Prayers, please: Biden's national press secretary, TJ Ducklo, has been diagnosed with cancer

[highplainsdem]

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Some upsetting news to share & explanation for why I’ve been MIA recently: after a bunch of tests, I’ve been diagnosed w/ metastatic lung cancer. Which sucks a lot. I’m starting treatment Monday, & my doctors — who have been incredible — believe we can get this into remission. 1/


The outpouring of support and encouragement I’ve already received from family, colleagues and friends has been overwhelming in the best way, and has already made me feel like I have an army behind me to fight this piece of shit disease. 2/


It was never a question whether I’d continue working during treatment — working for Joe Biden and this campaign has been the best, most important experience of my life. 3/


My team is like family to me, and I’m not letting *anything* keep me from helping them make Joe Biden the next president. The VP has said for a while now he will be the president to cure cancer as we know it. Sounds pretty fucking good to me. 4/


Thank you to everyone who has and will reach out — it means the world to me — and especially thank you to the campaign, from the VP & Dr. Biden on down, for having my back through all this. I’ll be back working full speed soon. 5/5

[dware]

1. Prayers on the way from me.

[OldRed2450]

2. Cancer sucks.

I'm sending love and healing his way.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. How terrible!

He could not have a better boss to support him.

[diane in sf]

4. I hope he can get effective treatment. Two of my neighbors were saved from almost dead

within a few months cancers with some of the newer immune system treatments. (In northern CA).

[Mersky]

5. Oh man, that's terrible.

Best wishes to him and his family as he fights this disease.

[Layzeebeaver]

6. It is terrible... however,

As an atheist, I must say that prayers will likely not help much at all.

What he needs right now is effective national healthcare.

[DesertRat]

7. Oh no

I will say a prayer for him and his loved ones.

My brother-in-law died from this in July. He was a life long smoker. By the time he was diagnosed the treatment was ineffective.

[Nanjeanne]

8. Lost my mom to this. Cancer sucks. Healing thoughts for Mr. Ducklo

[peggysue2]

9. I certainly sympathize with this news

Cancer is the worst. Treatments are getting better for certain cancer types but it's an agonizing journey for the patient and family alike. TJ is sure to have the best support as a member of Biden's team. Joe Biden has up-close and personal experience with the disease, so you know he'll do everything he can to support, uplift and encourage.

Here's hoping this young man gets the best treatment available so he can continue his life with vigor.

[Peacetrain]

10. Keeping you in my thoughts TJ..

You have a long road ahead of you.

[wendyb-NC]

11. Praying that he is cured from the cancer.

[Paladin]

12. I wonder if trump can resist saying something ugly about this sad development.

My bet is he'll spew something shitty about it, before too long.

Prayers for Mr. Ducklo and his family.

[The Valley Below]

13. I wish Mr Ducklo the best

[Karadeniz]

14. Healing thoughts for Mr Ducklo. If he continues working from the mindset that his workw

Is beneficial for society and therefore important, that will help him. ❤

[FakeNoose]

15. Oh dear, this is very sad news

Good luck to you Mr. Ducklo. Sending you healing thoughts.

[Cha]

16. The Best Healing Vibrations forTJ Ducklo!

Mahalo for letting us know, hpd

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[Gothmog]

17. This is from Joe Biden to TJ Ducklo

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[demtenjeep]

19. I would love to work with the Biden's

Love me some Biden’s

[Gothmog]

25. I am working with Lawyers For Biden

Joe was on the organizational call a couple of weeks ago

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. All the best to TJ.

[cwydro]

20. My god, he looks so young.

Surely he wasn’t a smoker? Even so, that seems so young.

I hope he beats it. Damn.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. I lost a good friend to lung cancer at 40 years old.

She was a friggin health nut. A personal trainer and owned a gym.

They say radon gas is the second leading cause. We lived in a moderate risk area before people were testing and mitigating.

[cwydro]

22. Wow.

I didn’t think of that. Scary.

[Gothmog]

23. This is why I am proud to be a member of the Democratic Party

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[Gothmog]

24. This is from Andrew Yang

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[torius]

26. best to him

and his family.

[Laffy Kat]

27. Gosh, he looks so young.

I don't know if he's a smoker or not, but not all lung cancers are caused by tobacco. Several people in my life have suffered from lung cancer and they never smoked. Either way, it's horrible.

[highplainsdem]

30. According to his LinkedIn page, he graduated from college in 2011. So he might be as young as 30.

And yes, this is a horrible diagnosis.

I know someone (a smoker who quit after the diagnosis) who had surgery for lung cancer when he was in his early 30s, and who's fine now nearly 30 years later. But his cancer hadn't metastasized.

Still, they have much better treatments now, and I'm praying for a complete cure for Ducklo.

[still_one]

28. Terrible news, and I wish him well and that they are able to generate a remission

[Frustratedlady]

29. They are doing amazing things on lung (and, other) cancer, today...

I have known of two with Stage 4 lung cancer who are cancer free a year after treatment. A relative just received a clear report from Stage 4 kidney cancer.