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malaise

(268,943 posts)
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:02 AM Oct 2021

DeathSentence's wife has breast cancer

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-gov-ron-desantis-wife-casey-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer/2565771/

"I am saddened to report that Florida’s esteemed First Lady and my beloved wife has been diagnosed with breast cancer," Gov. DeSantis said in a statement. "As the mother of three young children, Casey is the centerpiece of our family and has made an impact on the lives of countless Floridians through her initiatives as First Lady."

Casey DeSantis, 41, married Ron DeSantis in 2010. She is originally from Ohio and previously worked in television, including for WJXT in Jacksonville.

"As she faces the most difficult test of her life, she will have not only have my unwavering support but the support of our entire family, as well as the prayers and well wishes from Floridians across our state," Gov. DeSantis' statement read. "Casey is a true fighter, and she will never, never, never give up."

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I feel sorry for the woman but now he will know what others have experienced as he allowed a Covid DeathSentence to spread across Florida
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DeathSentence's wife has breast cancer (Original Post) malaise Oct 2021 OP
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope she gets well In It to Win It Oct 2021 #1
I hope she gets better XanaDUer2 Oct 2021 #2
Hopefully she discovered this early m/t malaise Oct 2021 #4
She's so young to get breast cancer. It's a shame Walleye Oct 2021 #3
As a general rule, the younger the cancer patient is, the more aggressive the cancer is DavidDvorkin Oct 2021 #5
Yes that's kind of what I was thinking. I was 71 when I was diagnosed,think I'm OK now after treatme Walleye Oct 2021 #8
My wife had a mastectomy years ago DavidDvorkin Oct 2021 #22
It's always in the back of your mind. Cancer is definitely a sword of Damocles Walleye Oct 2021 #24
How is she going to get over this hump, without science. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #6
Here's hoping she doesn't take medical advice from her husband or the Fl Surgeon General MLAA Oct 2021 #7
No doubt she'll accept her oncologist's medical advice and will undergo recognized treatments sop Oct 2021 #9
It has been reported that she is pushing some of his most obnxious policies re: COVID-19 hlthe2b Oct 2021 #10
This is their problem malaise Oct 2021 #12
I hope she beats this, but.. BleedsBlue Oct 2021 #11
I wish a full recovery for her. Living with that rough beast certainly will not help. Celerity Oct 2021 #13
That's unfortunate, but I'm sure she'll get the best care money can buy. GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #14
This XanaDUer2 Oct 2021 #20
Indeed malaise Oct 2021 #23
She'll have an entire legion of medical experts at her fingertips 24/7 Takket Oct 2021 #15
What hospital has the room to treat her? RainCaster Oct 2021 #16
Not anymore. Things have calmed down in Florida. jimfields33 Oct 2021 #19
I was the same age as Casey DeSantis when I was diagnosed in 1990. Grammy23 Oct 2021 #17
Nice post malaise Oct 2021 #18
Happy to hear your survivor story. StarryNite Oct 2021 #26
DeSantis is probably already casting his line for a replacement model. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #21
Agree with your condolence....serious illness can be a wake up call..let's hope PortTack Oct 2021 #25
Of course she doesn't have to worry about hospital capacity like regular folks. lark Oct 2021 #27

DavidDvorkin

(19,473 posts)
5. As a general rule, the younger the cancer patient is, the more aggressive the cancer is
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:21 AM
Oct 2021

So the prognosis is worse for younger patients.

Walleye

(31,009 posts)
8. Yes that's kind of what I was thinking. I was 71 when I was diagnosed,think I'm OK now after treatme
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:24 AM
Oct 2021

I don’t wish cancer on anybody

DavidDvorkin

(19,473 posts)
22. My wife had a mastectomy years ago
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 12:25 PM
Oct 2021

She seems to be okay, but for quite a few years, we were both reading about b.c. rather obsessively.

Walleye

(31,009 posts)
24. It's always in the back of your mind. Cancer is definitely a sword of Damocles
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 12:44 PM
Oct 2021

My mom was only 70 when she died of colon cancer. I have lived longer than her,And cancer treatment has improved so much since then then. it is kind of scary though

sop

(10,162 posts)
9. No doubt she'll accept her oncologist's medical advice and will undergo recognized treatments
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:31 AM
Oct 2021

proven to be most effective. She probably won't listen to imbeciles on Facebook, FOX News or sketchy social media sites, telling her to take animal dewormers, bleach and other snake oil cures.

hlthe2b

(102,227 posts)
10. It has been reported that she is pushing some of his most obnxious policies re: COVID-19
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:32 AM
Oct 2021

and if not "pushing," certainly supporting. So, while I'd certainly not wish any kind of cancer on her or anyone (and I do NOT), one might be forgiven for wondering if she will even think twice about the karma she brings on herself?

malaise

(268,943 posts)
12. This is their problem
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:36 AM
Oct 2021

It is what it is and I have as much sympathy for them as they have for the citizens of Florida including my own relatives

BleedsBlue

(113 posts)
11. I hope she beats this, but..
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:35 AM
Oct 2021

Is she going to use Science to beat this or is she going to use horse paste and witch doctors. I mean you can't have it both ways. Either you believe in modern medicine or you don't. JMHO...

Celerity

(43,328 posts)
13. I wish a full recovery for her. Living with that rough beast certainly will not help.
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:36 AM
Oct 2021

DeathSentence is indeed desirous of becoming the second coming of the '10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag' that is Trump.



Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
14. That's unfortunate, but I'm sure she'll get the best care money can buy.
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:38 AM
Oct 2021

Lots of us out here wish we could say the same.

Takket

(21,561 posts)
15. She'll have an entire legion of medical experts at her fingertips 24/7
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:41 AM
Oct 2021

If anyone is going to get the care needed to beat this, it is her. Best of luck and I hope she recovers, and that the experience seen through her eyes brings enlightenment and a change of heart to her sadistic and cruel husband.

jimfields33

(15,775 posts)
19. Not anymore. Things have calmed down in Florida.
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 12:14 PM
Oct 2021

She’ll go to Mayo or moffit and get great treatment. I hope she fully recovers.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
17. I was the same age as Casey DeSantis when I was diagnosed in 1990.
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 12:03 PM
Oct 2021

It took well over one year to complete the entire plan set up for me — lumpectomy, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. But here I am, 31 years later, still alive and telling my tale. Maybe she’ll be so fortunate, especially with three young children to raise. I hope the experience is humbling for her to help her realize that all people deserve and need good medical care. Not just the privileged few. Having a serious, life threatening illness can definitely change your priorities and view of life. It can give you a point of view that not everyone has. I hope she takes advantage of the opportunity to grow as a human being — and Ron, too.

StarryNite

(9,443 posts)
26. Happy to hear your survivor story.
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 12:50 PM
Oct 2021

So many bad things out there.

I just hope the governor and his wife make the connection but I'm not holding out hope for that.

Midnight Writer

(21,745 posts)
21. DeSantis is probably already casting his line for a replacement model.
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 12:22 PM
Oct 2021

I hope she is not counting on having a supportive husband to see her through this.

I don't think he gives a damn about anybody but himself.

lark

(23,094 posts)
27. Of course she doesn't have to worry about hospital capacity like regular folks.
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 12:50 PM
Oct 2021

She'd get treated regardless and I doubt has any compassion for those who don't - after all she's choosing to be married to a murderer for profit.

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