the White House. Was he going insane? Was he dead? While Wilson was still able to communicate with others after the stroke, his poor health made him impatient and unwilling to try to understand why some members of Congress disagreed with his ideas. His illness came at an important time for the country. Congress was discussing whether or not the United States should enter an organization called the League of Nations. The First World War had ended the year before, and Wilson hoped that the League would be able to keep countries from going to war in the future. The president did not have the energy or the patience to work with Congress on this issue and the United States decided not to join the League. It is impossible to say for certain that World War II began because the League of Nations was weakened without the membership of the United States. But Wilson certainly saw that his presidency ended in failure. A few months after his stroke, he told his doctor, “It would probably have been better if I had died . . . .”
Early Presidents too:
Like many American soldiers of the time, Washington, Jackson, Harrison, and Taylor were exposed to various diseases, including dysentery, malaria and yellow fever. All of these presidents suffered health problems during their administrations. Harrison and Taylor died in office, Washington almost did, and Jackson was in pain almost every day. Few Americans at the time, however, knew just how sick their presidents were.
Our first president almost died of pneumonia in 1790, his second year in office. He was so ill that secretary of State Thomas Jefferson wrote to a friend, “We have been very near losing the President”. Though his doctors thought he would die, Washington did recover and completed two terms in office.
In March 1789, a few months after taking office, Washington was seized by a high fever and violent pains as a result of a “malignant carbuncle”, or a large abscess on his left thigh. Dr. Samuel Bard, a prominent New York City physician, saved the President’s life by draining the carbuncle by incision.
When he was inaugurated as our seventh president, the 62 year-old, rail-thin Andrew Jackson was described by one observer as “a tottering scarecrow in deadly agony.” The new president was in pain emotionally as well as physically. Not only had he just lost his wife to a heart attack, but he was also suffering from rotting teeth, chronic headaches, failing eyesight, and constant pain and internal bleeding from two bullets lodged in his body.
Known for his hot temper and thin skin, Jackson was shot in two separate duels, in 1806 and 1813. The bullet Jackson received in the earlier duel lodged near his lung, causing repeated attacks of internal infection and bleeding. In the 1813 duel, Jackson took a bullet in the left shoulder, causing him much pain for the rest of his life. It is considered remarkable that he lived through his two terms in office.
As the result of the two bullet wounds, Jackon’s health problems became progressively worse during his second term in office. In pain almost every day, the President in June 1833 consulted the eminent Philadelphia surgeon, Dr. Philip Physick, for the bleeding in his lungs. Dr. Physick, who recommended bloodletting, provided no relief to the ailing President.
And there are may other early accounts.
Prayers for Fred. But heres what scares me. I am fully convinced that the Klintons made a pact with the devil years ago, and I’m convinced that situations keep happening to pave the way for the Klintons. There have been so many that have happened that should have stopped the Klintons, and somehow it never develops. I think this is all part of their pact with the devil. Let me give you a couple of examples. JFK Jr. was considering running for the Senate from N.Y. - he dies in a plane accident. Rudy G. was going to run against Hillary for the N.Y. Senate seat - He develops prostate cancer and has to drop out. Now this with Fred. Its too eerie. And then of course there is the Klinton body counts, that never seem to stick. There is the Sandy Burglar incident that never developed and because of that again saved the Klinton’s hide. The examples go on and on. These literally hundreds of incidents out there give me a sick feeling that there is some sort of pact with the devil and it is going to be inevitable that Hillary gets her coronation too.
Prayers up.
Carolyn
OMG! Prayers for him and his family.