Molly Ivins has cancer :(

[patrioticliberal]

"The best-selling author and nationally syndicated columnist has just buried her dear friend, the late former Gov. Ann Richards, losing her to the same wretched disease that afflicts Ivins.

Sitting at the dining room table in her ranch-style home, still wearing the black velvet hat and matching black pants she wore to Richards' service, Ivins is reminded that cancer is not always the chronic-but-manageable disease she herself has battled since 1999.

Despite her illness, Ivins, 62, is cranking out two columns a week, appearing in more than 300 newspapers across the land. She says she makes a living telling folks who's getting screwed and who's doing the screwing. When the Texas Legislature convenes, she tells readers their village is missing its idiot. The national GOP resurgence has given her some of her best material. She's fond of saying that calling President Bush "shallow" is like calling a dwarf "short."

This is her third bout with the disease. Chemotherapy has claimed her thick red locks. She's feeling OK, on the whole, despite the balance problem and constipation.

She has yet to learn if the chemo and radiation treatments have finally eradicated those miserable cancer cells from her body."

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/headline/metro/4209858

[xchrom]

1. good vibes for you molly!

you are so well loved and admired - the very, very best to you!

[Ecumenist]

2. oh dear....

I will add her to my list of prayers as I ask for healing for her. May God bless her with complete healing, I hope and help her continue on the road that brings the unvarnished truth to folks who aren't as aware as many of us here on DU..:hug: :yourock:

[Dinger]

3. Healing Thoughts And Prayers To You Molly : )

You're one tough cookie Molly! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!
:grouphug:

[izzie]

4. Sad

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[CTyankee]

5. So many losses

A funeral for my friend's husband was Saturday and it was one of the saddest I've ever experienced. We were all stunned, one well dressed man in his 30s left the church sobbing.

To lose those two great, strong Texas women would be another catastrophic loss.

I will put out white lights for Molly. This is gonna be a tough week...

[kstewart33]

6. She has an aggressive form of breast cancer.

When first diagnosed, her odds were 5 to 95 that she'd make it. It's amazing that after 2 recurrences, she's hanging in as with breast cancer, a recurrence of an aggressive form usually is very bad news.

[ShortnFiery]

7. Thats sad to hear. She's one excellent columnist!

I hope she gets better.

[flpoljunkie]

8. Ivin's recent column on Ann Richards, "And Who is this Lovely Lady?

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/columnists/molly_ivins/15526062.htm

Am not excerpting. Click on link above and read the whole thing. It is one to bookmark.