Guest guest Posted July 12, 2002 Report Share Posted July 12, 2002 WOW I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I ALWAYS ASSUMED SHE DIED OF LUNG CANCER FROM SMOKING! SUSAN > LOOK AT LINDA MCARTNEY....SHE WAS A > VEGATARIAN,EXERCISED DAILY,DIDN'T SMOKE,DIDN'T DRINK....BUT WHAT DID > SHE DIE OF.....CANCER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2002 Report Share Posted July 12, 2002 WOW I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I ALWAYS ASSUMED SHE DIED OF LUNG CANCER FROM SMOKING! SUSAN > LOOK AT LINDA MCARTNEY....SHE WAS A > VEGATARIAN,EXERCISED DAILY,DIDN'T SMOKE,DIDN'T DRINK....BUT WHAT DID > SHE DIE OF.....CANCER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2002 Report Share Posted July 12, 2002 SCOTT YOU KNOW YOU ARE JUST AMAZING. YOU NEVER FAIL TO SURPRISE ME WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE!!! LOVE YA BUD! MARCY Re: SMOKING/L. McCartney WOW I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I ALWAYS ASSUMED SHE DIED OF LUNG CANCER FROM SMOKING!SUSANI THINK I MISSED THE ORIGINAL POST. LINDA DIED FROM BREAST CANCER, AS WELL AS PAUL'S MOM WHEN HE WAS 13 OR 14. MY MOM DIED FROM COLON CANCER WHEN I WAS 12, AND 2 OF HER FIRST COUSINS, BOTH SISTERS, DIED FROM BREAST CANCER, ON ABOUT 10 YEARS AFTER MY MOM DIED, THE OTHER ABOUT 10 YEARS AFTER THAT. AS FOR BREAST CANCER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE CHILD ABUSE IN THAT IT DIDN'T GET VERY MUCH ATTENTION FOR SO LONG OR IF SOMETHING UNKNOWN TO ME HAS MADE BREAST CANCER SO MUCH MORE PREVALENT? UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE COLON CANCER, IT'S ONE OF THE CANCERS DRS ARE CERTAIN IS GENETIC. I'VE BEEN GETTING REGULAR COLONOSCOPIES SINCE I WAS ABOUT 22. AS OF MY LAST BIRTHDAY, I'M NOW THE SAME AGE MY MOM WAS WHEN SHE WAS Dx WITH IT.AS FOR YOU LADIES, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH ABOUT GETTING REGULAR MAMMOGRAMS. AS FOR LINDA, WITH PAUL WORTH OVER 1/2 A BILLION DOLLARS AND TAKING LINDA ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE BREAST CANCER STILL KILLED HER. IT STARTED IN HER BREAST AND THEN SPREAD. ONCE IT SPREAD TO HER LIVER, NO AMOUNT OF MONEY AND DRS COULD DO ANYTHING. SHE DIED SHORTLY AFTER THAT.I HAD A MATH TEACHER WHO WAS A HEALTH FANATIC. HE DIDN'T EVEN EAT JUNK FOOD, SWAM ABOUT 2 MILES EVERYDAY, WALKED TO WORK EVERYDAY AND DIED FROM CANCER AT 42.REMEMBER JIM FIXX, THE GUY WHO JOGGED 25 MILES EVERYDAY AND WROTE A BOOK. DURING ONE OF HIS DAILY JOGS, HE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DROPPED DEAD.LIKE JIM MORRISON SAID, "NOBODY GETS OUT OF HERE ALIVE!" THERE ARE CERTAINLY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, MANY GENETIC ONES AND OF COURSE THE UNKNOWNS. THESE DISEASES DO PUT SOME PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE. FOR ME, ALL OF MY LONG TERM DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS ARE HISTORY, WHEN I CAN EVEN REMEMBER THEM. I USED TO LAUGH WHEN RELATIVES WOULD GIVE ME GIFTS AND TELL ME TO "USE THEM IN GOOD HEALTH." NOW, IT'S ONE DAY AT A TIME AND SOME SHORT TERM ASPIRATIONS. I REMEMBER DRIVING MY STEPMOM TO HER 6 YR OLD GRANDSON'S FUNERAL. HE WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER!OK, I'M STARTING TO BABBLE, SO I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR ME TO STOP. JUST THOUGHT I'D ADD MY 2 CENTS WORTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BEATLES ARE INVOLVED.SCOTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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