This country is in deep shit, and John Insane McCain willfully gambled the nation's future on an inexpericed and unqualified theocrat from Alaska. All in a ridiculous pander for the "Hillary vote". The old fuck could have at least picked a qualified republican female. Christine Todd Whitman or Susan Collins.
Here's what a dermatologist said about McCain's melanoma: It was serious shit. The worst melanoma there is, practically. And McCain could be dead in a matter of months, if it came back. I've seen enough cancer to know that when that shit comes back, it comes back quick. And if he doesn't die of cancer, there's always the Alzeiheimer's risk. Who the eff gets Spain and Mexico mixed up?
At any rate, the really scary thing, is that Todd, "The First Dude" might be running the country if the Old Man kicks the bucket. I don't think Sara Palin is a weak or stupid woman. But, I know that scary ass religious tradition she belongs to, gives the man the final say and the final authority over everything.
And I'll be damned if the future of this nation, given the shape that Bush and his 50 million voters left it in, should be left in the hands of President Todd.
Here's what a dermatologist said about McCain's melanoma: It was serious shit. The worst melanoma there is, practically. And McCain could be dead in a matter of months, if it came back. I've seen enough cancer to know that when that shit comes back, it comes back quick. And if he doesn't die of cancer, there's always the Alzeiheimer's risk. Who the eff gets Spain and Mexico mixed up?
At any rate, the really scary thing, is that Todd, "The First Dude" might be running the country if the Old Man kicks the bucket. I don't think Sara Palin is a weak or stupid woman. But, I know that scary ass religious tradition she belongs to, gives the man the final say and the final authority over everything.
And I'll be damned if the future of this nation, given the shape that Bush and his 50 million voters left it in, should be left in the hands of President Todd.
Being a Dermatology Physician Assistant and a cancer survivor, I recently reviewed John McCain's medical records (which were made public earlier this year after he was the Republican nominee) about his melanoma, the type of skin cancer that is very frequently fatal. He has had 4, possibly 5 melanomas. The most serious one was on his left temple, in 2000. It was considered a deep melanoma (2.2 mm-- which is very risky). There was also another melanoma in the same area, which could have likely been a metastasis from the bigger melanoma on the temple, there is no way to know. They had to take out all his lymph nodes on that side of his head and neck, that is why his cheek looks so misshapen. That thickness of melanoma (whether or not it is in the lymph nodes) usually gets about 1 year of interferon (a form of chemotherapy), which would have been standard of care. But, since this happened right at the time of the 2000 election conventions, McCain opted not to have the chemo.
I try to inform all of my patients each day of the risks of melanoma and I spend my work days hunting for melanomas at the earlier superficial stage that can be treated. McCain's is in the deeper, more dangerous, category. At least in dermatology, we don't worry too much about the melanoma's less than 1 mm. His was 2.2 mm. It was likely an aggressive one, because it seems that it was not observed at his derm exam, then his family doctor found it during an interim appointment. I am sure that a dermatologist would have seen it and biopsied it given his history. So, it probably grew extremely quickly in several month's time since McCain would have been seen by derm at least every 6 months. This reminds me of one my patients-- she had a melanoma removed on her shoulder with clear margins, her lymph nodes were negative. On her first follow up visit in 3 months she had no visible sign of any recurrence. 1 month later she came in because she had some unusual bumps appearing in the area. She had metastases locally, and when they checked a PET scan, she had melanoma throughout her body.
She only lived a few more months.
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