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(((Rep. Nadler))) ✔ @RepJerryNadler
Read my statement on missing part of the Senate Impeachment Trial on Monday because of a family health matter:
3:36 PM - Jan 26, 2020
Get well Joyce!
samnsara
(17,622 posts)irisblue
(32,981 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)And does well
Thanking Chairman Nadler for his hard work.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Sending all best wishes
I do hear that this particular cancer isnt the instant death sentence it was not long ago, so...thats something to hold on to
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Maybe if its early and localized, but its rarely caught at that stage. It sounds though that since surgery is still possible, theres some hope, because surgery isnt even an option once it has spread. I hope thats the case.
A good friend was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer a year ago in late October. With the best possible medical team and treatment, including immunotherapy, he was gone by early April.
The average survival rate for stage 4 pancreatic cancer is still only 3 to 6 months.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)BAD diagnosis Ill always associate pancreatic cancer with a dear friends father, who got sick in 1985, and was gone a short time later - so shocking - but yes, in his case, surgery was not an option, the cancer was too far gone...
Thank you for your reply, and well remain hopeful that surgery will put Joyces cancer on the run permanently
Takket
(21,577 posts)since drumpf's lawyers are presenting his case right now.
Had no idea his wife was so sick. absolutely incredible he is able to do the job he has done for his country with that weighing on him.
A true Patriot.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)That's one scary disease.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I hope the doctors are able to do something positive for her cancer, but it is a tough one. I understand they are making progress on the treatment and I hope it is positive.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,355 posts)I don't know how he managed to focus in the face of everything.
Silver Gaia
(4,544 posts)Been there. Needed to do that. It helped to save my sanity. Just a respite, however brief, can help so much.
bdamomma
(63,875 posts)Rep Nadler,
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Sean Patrick Maloney, Eric Swalwell....etc.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)PatSeg
(47,501 posts)and his family. Yet he's been giving his all the past month during the impeachment hearings, knowing his wife was ill. My heart goes out to him and his wife.
bluestarone
(16,976 posts)Will be thinking of his family daily!
DFW
(54,408 posts)I didn't expect to see him over New Year's this time, but that was because of the impending trial.
I lost my dad to pancreatic cancer, and my wife has battled cancer twice. She won. Both times! My dad did not. Both times my wife was ill, it took a LOT out of my schedule (as well as plenty out of her). I told the top brass that they could stick a fork in me because as long as she needed me I was going to be there for her. But they know her, and what an incredible woman she is, and supported me with "take as long as you need."
I know Jerry to be an incredibly conscientious man, and if his wife is this drastically ill, he HAS to take the time off. It's not a question of whether or not Pelosi can spare him. It's a question of whether or not his conscience can spare him, and no it can't. He is not a Republican.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)hopeful with pancreatic cancer.
It took my younger brother within five months, despite various heroic medical treatments.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Pancreatic cancer killed my mother and my grandfather. It's a nasty beast.
PandoraAwakened
(905 posts)AZ8theist
(5,477 posts)As to Jerry, I wouldn't want to sit through Benedict Dotards lying sack of shit "defense" teams bullshit. I know we need to be there, but maybe someone can send the Democrats 500 barf bags. The only way I could make it through.....
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Please get well if you can.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Lost an uncle to that cancer many years ago, however his was inoperable. Ill hold onto hope that Mrs. Nadler may have a much better outcome.
A thank you to Chairman Nadler, for valiantly taking time to tend to your countrys needs. Thank you to his family for sharing his attention with all of us out here.
I dont know how I could manage emergencies of such magnitude in public and private life, but then again, Im no Jerry Nadler.
calimary
(81,322 posts)Well keep good vibes turned up full for your wife and you. Regardless of the load youre carrying right now, youre being a good husband, exactly when she needs one.