Recent Picture of Patsy & Burke!

[K777angel]

Seeker - we did not say that "cancer" is referred to as black death - we said OVARIAN cancer specifically.

 

[Seeker]

Seeker - we did not say that "cancer" is referred to as black death - we said OVARIAN cancer specifically.

Thank you for clarifying that for me K777angel. I personally have never had, nor known anyone who was battling stage 4 ovarian cancer. Cancer, in any form, is an isidious disease that I wholeheartedly wish could be erradicated.

I still would think that a physician/oncologist would be very discreet and careful not to call it something that is so contagious and risk causing a panick.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I really am.

 

[K777angel]

Thank you for clarifying that for me K777angel. I personally have never had, nor known anyone who was battling stage 4 ovarian cancer. Cancer, in any form, is an isidious disease that I wholeheartedly wish could be erradicated.

I still would think that a physician/oncologist would be very discreet and careful not to call it something that is so contagious and risk causing a panick.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I really am.

I appreciate your kindness Seeker.

I think the term "black death" is held in reserve today for particularly ravaging kinds of deaths perhaps. It is a more general term than the historical use of it for the plague only.
One of the reasons that ovarian cancer is SO ugly is that it is usually not even discovered or diagnosed until it is advanced.
By then, it is extremely difficult and rare to cure. That is why the death rate is so high.
It is "black" because of the nature of what it destroys in it's path and the effects on the body.
As in my mother's case - her heart was perfect.
Her brain was perfect.
Etc.
But - her abdominal cavity was literally eaten away.
She could no longer eat - but was hungry.
She could no longer drink - but was thirsty.
Liquids from IV's eventually begin to seep out the pores all over your body.
You swell up.
Your body can no longer receive food or drink as there is no "system" in your abdomen to accept it and convert it to nourishment and waste.
So you starve to death.
Slowly.

I pray we will soon find a CURE for cancer. ALL cancers.

 

[txsvicki]

Shanny,

Piece of cake -- I've had 5 grandchildren living with me, now ages 9 to 17, for 4 years now, and I have no wife or live-in girlfriend. Gotta admit I haven't been doing a super job and recently hired a 19-year-old live-in nanny to help, but I'm getting the job done and keeping them together. People do what they gotta do.

BlueCrab

I'm 50 with a disabled husband. We have custody of 4 grandkids age 11-4. I don't know how you've managed alone. I'm not sure I could. About Patsy, I don't see how she manages to have such styled hair, perfect make up, jewelry, nails, and nice clothing on when she is photographed. It takes a lot of energy just to go around looking good when well much less when in the end stages of cancer.