Robin Roberts

I saw the interview and they are both courageous people for sharing their cancer with the world. The feeling I got from the interview is they are both wanting to encourage people to be proactive in the testing for cancer and also encourage those who are going through the treatments. As you said I could tell she was worried about starting her treatments. I wish her well.

Sheila

Actually, I understood, Snow was leaving to make more money in the private sector because of his cancer diagnosis.  He needs it because of the diagnosis.  (and maybe because of the prognosis?)

I saw her interview Kenny Chesney today after he sung his new song "Blink" which was about a man who lived to be in his 100's. The song talked about different stages of the old man's life and how if you BLINK you could miss so much. After the song was over....Robin and Kenny were hugging....and she had tears in her eyes and mentioned her makeup running. I was crying when the song was being sung....because all of us breast cancer survivors know how precious life is.....just like the old man in the song. Then when Robin mention her makup running...because she also had tears from the song. That comment really expressed to me the emotion that she is experiencing with her breast cancer diagnosis......she feels just like us......my heart went out to her.



As far as timing.......6 weeks is standard before starting chemo......so who knows if she is getting chemo or not. I remember her commenting about bad hair days.....so that made me think chemo was in her future. If it is radiation only.......I would not be surprised if she is able to work.



Love,

Terry

I just saw Tony Snow on Glenn Beck's show and it was the first I had heard of him leaving.  I googled him and there was an article from end of August stating he is leaving strictly for financial reasons.  I always got the impression he really liked the job.

Glenn Beck also had Laura Ingraham on his show and she is a young (40 ish) breast cancer survivor, went through chemo and rads too (I think).  She looked fabulous.  I am pretty sure she had dx'd stage 2.

Actually Tony didn't say that he needed the money because of his diagnosis/prognosis, but to put his kids through college and other expenses. He talked about being so fortunate to have great health care. He also said he wants to spend more time with his family. As much as I wish Snow well, I think in part the interview showed just how out of touch he is with the vast majority of americans. The man makes about $150,000 a year, a figure that many can only dream about.

As for Robin, I wish her well with her treatment. It sounds like she has as much support as a person could have, with a close family, the closeness she shares with her coworker, and thousands of viewers who email her. I'm sure she has excellent insurance and income, so she won't have some of the worries of paying for copays, insurance questioning treaments (as mine did when my oncologist recommended herceptin while it was still in clinical trials) or not paying for certain treatments-- so that will be less stress for her than some have.

I wonder how open she'll be during treatment about her condition and progress. I'm sure they're a fine line between being an effective journalist and reporting the story vs. being the story.

Shirlann, I am not so sure we can be so quick to judge Tony Snow on not being diligent with his screenings.  When he was first diagnosed at an earlier stage I believe it was during a routine screening and if I remember correctly the report said he had been getting his screenings often due to his family history.  Colon just like breast cancer can spread to other parts of the body when caught early.  We see enough of that here on these boards.  I am sure there are women on these boards who had a family history of breast cancer and were diligent with screenings and caught it early and still got mets a few years later.  Colon cancer like breast cancer is a crap shoot.  Some early stage recur and some later stage don't.  My heart goes out to him and his family. 

Sad...but true......just the many topics that Robin will find herself dealing with and of course many of those topics we have discussed right here on BC.org. What amazes me is how everyone sitting around her did not seem to have a clue to the Hooter Connection and her BREAST CANCER..........but I imagine Robin felt it........but just went right along with the Hooter Humor.



Love,

Terry

I craved bacon and hamburger while on chemo.  Go figure.

Earlier I had said that I thought that Robin was only going to do radiation because she seemed to be progressing on a timeline similar to mine.  I did not do chemo, so I really didn't know that timeline.  She kept saying how early it had been caught and yet she needs chemo.  I am going to show my ignorance here, but if it were caught so early, wouldn't just about the only reason she would do chemo is because she is tripleneg?