Jimmy Carter says he has cancer that has widely spread
Former
President Jimmy Carter, shown in 2006, announced Wednesday that he
has cancer.
"I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare" in Atlanta, Carter said in a brief statement through his nonprofit, the Carter Center. "A more complete public statement will be made when facts are known, possibly next week."
The cancer was discovered after an Aug. 3 surgery in Atlanta to remove a mass from the 39th president's liver. The Carter Center said last week that the procedure went smoothly and that his prognosis for a full recovery was "excellent."
Carter, 90, has largely been in good health through old age. In May, he fell ill during a trip to Guyana to observe elections there.
The Democrat from Plains, Ga., whose full name is James Earl Carter Jr., is the second-oldest living president after George H.W. Bush, 91.
Carter was president from January 1977 to January 1981. In 1980, he lost his bid for reelection to Ronald Reagan. Carter has promoted democracy and human rights abroad since leaving office, and won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
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5 comments:
Oh well; even clones have to die sometime. Of course, I guess they could always make another one.
Where is all this medical technology everyone espouses is available to the elite only.
So do clones and hybrids only get cancel/cancer or is this man out of the elite club?
Just wondering out loud.
I did not vote for Carter in 1976 or in 1980, but I did approve of his humanity endeavors in 3rd world countries even in his later years to physically help the people in improving their living conditions.
Chemtrails or frankenfood?
Cancer ray-gun.
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