Very bad news for bartcop folks....

[blm]

bartcop has cancer and it's untreatable.

Will post more as I hear it.

[absyntheNsugar]

1. OMG....fuck

I thought he got a clean bill of health?

[Archae]

2. You sure?

Oh no.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. That is horrible!

Did he post this?

[blm]

4. He said it on BC Radio.

One of my fellow bartcoppers just posted at the forum.

So far, it seems he's expecting a few years still ahead of him.

[WarNoMore]

5. That's awful.

I just came from his site.

[flamingyouth]

6. I am in tears now

I cannot believe this. This is just so wrong and awful. Oh fergawdsake NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :cry:

[madrchsod]

7. shit - thats bad

he is to good a guy to loose and just when he started to do what he wanted...dam

[Dookus]

8. According to the post in the forum....

he has 10 YEARS left. A lot can happen in that time.

btw... what kind of cancer is untreatable, but takes 10 years to kill?

[blm]

9. That could be the typical optimism from bart.

My reaction was the same yours, but, figuring how bart pumps up his toughness, I have to assume he's being gentle on us.

[Snow]

13. Well, in reply to your question, ocular melanoma, but that does sound odd.

[supernova]

15. Prostate cancer

the predominate form of prostate cancer is slow-growing. Man, that's just rough, hang in there Bartcop!

[Dookus]

26. yes but

it's hard to imagine that it would be untreatable. Same for ocular melanoma - can't the eye be removed? Why not a prostatectomy? Not pleasant, but sure beats a certain death.

I'm just confused about this. I like Bartcop and wish him the best.

[Snow]

29. Yes, standard treatment for ocular melanoma used to be

removal of the eye - don't know for sure of it still is; someone was experimenting with little teflon rings that had some sort of radio-isotope. Anyway, removing the eye worked, I guess, in that you live longer. With most cancers 5 year survival predicts long-term survival - you make it that long & usually it's not the cancer that'll kill you, it'll be old age. Not so with ocular melanoma - survival keeps on dropping out to 15 years post diagnosis. Odd disease. Likewise with removing the prostate gland. Damn disease just gets slowed down a bit, not really stopped.

Part of our problem with this field is that we think of cancer as a disease of a specific organ, when it's equally a systemic disease. We're usually pretty good at treating the site problem, not so good at treating the system.

[blm]

10. UODATED POST FROM BARTCOP FORUM:

"He Says: "Don't Cry, Cause He's Not""
Author monkeyfister    


        
In response to Reply #1


His Docs tell him that if there is an untreatable cancer to have, THIS is the one. He's planning to AMP UP his output of pages and Radio shows (cleaner language, too)in order to earn more money for Mrs. Bart and the future, and he plans to live like no other. There will be more Poker Fests, more Bart Fests.
Ain't no weeping in the Bart Manor, and he implores us to keep the chin up.
The Hammer will remain high-- higher than ever, in fact.
Bart is one HELL of a trouper, and I'm behind him 100%. He'll become lethal to Ditto Monkeys, now. His focus is strong.
The Hammer is High. Long Live Bart.
Tony B.
(we love you Bart)

[blm]

14. IMPORTANT POST:

Just posted at bartcop by moose and squirrel:

Mesg #273237 "Okay listen up everybody"


        
In response to Reply #0


bart wants to deal with this in his own way, so please leave him alone about it. he will reveal more when he thinks the time is right. for now he is concentrating on kicking some ditto monkey ass and getting the bfee out of the white house and pentagon. a lot can happen in ten years and knowing how much of a good gambler as well as a fighter bart is, anything can happen.

for those not in financial straits, he would like your support by contributing to keeping his fine work online.

m&s


DUers...
Please sign up to subscribe to bart's radio program and donate to his site. Thanks.
blm

http://www.bartcop.com/

[RebelOne]

35. I am so, so sorry.

My sister was diagnosed with an untreatable kidney cancer. And she died a month later.

[Cooley Hurd]

41. I'm sorry to hear that, Rebel...

A good friend of mine was diagnosed with Lymphoma and died 7 months later. It's a terrible thing to be given such a short time to live...
:(

[Bunny]

11. Aw shit.

I love that guy. :(

On edit, if Bart has ocular melanoma, here's some info:

http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Cancertype/Eye/Melanomaoftheeye

[Dees]

12. Hang in there Bart. The guy is a voice in the fog.

[Bluzmann57]

16. DAMMIT!!!!!!

Bartcop is great. That guy just keeps on fighting the good fight and heres hoping he will continue to do so. Hang in there BC! Fuck the bfee, limbaugh and all of 'em. Keep on giving them the red ass.

[blm]

17. bump

please subscribe to BC radio and donate to bartcop's site....bart's a patriot and a warrior for us.

http://www.bartcop.com/

[AlienGirl]

18. Fuck.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

There is nothing I can say.

Tucker

[roguevalley]

19. oh my god. I'm sick about this.

I will pray for him. Maybe it will help. We CANNOT
LOSE VOICES OF CONVICTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DAMN!

[Bunny]

20. I'm feeling pretty sick myself.

I'm having a little problem coping with this tonight. I was enjoying a quiet Saturday evening and WHAM! I feel like I got the wind knocked out of me. This fucking blows...

[Raenelle]

40. I will pray for him too--every day.

Shit. Damn. Damn. Fuck. Oh my.

[Missy Vixen]

21. We know the man

If you want to do anything for him, please support his page and the radio show.

I am hoping, hoping, HOPING that with the professional production Tommy Mack has been doing, some enterprising liberal network (are you listening, Air America?) will take a chance on BartCop. His shows are getting better and better, and I would LOVE to hear him give the flying monkey right the red-ass on a daily basis.

We're as upset as anyone else here, but I know that tears won't solve anything. Instead, we'll be drinking a toast to our friend BartCop tonight, and hoping that some doctor, somewhere, can halt this disease in its tracks for BC and for everyone else that suffers from it.

One of our other friends died on February 13th. As one of the speakers at his funeral said, "It's better to burn out than to fade away."

He won't go gently into that good night,
Julie

[Bunny]

22. Julie, what type of cancer does Bart have?

Lord knows I don't want to invade his privacy, but I am having a very hard time processing this news. Bartcop is how I found DU, he has kept me going with his ditto monkey redass, I'm feeling pretty distraught right now.

Perhaps if I knew what type of cancer he has, I could research it and get more informed. Can you PM me? Thanks.

[Missy Vixen]

24. We don't even know

>Perhaps if I knew what type of cancer he has, I could research it and get more informed. Can you PM me? Thanks.<

Bunny, I wish I could help, but we don't even know.

There have been two really slow-growing cancers mentioned here; I would tend to believe that it was one of them.

You are so nice to want to help, and I can't help but believe that all the good thoughts (and prayers from those who believe,) will help.

In the meantime, not to offend those believers, but cancer can blow us, too.

Julie

[Bunny]

25. Well thanks for the info, Julie.

Maybe within the next ten years there'll be new treatments developed, and this will turn out okay. Maybe it doesn't have to be all gloom and doom right now, I'll hang onto that for now. :(

[put out]

28. Lots of cancers are untreatable, but slow in their progress.

I don't know, unless I have not read carefully (always possible) what he has. But many cancers aren't treated because the treatment diminishes what is a very good life.

I don't know if this makes sense. My Dad has a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, peripheral T-cell. There is no cure. But he is symptom-free and absolutely doing everything he wants to do. It would not make good sense for him to undergo aggressive treatment now. It is one of those cancers that can't be wiped out, but maybe it will take a very long time for him to become ill. I hope BC is as happy and productive as my Dad has been since his diagnosis. The very best to him. Actually, to both of them.

[NoPasaran]

23. That sucks so bad

That's all I can say for now.

[homelandpunk]

27. oh man

I feel ill.

[youngred]

30. I have him to thank for DU

Hopes/prayers/thoughts/karma is with him.

[regnaD kciN]

32. Same here...

:cry:

[I AM SPARTACUS]

33. me2...bump

[JI7]

34. me too

found du through a link on bartcops site. i am really sad about this.

[dae]

31. I read him religiously(he should appreciate that) , hang tough Bart.

I'll go make a donation on his Mac Computer he bought.:)

[meti57b]

36. I'm hoping for all the best for Bartcop....

at the risk of saying something political, ... what if we used, for instance, $200B to find a cure and defend against cancer, instead of using it to defend against Saddam Hussein, like we just did. Why isn't funding for cancer research, part of the federal budget. Just a thought.

[Lost4words]

37. OMG.....................

will there ever be good news again?

[sonias]

38. This is just not right

And if anyone can beat "unbeatable" cancer it is our Bartman.

Someone who posts in the Bartcop forum please refer them to http://www.laf.org/. This is the Lance Armstrong Cancer Foundation. Listen Lance only got a 47% chance of survival and look what he did with it. Bartcop is a fighter and he's not going to give up. If it is slow moving, there are very good chances that something out there will help him kick it.

Sending you big positive healing hugs Bartcop. You hang in there, you hear.

Sonia

[Torgo4]

39. Man That SUX!! Good Luck Bartman!!!

[Blue_Tires]

42. damn

Bartcop was the first site i found after a fit of rage after the 02 elections...And his site helped me find DU...

how old is he? 50s, 60s?

[snorkie]

43. Awful

I too found DU through Bart's great website. Still visit his site as soon as its updated.
Nothing but best wishes for Bart and his wife.

[Bhaisahab]

44. a shot of chinaco...

for my good friend bart, who i know will be right as rain and ready to kick GOP butt before you can say weapons of mass destruction!

[Kahuna]

45. Bummer, Bummer, Bummer!

:cry:

[Interrobang]

46. Man, that sucks, but check this out!

Hey, Bart, we're all rooting for you. Ten years is a long time in terms of cancer treatment. In the meantime, I have some words for you:

GAMMA SCALPEL!!!

Check it out -- it's been approved for use in Canada (need help getting across the border to Toronto? -- I'm so there!), and I have a friend who's been alive 10 years after being diagnosed with an untreatable, inoperable brain tumour because of it. She was one of the first experimental patients.

Basically, how it works is they find the cancer clusters, triangulate on them in three dimensions, and microwave them with specially-attuned bursts of gamma rays that microwave the cancer and leave the healthy cells alone. Your body just absorbs the dead cancer tissue afterwards. It's quite new and experimental still, but start asking around! I know it sounds very science-fictiony, but I couldn't make this crap up.

Take care of yourself in the meantime, and I hope everything works out ok in the end. :)

[Supply Side Jesus]

47. I have to thank Bartcop for maintaining my sanity.

While doing a search on Chupacabra, I found one of his posts about Pig boy calling him Chupacabra. And BLAM! I was introduced into the web ring of great liberal websites and have managed to keep my mentality in check in the years or lies and obfuscation.

May the bodiless, invisible cloud being watch over you. ;)

[Stupdworld]

48. im sure

that somehow someway

karl rove gave it to him

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

49. I found the DU through Bartcop !

I found composure after the 2000 Presidential Election through Bartcop . I found out news and info that the America media never dared to cover through Bartcop . I feel so sad right now ... But as a Democrat I know Bart will be alright ... You know Bart , he stays by his convictions and if he says he's gonna , then I believe him . Makes me wanna work even harder ...

[Kinkistyle]

53. Same here. Bartcop was 1st political site I ever read regularly

I started reading Bartcop back around the 2000 Bush-Gore election, and his site provided me with links over to all the other Dem sites like MWO and DU etc... The funny thing is his site really hasn't changed in design since that time if you think about it. Just more images :)

Bartcop still has plenty of time to fight the good fight. My mom got breast cancer in 1989 and lived till 1998 and in that time managed to tour the world and celebrated happily with her friends and family doing what she enjoyed. Bartcop will do the same I am sure.

[R3dD0g]

50. After the selection of Dec 2000

I typed 'Bush sux' into google and up popped BC. Before that I thought I was alone among a nation of morons who didn't care that their democracy had been stolen. From BC I found DU and a hundred other sites and I know I'm not alone.

[Cooley Hurd]

51. I've subscribed to Bartcop...

...should've done it years ago. ;(

[wabeewoman]

52. Just read it on Bartcop

and was glad to see this discussion. I love Bartcop and have contributed several times. If we get rid of bush and get stem cell research going again it might help Bartcop. Kind of ironic karma, isn't it that BC's purpose to rid us of bush might save his life. Bump to encourage more support of his site www.bartcop.com

[RFKHumphreyObama]

54. Oh dear....how very sad

I've always had a very deep and profound admiration and respect for the courage, commitment, dedication and compassion that Bartcop has displayed through his many words and deeds. My thoughts, prayers and best wishes are extended to him and his family now...I will definitely keep him in my thoughts and prayers

[DemBones DemBones]

55. When I was in my twenties, I read this somewhere:

"Nobody gets out of here alive."

It can be a line the villain says before killing people in a movie, or it can be the truth for us all. No matter what you do to keep yourself healthy or make yourself unhealthy, no matter how much or how little you want to live to be old, no matter if you're a good person or a bad one, no matter if you're a non-believer or a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, etc.,

NOBODY GETS OUT OF HERE ALIVE.

And you can't choose how or when you'll die (unless you kill yourself), but you can choose how you'll live.