MSNBC Breaking: Sen. Lautenberg has stomach cancer!

[BluegrassDem]

per msnbc.com

How sad! I'll pray for him.

:scared:

[Clio the Leo]

1. "treatable" stomach cancer...

.... but prayers are always helpful.

http://is.gd/8Jwjl

[democraticinsurgent]

2. Treatable, but he's still 86

not a good thing.

[BluegrassDem]

3. His age definitely makes it difficult for him

Does anyone know when his Senate term ends?

[MadBadger]

4. 2014

[Kyril Enko]

5. And Jersey has a Republican Governor

FUCK!

[Kyril Enko]

6. But I hope Lautenberg beats this, for non-political reasons, too

[catbyte]

7. My grandad was diagnosed with it at 87

They took an orange-sized tumor out. He didn't have chemo or radiation because cancer grows so slowly in the elderly. He was back on his feet in about 2 weeks and continued to smoke a pack of Camel straights and drink a pint of Jim Beam a day, then dropped dead of a heart attack at 101.

Actually, the doctors hypothesized that he got the tumor from eating Lake Michigan fish for 85 years. Who knows? :shrug:

The Senator has my good wishes and I hope he's as successful as my grandpa.



Diane

Anishnabe in MI

[karynnj]

8. Great to hear - and it looks like you might have some very good genes

Perch from Lake Michigan does taste good.

[Jennicut]

9. My Grandmother has breast cancer but it is also slow moving. She has been living with it for

awhile. I hope Sen. Lautenberg is able to recover from this.