Jimmy Carter has cancer.

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Say what you will about his Presidency he is and has been a man who cares for others. I wish him well in what appears to be a widely spread cancer.


[h=1]Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery[/h]

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In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 photo, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks during a forum in Boston. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, Carter announced he has cancer and will undergo treatment at an Atlanta hospital. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)



ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday.
"Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body," Carter said in the statement released by the Carter Center. "I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare."
The statement makes clear that Carter's cancer is widely spread, but not where it originated, or even if that is known at this point. The liver is often a place where cancer spreads and less commonly is the primary source of it. It said further information will be provided when more facts are known, "possibly next week."
Carter announced on Aug. 3 that he had surgery to remove a small mass from his liver.
Carter, 90, was the nation's 39th president. After leaving the White House, he founded the center in Atlanta in 1982 to promote health care, democracy and other issues globally.
He has remained active for the center in recent years, making public appearances at its headquarters in Atlanta and traveling overseas including a May election observation visit to Guyana cut short when Carter developed a bad cold.
Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo called the surgery earlier this month "elective" and said Carter's "prognosis is excellent for a full recovery." She declined to answer further questions at the time.
 

No other ex President has done for the good of people what Jimmy and his wife have done through habitat for humanity.
 

Sorry to hear that about ANYBODY. Even I have it but luckily it is slow growing and not as serious as Jimmy's.

My daughter-in-law just went under 12 (yes12) hours of surgery to rebuild her breasts after a double mastectomy a few days ago.

Wish SOMEBODY would find a cure for this debilitating disease.
 
Yes, it's the one thing we all agree on. I speak little of this but my sweet stepdaughter passed with breast/lung cancer. The tortured her with horrible Chemo and radiation but ultimately we lost her.
 
He is without a doubt the best man to serve as president of this country, the epitome of what a Christian should be. May God have mercy on him and not let his suffering not be long and horrible.
 
If this is the end for President Carter, I hope he has comfort and freedom from pain. He has the satisfaction of knowing he used his life to the fullest for the betterment of mankind and he accomplished so much.
 
Falcon said:
Sorry to hear that about ANYBODY. Even I have it but luckily it is slow growing and not as serious as Jimmy's.

My daughter-in-law just went under 12 (yes12) hours of surgery to rebuild her breasts after a double mastectomy a few days ago.

Wish SOMEBODY would find a cure for this debilitating disease.
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Falcon, sorry to hear you have cancer, even slow growing. Hope your daughter in law recovers well from the surgery, and the cancer does not come back. It's too bad that Carter has cancer, it is a horrible disease.

AZ Jim said:
Yes, it's the one thing we all agree on. I speak little of this but my sweet stepdaughter passed with breast/lung cancer. The tortured her with horrible Chemo and radiation but ultimately we lost her.
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My sympathy Jim. My sister also suffered and withered away from cancer and the torture of chemo and radiation treatments. I think the treatments killed her quicker and more painfully than the cancer would have. :( Lost my brother in law not too long ago, same thing, long term treatments until he died.
 
Didn't or doesn't he do a lot of work for Habitat For Humanity. He wasn't that bad a president. Without Carter we would not have the Delta Force and special ops/forces would not be what it is today.

Speedy Recovery and Best Wishes to President Carter
 
My sympathy to all who are suffering from Cancer.

Twice I have been tested for it and twice I have got the
all clear, the last time was about an hour ago.

Not knowing between the test and the results is a bad
time, but I don't know how I would feel or act if I got a
positive one.

Mike.
 
Mike said:
My sympathy to all who are suffering from Cancer.

Twice I have been tested for it and twice I have got the
all clear, the last time was about an hour ago.

Not knowing between the test and the results is a bad
time, but I don't know how I would feel or act if I got a
positive one.

Mike.
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You would feel shocked and disbelieving... then as it sinks in you would feel terrified and helpless.... then you would pull yourself together and do all the reading you can about it.... then you would seek out the advise of your docs to develop a plan... then you hope and pray you've made the right decisions, and try to keep your mind on the positive.
 
Just why does this not even surprise me...?

Former president Jimmy Carter had to announce some tragic news a few days ago: the beloved peacemaker and renowned humanitarian has liver cancer. Social media exploded with sympathy and support- except on the conservative side. FOX hosts and famous conservative talking heads decided this was an appropriate time to begin hurling insults and making light of his life-threatening disease:


Needless to say, the liberal community was not pleased, and the backlash was swift and brutal. It is beyond comprehension how an outlet that even pretends to call itself “news” can endorse such offensive sentiments. While Jimmy Carter’s presidency is not remembered all that fondly, the amazing work he has done since then cannot be understated. The work he’s done has helped thousands of people across the world, and he deserves so much more than to be slandered by hateful pundits.
 
My heart goes out to President Carter and all the others here who have suffered from cancer either directly or with it through their loved ones. I think Mr. Carter has set a great example for the rest of us in giving of his time and energy to others. Wasn't his mother in the Peace Corps in her later years?
 
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Debbie Schlusser is not of FOX NEWS as some of you folks seem to think, nor is Charles Hurt. They both have their own way of writing and posting and are not associated with FOX NEWS at all. They were most likely just items of 'news' being commented on. FOX NEWS does do some very good work with out the far left slanted items some other stations use when giving the news.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Schlussel

Debbie Schlussel (born April 9, 1969) is an American attorney, political commentator, and a blogger. She has been published in the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times and The Jerusalem Pos


Schlussel has made controversial and critical comments about many groups of people, including American Muslims, sexual assault victims, Polish people, illegal immigrants, Catholics, female athletes, and Holocaust survivors (see below). She became best known for her August 2015 response to former president Jimmy Carter's announcement that he has metastatic cancer. As criticism of her mounted, Schlussel repeatedly tweeted, "a cancer has cancer," in an apparent effort to promote that hashtag. [SUP][1]
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Just do a search for Charles Hurt.

[/SUP]Charles Hurt, Columnist

Charles Hurt is an American conservative columnist and writer for The New York Post and The Washington Times. Hurt also is a contributor to the Drudge Report, a news aggregation website.

Born, United States of America.

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For some folks, their personal biased ideas about FOX NEWS gives them some very wrong ideas about what is posted.
 
BobF said:
For some folks, their personal biased ideas about FOX NEWS gives them some very wrong ideas about what is posted.
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Both Hurt and Schlussel have been FOX news contributors. They are both far right conservative talking heads as QS already mentioned. What they said is childish, insulting and insensitive, that cannot or should not be defended...even by Fox news fans.

I certainly don't want to lead this thread away from Mr. Carter and his cancer diagnosis. I wish Mr. Carter and his family, the best during this tough time.
 

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