Molly Ivins' cancer 'back with a vengeance' XPost

[auntAgonist]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4503517.html


AUSTIN - Nationally syndicated columnist Molly Ivins has been hospitalized in her recurring battle with breast cancer.


"I think she's tough as a metal boot," her brother, Andy Ivins, said Friday after a visit with her at Seton Medical Center in Austin.


Andy Ivins said his sister was admitted to Seton on Thursday. She spent Friday morning with longtime colleagues and friends, and was "sleeping peacefully" when he arrived later in the day.


A self-described leftist agitator, Ivins, 62, completed a round of radiation treatment in August, but the cancer "came back with a vengeance," and has spread through her body, Andy Ivins said.


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In a piece earlier this month, she wrote that she was starting a newspaper crusade to end the war in Iraq.
"Raise hell," she urged readers. "Think of something ridiculous to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. ... We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!' "

[wildhorses]

1. thanks for the info--so sad

and that quote would make a perfect sigline for someone!!

"Raise hell, Think of something ridiculous to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!' "

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Damn

I saw her a few years ago in Santa Cruz. She's absolutely adorable.

During Q&A someone went to the mike and asked, "How are you doing?" She said, "Oh, darlin', bless you for askin'."

Get well, Molly. Just get well. :cry:

[SeattleGirl]

3. I read about this yesterday. So freakin' sad.

I love Molly Ivins. She was my "introduction" to George The Decider, when I read her book "Shrub".

Keep fightin' the good fight, Molly. We need you. :hug:

[auntAgonist]

4. more ..

from a friend of hers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=62723&mesg_id=62807

[wildhorses]

5. and from wcgreen

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3082448

[auntAgonist]

6. thank you ..

It's just so very sad indeed :(


aA
kesha

[wildhorses]

7. yes, it is--

:( :hug: