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Im guessing that with Gleason 9 prostate cancer with bone metastasis hes had it for several years. No one including him knew it until recently. That means a lot of people were making fun of an old man for having cancer. Who does that?

wishstar
(5,747 posts)and he got no sympathy whatsoever when he was fatigued and had a couple bouts of sickness last year but despite the difficulties he conducted himself and his term in office with the utmost of ethics and integrity and competency.
liberalla
(10,620 posts)Great post and I agree completely... and I would just add with dignity.
"conducted himself and his term in office with the utmost of ethics and integrity and competency" -- and DIGNITY!
Dreamer Tatum
(10,985 posts)That or his "doctors" need to have their licensed sent back to General Mills.
WarGamer
(17,604 posts)TnDem
(1,165 posts)100% correct, which brings us to another point...
DET
(2,128 posts)Sadly, the current recommendation is to stop PSA testing at 70 years old. That is a great disservice for men who could live another 20 years or more if the cancer is caught early or treated aggressively (in the later stages). But Im still surprised that all precautions were not taken with the President.
Meowmee
(9,212 posts)and is often missed if it doesn't raise psa levels.
TheBlackAdder
(29,603 posts)Initech
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kelly1mm
(5,756 posts)here on DU be guilty of making fun of a man for having cancer?
If so, "That means a lot of people were making fun of an old man for having cancer. Who does that?"
jmowreader
(52,562 posts)The field of possible reasons for ridicule is so broad in the case of King Donald, we won't have to stoop to berating him for cancer.
Besides, does a man with an inch-long dick even have a prostate to become cancerous? It doesn't seem like one would fit down there.
a kennedy
(34,014 posts)FAWK THEM ALL, FAWK THEM ALL, FAWK THEM ALL.
Clouds Passing
(5,430 posts)usregimechange
(18,566 posts)Ms. Toad
(37,395 posts)if you don't know they have cancer.
It's like they say of my daughter's disease - most people die **with it**, not **from it**. People were making fun of a man **with** cancer, not **for having** cancer.