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McCain family statement: McCain is discontinuing medical treatment. (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 OP
May he and his family find strength and peace in these difficult times... ADX Aug 2018 #1
That is always such an awful exboyfil Aug 2018 #2
McCain and I will always have something to share. NCTraveler Aug 2018 #3
Too many people or their families insist PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #4
May his family find peace hibbing Aug 2018 #5
 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
1. May he and his family find strength and peace in these difficult times...
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:12 AM
Aug 2018

...My thoughts and prayers are with you, Senator McCain...

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
2. That is always such an awful
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:14 AM
Aug 2018

decision. I remember being on the phone with my mom and dad when he decided it was over while driving back from MD Anderson. This was after going through $100K in addition to his insurance.

I am five years away from when my dad was first diagnosed with cancer.

Best wishes and comfort to the McCain family. He was a true public servant that served his country in time of war and paid a horrible price for it.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
3. McCain and I will always have something to share.
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:19 AM
Aug 2018

That beautiful moment in 2008 when he temporarily suspended his campaign. It was a thing of beauty. It didn't really require him to do all that much.

Rest with the knowledge of what you have done. May your family find peace in your numerous courageous moments, most in your youth.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,857 posts)
4. Too many people or their families insist
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:20 AM
Aug 2018

on "doing all possible" even when that simply prolongs the dying.

Glad McCain has done this. I absolutely despise that man, as a human being and a Senator, but this is one right decision he's made.

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
5. May his family find peace
Fri Aug 24, 2018, 11:21 AM
Aug 2018

The cancer took my dad in a month. Of course I miss him, but it was relief when it was finally over and the suffering ended.

Peace

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