Congresswoman has terminal cancer

[whopis01]

Source: cnn

Democrat U.S. House member Julia Carson of Indiana has disclosed to the Indianapolis Star newspaper that she has terminal lung cancer.

She took a leave of absence from Congress in September to seek treatment and rehabilitation for a leg infection.

"Then the second shoe fell -- heavily," Carson, 69, said in a statement to the newspaper Saturday. "My doctor discovered lung cancer. It had gone into remission years before, but it was back with a terminal vengeance."

Carson was first elected to represent Indianapolis in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/25/carson.cancer/index.html

[rodeodance]

1. I wish her and her familty well

[KingOfLostSouls]

2. God Bless

may the lord hold thee, and comfort thee, and show you compassion and mercy in thy times of trouble. may the lord guide thee to the land of the brave and show you to a better world. and in they time here on earth, may you live each moment to the fullest and bless thy fellows with everlasting joy and love.

[xchrom]

3. peace be with her and her family at this time.

[demnan]

4. Very sad

n/t

[rjones2818]

5. She's served Indianapolis well for years.

May she have peace in what seems to be her final earthly journey.

[Ian David]

6. Julia Carson

Julia Carson

Member of Congress representing Indianapolis

Updated: Jan. 2007

Democrat Julia Carson was first elected to congress in 1996, succeeding her mentor and patron, Andrew Jacobs Jr., who retired after 30 years in office.

Carson had worked in Jacobs' district office in the 1960s, and it was at his urging that she began her political career with a successful run for an Indiana House seat in 1972.

Childhood:

Julia Carson was born in 1938 in Louisville, Ky. to Velma Porter, an unmarried teen-age mother. They moved to Indianapolis when Julia was a year old. Her mother made a living as a housekeeper.

She graduated from Crispus Attucks High School in 1955, married and had children. The marriage did not last and she raised her own two children (and later two grandchildren) as a single working mother.

Political career:

Carson's first political job was in 1965 when she was hired by Jacobs. She worked as a legislative assistant for Jacobs for eight years. In 1972, she successfully ran for the Indiana House of Representatives and after two terms there was elected to the Indiana Senate where she served until 1990.



More:
http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/c/carson_julia/carson.html





Rep. Carson- On the War I am a Reagan Democrat

Washington, DC – Rep. Julia Carson (D-IN) released the following editorial today.

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I am today announcing that, when it comes to the Iraq blunder, I am a Reagan Democrat.

Judge Andrew Jacobs, Sr. said, “There are too many people making history who never read history.”

On February 7, 1984, following the slaughter of 241 American service members in an ill-advised deployment to take sides in the Lebanon civil war, President Reagan halted the slaughter of our young Americans by ordering them to come home safe from harm’s way.

His exit strategy was to exit. The Marines were not ordered to cut and run. Discretion being “the better part of valor,” they were ordered to turn and march in an orderly withdraw. There were fewer of our military in Lebanon than there are in Iraq, but we pulled many more out of Vietnam in one operation. War-wimp politicians argue that if we come home, terrorists will follow us. Does anyone with an IQ above 13 believe that masterpiece of superficial logic?

As for our equipment, it can be moved as rapidly as it was taken in, but it’s not worth the life of one of our soldiers or sailors or airmen or Marines, anyway. Besides, the President’s hero, Gen. Petraeus, has lost a lot of the equipment in Iraq already.

President Reagan was severely criticized by a few chicken hawk politicians, but he was generally applauded for his genuine political courage.

The result? The same as it would be if our government removed our soldiers and Marines from Iraq now and stopped feeding them to the futile meat grinder in which they have been gratuitously masticated for four long years.

In the eighties, there was already a decades-old civil war in Lebanon into which American forces were thrust and slaughtered. That civil war continued after our people left and it has flared-up there again now.

In Iraq, a dictator had put a Sunni lid on the culture of hatred, but once that lid was blown off by our weapons of mass destruction in “Shock and Awe,” the free-for-all killing exploded and our military was caught in the middle.

America cannot militarily solve the civil war in Iraq any more than we could in Lebanon. Scrumptious scholars at Brookings warn that our withdrawal would mean civil war and chaos in Iraq. Well, civil war and chaos are what they have there now. And no matter when our government comes to its senses and removes our military from Iraq, the civil war will continue until one side wins, probably with a brand new dictator. In the words of Broadcaster Paul Harvey with regard to Vietnam, “We can quit this war and come home now.” And let our kids live.

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http://juliacarson.house.gov/8.20.07.shtml

[JeanGrey]

7. How very sad. I wish the world would wake up to the fact that

lung cancer is the number ONE cancer killer of men and women. More than breast, colon, and the rest COMBINED. And the largest growing group are non-smokers or never smokers. And yet, only a tiny fraction of research money is aimed at Lung Cancer, in comparison to breast cancer. Too many people out there falsely believe that if you have lung cancer, you deserve it, and if you don't smoke, you won't get it.

[dogfacedboy]

9. Exactly. Back in the late 70's,

My Dad suffered from cancer in various parts of his body. He was a smoker.
However, cancer didn't develop in his lungs until the very end.

My best pal's Mom died of lung cancer, and never smoked. She was never exposed to much "second hand smoke".

Lung cancer does not discriminate.

[JeanGrey]

20. No, it doesn't, and early detection is the key to less dying

from it, just like breast cancer. However, there is a stigma attached to lung cancer. People believe if you have lung cancer, well then, you deserve it. (A lot like Aids). They simply refuse to believe they have a chance of getting it if they don't smoke or quit smoking years ago. Cat scans need to be done for early detection when lung cancer can be caught at stage one. But, the MF (EXCUSE MY FRENCH) damn insurance companies don't want to pay.

[ChazII]

32. Same w/my mom.

She wasn't a smoker and was not around second hand smoke.

[knitter4democracy]

11. Lung cancer's a horrible, painful way to die. It's just awful.

The pain and the chemo and it often spreads to brain or bone. It's terrible. I'm so sorry she's fighting it right now and suffering. I wish I could give her a :hug:.

[JeanGrey]

21. Me, too. I lost a very good friend to lung cancer in May of this

year, it killed her in six months. SIX MONTHS. And she never smoked and wasn't around second hand smoke. By the time they found it, it had spread to her bones, rib, back, liver, and she had three tumors in her brain. She never had a chance. And everytime I see those pink ribbons for breast cancer, I want to say "you're more likely to die from lung cancer". But they wouldn't believe it.

[knitter4democracy]

24. One of my good friends took less time than that.

She got strokes from the chemo killing off so many cancer cells at once (it made her blood clot up), and I'll never forget visiting her in the hospital after the first big one. A second one finished her off the week after Christmas, just four months after them finding it (it acted like a cold that didn't go away).

Fuck cancer.

[JeanGrey]

26. Fuck Cancer is RIGHT. But if we don't do something about

lung cancer, the rest of them will be the least of our worries. They are getting so worried about the non/never smokers now they are saying "maybe it's a different FORM of lung cancer". Nonsense.

[knitter4democracy]

31. I blame pollution.

If you think about all the crap we inhale on a regular basis, lung cancer starts to make sense. Plug-in scent dispensers, outgassing plastics, all kinds of crap that has to build up and mess with our cells.

[JeanGrey]

35. There is definitely a lot more to it than smoking, that is for sure.

I'm not saying smoking is good for you, but you are certainly not safe if you are a non-smoker, irregardless of the nonsense they feed you. When I read that research paper about the "non and never" smokers possibly having "different" forms of cancer I couldn't believe it. They will say anything other than the truth.

[Odin2005]

12. my grandfather died of lung cancer arounf the X-mas of '85, 5 moths before I was born.

:cry:

[allisonthegreat]

17. may she have hope

my mom died December 21 1999 from lung cancer...awful way to leave the planet.

[balantz]

8. May you have peace and healing,

and thank you for giving your best for America.

[saracat]

10. God Bless her. Many prayers and good wishes to the Congresswoman and her family.

[JerseygirlCT]

13. Oh how sad for her and her family. nt

[cascadiance]

14. I can feel her and her family's pain! My cat is probably dying today or tomorrow of cancer!

It is SO hard to deal with this disease! It's not been a very happy Thanksgiving in our family watching him go down!

The best of wishes to her and her family!

[flashl]

16. Best wishes to you and your family, losing a pet is difficult

My best wishes to the Congresswoman and her family during these difficult times. I live within a cancer belt, it is tough watching individuals, poor without complete access to healthcare, suffer from cancer.

[cascadiance]

28. Thanks... It's going to take a while to put it behind me...

But he finally was put in a better place today...

[Control-Z]

19. My heart goes out

to you and your family. We lost our family dog this past summer. It was incredibly hard, especially seeing her so sick. Her bed is still in the LR. We haven't been able to move it out quite yet.:hug:

[cascadiance]

27. Thanks, coming from you that's helps a lot...

I know you've had a lot of pain in your past, as we've discussed on other threads too.

I just buried him an hour ago or so, and it was one of the hardest moments in my life. I'm really going to miss the little guy. He's the grey one on the right...



The one thing I appreciate through this "vacation" is the thanks that I have for being able to half-way understand what the congresswoman and her family is going through and many other military folks' families are going through this time with similar losses. It really makes me that much more adamant about wanting to stop this war and the pain it causes!

[RamboLiberal]

15. Peace and blessings to her and her family

I lost my mother at 69 to cancer, I know how devastating this disease is and wish we were able to once and for all defeat it.

[Control-Z]

18. I wish the very best

to Julia Carson and her family.

[Audio_Al]

22. On December 1, 2006, my two stepchildren lost their 70 year old father to lung cancer.

My wife (who was his wife for nine years) lit a candle for him today in a service at our Unitarian fellowship.

RIP, Peter R. You started smoking as a teenager and didn't quit until decades later. I'm truly sorry you made this choice. I smoked for a while also, but gave it up years ago, cold turkey, after I married your ex-wife. Best thing I ever did for myself and her. Now, I get to enjoy your two children and four grandchildren. I'm sincerely sorry you can't do that anymore.

On balance, there are always stories about people who DIDN'T SMOKE who died of lung cancer. However, MOST LUNG CANCER is caused by smoking. Does anyone know if Julia Carson was a smoker? Smoking kills, and there is no two ways about it.

If you are a smoker, quit.
If you are thinking about smoking, don't.

Respectfully,

Audio Al

[nestman21]

23. ...

god bless

[sabbat hunter]

25. Indiana pioneer congresswoman: I have terminal cancer

Source: CNN

The 69-year-old former City-County Council member and state senator told the Indianapolis Star on Saturday that she had been on a leave of absence since September to seek treatment and rehabilitation for a leg infection.

"Then the second shoe fell -- heavily," Carson told the paper in a brief written statement. "My doctor discovered lung cancer. It had gone into remission years before, but it was back with a terminal vengeance."


Carson has been beset by health problems. In January 1997, she took her House oath of office at Indianapolis' Methodist Hospital as she recovered from double-bypass surgery, according to the Star. She also has suffered from high blood pressure, asthma and diabetes, according to Congressional Quarterly.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/25/carson.cancer/index.html

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I hope that a miracle happens and she lives. But if I were in her shoes, I would retire to spend my last months with my family.

[closeupready]

29. Very sad.

Hope she can get better.

[liberalnurse]

30. Representative Julia Carson Has Terminal Lung Cancer

Source: eflux Media

Representative Julia Carson, of Indiana's 7th congressional district, has taken a medical leave and disclosed that she has terminal lung cancer. Carson, 69, disclosed to The Indianapolis Star that she had battled cancer before and that it had gone into remission but was back with "a terminal vengeance."

The Democrat, who is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, also took a leave of absence from Congress because of a leg infection a couple of months ago. Apparently, doctors discovered the cancer while treating her this summer.

Julia M. Carson was hired in 1965 by newly elected congressman Andy Jacobs to do casework in his Indianapolis office. In 1972, Jacobs encouraged Carson to run for the state House, which she did and served as a member for 4 years. In 1976, she successfully ran for the Indiana state senate. Her run in the U.S. Congress, where she was elected in 1997, has been plagued by multiple health problems. Julia Carson had major heart surgery in 1997, and serious pneumonia in 1999. In 2004, she missed almost 200 House votes due to health problems. The press reported that year-to-date, Carson has participated around 87 percent of the House votes.

"I think she has been and continues to be a very important political figure in Central Indiana politics and obviously in Marion County," said Rozelle Boyd, a Democrat and longtime member of the City-County Council, to The Indianapolis Star. "I think that the rebuilding of the Democratic Party will rely very much on the contribution from the congressperson of the 7th District."





Read more: http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Representative_Julia_Carson_Has_Terminal_Lung_Cancer_10988.html

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She is in my thoughts and prayers.

[superconnected]

33. Very best wishes for recovery Ms. Carson.

May you find peace and happiness in these days.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

34. How very sad

My thoughts, prayers and positive vibes go out to Ms. Carson and her family.

There's been too many deaths and illnesses in the current Congress:cry: