How Very Sad

[Bobbisox1]

https://news.sky.com/story/tv-presenter-jonnie-irwin-reveals-terminal-cancer-diagnosis-12747184

When will there ever be a breakthrough for this rotten disease that’s robbed so many of their loved ones?

[emmie]

yes it is Naomi.

[naomi24]

The starred out word began with 'b' and is the dictionary definition for a child born out of wedlock.

[emmie]

bstard....

[ladybirder]

Very sad, especially for his young family. Always comes over as a really nice guy.

[emmie]

he does LB. I have always liked him.

[barry1010]

Deaths from cancer increases with age, so as more people are living longer the statistics over the years is somewhat skewed. Over half of newly diagnosed cancer patients are 70+ but more younger people are surviving cancer.

When I was growing up nobody mentioned the 'c' word, it seemed to me that it was unlucky to say 'cancer'. I've lost a few relatives to this dreadful disease over the years, all in their old age.

I've always liked Jonnie as a presenter.

[pastafreak]

I saw this a few days ago, and meant to post it as I'm a fan of Escape to the Country and other similar programs. Hes always come across as very genuine and a very likeable guy.
Certainly nothing new about cancer...It's been with us for centuries.

[emmie]

pasta it has, but it was largely unspoken about.

[pastafreak]

It may have been spoken about less here than in the US because I do remember it.
I lost both my dad and sister...and, earlier, several relatives on my mother's side. I was only little then.

[Bobbisox1]

All I ever recall being mentioned were diseases like TB ( which could very well have been Cancer) and childhood diseases like polio

[Patsy33]

Very sad. Lost for words. Life can be so unfair.

[barry1010]

When I was young TB was called 'consumption'

[Bobbisox1]

That reminds me of when I washed my hair ( very long it was) and sat on the back stone steps in the Summer listening to the top 20 Barry
“Get up of those steps, you’ll get consumption “
I can hear her now ( my Mum)

[Bazile]

This thread is about the very sad case if someone with terminal cancer .

Was there any need to introduce an argument about the merits or otherwise of his job ?

[Caran]

My very late husband died of a horrendous brain tumour. He died with six months of being diagnosed.
It was discovered by a routine eye test which made the optician get in touch with his doctor.

[gness]

It is so sad. A young family and much to live for. We should have been watching Ireland play tonight with a dear friend who is having cancer treatment. He was too ill and tired. It's a horrid disease.

Can I add. Clarion you're ignorant...very ignorant.

[JimF]

It is a horrible disease. But every year brings us closer first to a cure and then to a full prevention. For this reason, Cancer Research UK is now the only medical charity I donate to.

[NYAD]

Fortunately, many advances in treatment have been developed in my lifetime. I've had cancer three times that I know of. In 2001 I had uterine cancer and a hysterectomy, followed by radiation therapy; in 2013 I had a microsurgery to remove small growths from my pancreas, some of which were cancerous; in 2021, I had breast cancer and a mastectomy, followed by radiation therapy. So good, so far.

I'm so sorry for younger people with families to care for that must deal with cancer. A good friend of my daughter has terminal cancer. They tried all the known treatments for his type but a couple of months ago he was admitted to hospice as they had tried all his body could tolerate. All they can do for him now is make him comfortable.

[jno]

I don't think they confused TB with anything, Bobbi, it was such a well known disease in its own right. (They called it phthisis as well as consumption.) All my father's family had it and several died. Antibiotics would have cured them.

But cancer gets more common among older people, which is why we didn't hear so much about it when we were young - people were dying younger of other diseases (or in childbirth or in war). Now we're living longer we're more likely to get cancer.

[Smowball]

Caran,am so sorry to hear that xx
I read about this story last week and it made me so sad - he is a genuinely lovely guy on tv - so so down to earth and a real family man. He has I believe a 3 yr old boy and twins who are 2 yrs old. I saw an interview where he was told he had cancer, and it was terminal, and he had to drive home and tell his wife that he wouldn’t be there to see his children grow up, or to raise them with her. I’m not ashamed to say that I cried.