Justice RBG treated for pancreatic cancer

[5thofjuly]

I mean, not to be unkind, but RBG's survival rate (to 91) has to be close to the single digits anyway, so I’m not overly concerned about stats here. If anyone can hold on at least another year and a half, she can!

[atexan]

She should start wearing sunglasses now so that if Kagan and Sotomayor have to Weekend-at-Bernies it, it will be more believable.

[wambam]

I have a positive anecdote! My H’s grandma survived in her 60s and a recurrence in her 80s. She’s currently 91 and planning a 59 day cruise ALONE in the South Pacific.

Add me to the “I can’t believe all our hope falls on the shoulders of an sick elderly woman” camp

[secretlyevil]

She is amazingly strong, please hang in there. I can’t help be wickedly worried and look back wishing she had retired back at the beginning of Obama’s second term. Looking back does nothing though.

[TR]

Can I give her my pancreas?

[mcsangel2]

Aug 24, 2019 9:03:33 GMT -5 TR said:

Can I give her my pancreas?

Based on the tweets I saw last time (last year), I think there are a lot of people lined up to donate whatever body parts RBG needs.

[moonriver]

Is there really no way for Democrats to not allow for her to be replaced until after the election?

[seeyalater52]

Aug 24, 2019 14:14:29 GMT -5 moonriver said:

Is there really no way for Democrats to not allow for her to be replaced until after the election?

No. Not unless Mitch McConnell agrees to it, or possibly if she vacated the seat only a few hours, or even a day, before a change of power they could stall using procedural methods, but beyond that there really isn’t anything they can do.

McConnell is of course a hypocrite of epic proportions but until Dems control the Senate (not even likely to happen with the 2020 election) or the White House this is a non-starter.

[ESF]

I want to know where the fuck Schumer is. Why is he just silently letting Trump just fill the courts with all these right wing hacks??? The situation is already a five alarm fire. He needs to start working everyone up for a huge showdown. If McConnell is able to replace RBG, the public needs to be hungry for the next president to pack the courts.

[moonriver]

Aug 24, 2019 14:54:11 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Aug 24, 2019 14:14:29 GMT -5 moonriver said:

Is there really no way for Democrats to not allow for her to be replaced until after the election?

No. Not unless Mitch McConnell agrees to it, or possibly if she vacated the seat only a few hours, or even a day, before a change of power they could stall using procedural methods, but beyond that there really isn’t anything they can do.

McConnell is of course a hypocrite of epic proportions but until Dems control the Senate (not even likely to happen with the 2020 election) or the White House this is a non-starter.

GD I hate him.

[klingklang77]

Of all cancers to get, she got that one. I don’t know much about it, but is it the treatable kind. I know Steve Jobs had a rare form, but he wanted to do things naturally (ugh), but it could have been cured.

My friend’s mom had it and she lasted about 8 months from the diagnosis.

I really hope RBG can hold on for the sake of the SC and, of course, for her loved ones.

[mbcdefg]

Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared alert and in good spirits on Monday as she made her first public appearance since completing a three-week course of radiation therapy to treat pancreatic cancer.

The 86-year-old justice, who has had several previous cancer scares, was escorted onstage but at times stood unassisted as she was awarded an honorary the degree at the University at Buffalo of the State University of New York.

Ginsburg, who received several rounds of exuberant applause from the audience, gave a short speech then spent about 30 minutes answering questions about her career posed by the dean of the university's law school, Aviva Abramovsky. Ginsburg's only reference to her health came when she noted she had decided against withdrawing from the event "when my own health problems presented challenges."

www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-idUSKCN1VG1YC

[downtoearth]

I will say it again, but I admire that she has put her own personal life and potential for retirement aside to serve us all - she is a selfless, amazing Justice. And I'm sure most of the Justices would not do the same.

[Queen Mamadala]

Aug 23, 2019 14:09:54 GMT -5 jigsy said:

My dad passed shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, so since then, I have been active in supporting PanCan and all of that because the stats on this particular cancer are grim. So it is nice to see that she is defying the odds...for now. Reading this, and then there is Alex Trebek who is apparently also doing well after his diagnosis makes me feel like maybe the stats aren't so dire (even though I know that isn't how this works).

She just needs to hang on for another 1.5 years...hopefully.

I’m so sorry for your loss. (((hugs))) I had this same reaction when I read it. My FIL was diagnosed with pancreatic & lung (separate cancers) in March. He was doing well on chemo, but recently decided he just can’t take the treatment protocol due to the side effects. I hate it.

[kadams767]

Aug 26, 2019 14:35:08 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared alert and in good spirits on Monday as she made her first public appearance since completing a three-week course of radiation therapy to treat pancreatic cancer.

The 86-year-old justice, who has had several previous cancer scares, was escorted onstage but at times stood unassisted as she was awarded an honorary the degree at the University at Buffalo of the State University of New York.

Ginsburg, who received several rounds of exuberant applause from the audience, gave a short speech then spent about 30 minutes answering questions about her career posed by the dean of the university's law school, Aviva Abramovsky. Ginsburg's only reference to her health came when she noted she had decided against withdrawing from the event "when my own health problems presented challenges."

www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-idUSKCN1VG1YC

I was at two of the events with her in Buffalo today.  She was remarkable, IMO.  I would not have pegged her as a woman who just finished treatment for pancreatic cancer only days ago.  

[jigsy]

Aug 26, 2019 20:31:22 GMT -5 Queen Mamadala said:

Aug 23, 2019 14:09:54 GMT -5 jigsy said:

My dad passed shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, so since then, I have been active in supporting PanCan and all of that because the stats on this particular cancer are grim. So it is nice to see that she is defying the odds...for now. Reading this, and then there is Alex Trebek who is apparently also doing well after his diagnosis makes me feel like maybe the stats aren't so dire (even though I know that isn't how this works).

She just needs to hang on for another 1.5 years...hopefully.

I’m so sorry for your loss. (((hugs))) I had this same reaction when I read it. My FIL was diagnosed with pancreatic & lung (separate cancers) in March. He was doing well on chemo, but recently decided he just can’t take the treatment protocol due to the side effects. I hate it.

I'm sorry. I imagine that is very hard to see. My dad didn't even really make it to the point of chemo, it was so fast. And in some ways, I am grateful he didn't have to go through that part. I do wish we would have had a little more time, but I do realize that that time may not have really been quality time.