McCain to return to Arizona for chemotherapy and radiation

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By LOUIS NELSON 07/28/2017 03:00 PM EDT

Fresh off of casting one of the decisive votes to sink his party’s latest effort to repeal Obamacare, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will return to his home state to undergo treatment for brain cancer.

“In accordance with the guidance of his physicians, Sen. McCain is returning to Arizona to undergo further treatment at Mayo Clinic,” his office said in a statement Friday. “On Monday, July 31, he will begin a standard post-surgical regimen of targeted radiation and chemotherapy.”

McCain will maintain a work schedule during that time, his office said, with plans to return to Washington at the end of the August recess.

The Arizona senator was diagnosed earlier this month with a particularly aggressive type of brain tumor that was discovered during a surgical procedure to remove a blood clot from behind his eye. The tumor is the same type that killed former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Beau Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/28/john-mccain-cancer-treatment-chemotherapy-241099

[still_one]

1. Regardless of issues I have with McCain, I thank him for his vote and wish him well

I also thank the 2 republican woman, and all the Democrats

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[George II]

2. Sad to say, but I'm sure many of the republicans who were rooting for him to recover last week....

....are now rooting differently.

[dembotoz]

9. Wonder if the fundies will say God gave him cancer cause God knew his vote ahead of time?

[nycbos]

3. I wish him the best.

Has there been any progress on what he has?

[BigDemVoter]

5. If I were in his shoes, I don't think I'd bother with chemo or radiation.

Glioblastomas don't respond well to either, and whatever time these treatments buy usually isn't quality time. . . .

[Warpy]

7. All treatment has to be considered palliative rather than curative

and are dedicated to shrinking the tumors enough to buy time. Radiation and chemo are no walk in the park, but if they're using the stuff that was experimental back in the late 80s for chemo, it's not hideous, either (no, don't know the name, just a series of letters and numbers and hairy documentation).

Ted Kennedy got a year out of chemo and radiation. I hope McCain does at least as well.

[Warpy]

6. After last night's vote, I hope it's as successful

as Ted Kennedy's treatment was, buying him at least a year of good time. You know AZ would appoint some real horror show to replace him, J. D. Hayworth comes to mind, and that would mean a rubber stamp for all Dumpster Fire's pet programs to dismantle regulatory law in this country.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Rule of Law! Obama Executive Orders are Evil!

And Trump has destroyed the one by abusing the other.

[saidsimplesimon]

10. Thank you Don

Over the decades, I have expressed my disagreements with Senator McCain. He, and or his staff have always responded respectfully. I thank him for this great act of courage.

Why aren't we working to find cures, not treatments, for cancer and diabetes? Simple answer, the pharmaceutical industry.

My father, a WW2 Vet and my brother, Agent Orange, Vietnam Marine Vet were victims of cancer. My father was a victim of brain cancer at Senator McCain's age. My thoughts are with the "Maverick" and his family.