Texas Democrat (Castro) on rare cancer diagnosis: 'Wondered how much longer'

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Texas Democrat on rare cancer diagnosis: ‘Wondered how much longer’ he’d have with his kids

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) discussed his rare cancer diagnosis in a Monday Twitter thread, saying he originally found out he had the disease after a car wreck in Spain.

In the series of posts, Castro, a member of Congress since 2013, said he initially wondered how much time he’d have left with his children.

“My younger daughter turned two months old on the day of my accident. I wondered how much longer my kids would have their dad around,” Castro wrote.

Castro had surgery in February to remove tumors from his gastrointestinal tract.

“I could hardly pronounce “neuroendocrine” tumor, a rare form of cancer, when I got to MD Anderson in mid-July 2022,” Castro tweeted. “But I knew that any tumor spreading across your body isn’t good. I hadn’t told many people about my diagnosis even as so many things raced through my mind.”

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-democrat-rare-cancer-diagnosis-222531447.html

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Wishing him the best.

[WarGamer]

1. MD Anderson is top notch...

[RussellCattle]

4. I can't think of a better place. Texas got that right at least.

[ananda]

11. Better than that even!

!

[mahina]

2. Damn it

Good luck man

[MerryBlooms]

3. My sister has had 9 squamous lesions removed inthe last 2 months.

Her diagnosis is positive, and will receive the cream treatment in the fall, which will kill off, I guess, the remaining possible danger.

The friends have had basil surgeries, one required 17 stitches on his face. Surgeon did wonderful job, can't even tell there's really a scar there between his eyes.

Best wishes for Mr. Castro. He has a tough road ahead. 💕

[BigmanPigman]

9. That is hopeful info. Thank you.

[PCIntern]

10. That's wonderful but

It is a very very different situation than a neuroendocrine tumor. I’ll leave it there.

[MerryBlooms]

14. I know it is, I was just trying to be optimistic.

[Marcuse]

5. I hope his twin is well.

[Hekate]

6. Well, damnation. I hope his identical twin Julian has been checked up as well. Those 2 are

…a Texas treasure.

[electric_blue68]

7. : (

[SunSeeker]

8. I just saw him interviewed about it on MSNBC.

He said they could not remove all of the tumors in the surgery. He is taking medication which is slowing the growth of the remaining tumors. Damn. That sounded bad. But he looked great.

Fuck cancer.

[Raine]

12. Sorry to hear this

sending him good thoughts and positive vibes.🌹 🙏💕

[marble falls]

13. MD Anderson does good work. If I didn't have VA, I'd sure want to go to MD Anderson.