To many she was a clear, extremely comprehensive predictably both pro right wing and pro WASP male, writer and announcer while to others she was an equally predictable acid tongued bespectacled woman, misogynistic and racist and sporting a particularly ugly visage. This unique polarizing allure will be why her absence will be much felt.
I did not know much about Blatchford so cannot comment on her writhing. But I will say that Charlemagne is a total fuck up. Hoping someone suffered when dying of cancer is crazy.
She didn't have any of that. Actually she just came back from vacation that included hiking and some steep inclines. She had back pain and two months later she was dead.
This spells the deathknell for journalism. The old guard where journalists took chances, wrote strong opinion pieces and researched the hell out of their topics is dying faster each day. She was opinionated, I didn’t agree with everything she wrote but by god, she took the lumps and wasn’t afraid to put herself in dangers way.
She’s also one of the few journalists that celebrated men who have to do the dirty job in society as infantrymen in the CF and rankled at political correctness.
A cold that won't go away combined with mid-range to shoulder range back pain is one of the sure fire symptoms of lung cancer.
And lung cancer is almost always fatal.
Does anyone know if she was a smoker? It was mentioned that she was a functional alcoholic above. I recall her writing about attending AA and at some point she felt that she didn't really belong there, just she enjoyed a drink probably more than she should have, but didn't feel she had a problem and therefore left AA.
I had no idea she was ill. She didn't announce it in any way. She loved and was a huge supporter of the Canadian military and of animals, dogs in particular. She was part of the last generation of real journalists, not like today's batch of essentially clowns and entertainment writers.
I hate cancer...yet it still boggles my mind how in our day and age we still have late discovery "late stage cancer". Was it because of a fast progressing cancer or she just doesn't get herself checked regularly? I mean lung cancer there should be early indication like shortness of breath n stuff no?
No. I have had 5 friends die of lung cancer. All were asymptomatic until a minor complaint caused them to seek medical advice. One had a sore back; thought it was due to bad posture -- dead within a month of diagnosis. The others complained of feeling 'something in their chest." None made it past 5 months from diagnosis. All were diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.
No. I have had 5 friends die of lung cancer. All were asymptomatic until a minor complaint caused them to seek medical advice. One had a sore back; thought it was due to bad posture -- dead within a month of diagnosis. The others complained of feeling 'something in their chest." None made it past 5 months from diagnosis. All were diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.
That's some scary stuff because those mild symptoms could be overlooked and mistaken for other illness. And the fact that smokers and non smokers can have it. And I think Lung Cancer is way up there when it comes to fatality.
That's some scary stuff because those mild symptoms could be overlooked and mistaken for other illness. And the fact that smokers and non smokers can have it. And I think Lung Cancer is way up there when it comes to fatality.
It is almost always fatal. Pancreatic is more fatal, but lung is one of the worst. Especially the "oat cell" variety. (If I recall, there are different varieties and some, like the oat cell are fast and guaranteed to put you in a box real fast.)
Lung cancer has claimed people very close to me. I've seen it up close and personal and it's ghastly. No other way to say it.
Beware the pain in the mid to upper back and in the shoulder that won't go away. It's your lungs, not your shoulder that hurts. The pain will grow to be intense and no over the counter meds will do anything for you. If you have a cold on top of all that, it's bad. (Again, my experience which is seared in my memory.)
"In an article in the National Post online on August 22, 2011, she criticized the outpouring of support resulting from the death of federal NDP Leader and the Parliament of Canada's Leader of the Opposition Jack Layton, calling it "a public spectacle", and referring to Layton's "canonization". This caused an outcry toward Blatchford herself.
That was the beauty of Blatch, she wasn't afraid to speak her mind. She was criticizing the people's reaction, not celebrating the fact Layton was dead.
She had no class? After that comment, perhaps you should look in the mirror. We're not talking about Hitler here.
The cancer metastasized to her bones which is extremely painful. So yes, in all likelihood she suffered. Does that make you happy? Careful what you wish for...
I did not know much about Blatchford so cannot comment on her writhing. But I will say that Charlemagne is a total fuck up. Hoping someone suffered when dying of cancer is crazy.
It is almost always fatal. Pancreatic is more fatal, but lung is one of the worst. Especially the "oat cell" variety. (If I recall, there are different varieties and some, like the oat cell are fast and guaranteed to put you in a box real fast.)
Lung cancer has claimed people very close to me. I've seen it up close and personal and it's ghastly. No other way to say it.
Beware the pain in the mid to upper back and in the shoulder that won't go away. It's your lungs, not your shoulder that hurts. The pain will grow to be intense and no over the counter meds will do anything for you. If you have a cold on top of all that, it's bad. (Again, my experience which is seared in my memory.)
Haven't met one with lung cancer but both friends died of Colon cancer and i saw how it ate them away slowly. One friend fought tooth and nail to no avail. He was close to 100 lbs when he perished and he was a bulky guy. The other a lady was diagnosed with late stage colon cancer and had about 4 months to live when they detected. That's why I hate cancer. It eats you away and let your love ones suffer the sight.
People, people! None of us are getting out of here alive- cancer or no cancer. We die as we live, all in our own way. I suppose that it would be nice to die in my sleep at 96, like my grandfather, but living past a certain age ain't pretty, either. So, enjoy today because tomorrow may never come and when your time comes, go like a man- without whimpering and regrets.
People, people! None of us are getting out of here alive- cancer or no cancer. We die as we live, all in our own way. I suppose that it would be nice to die in my sleep at 96, like my grandfather, but living past a certain age ain't pretty, either. So, enjoy today because tomorrow may never come and when your time comes, go like a man- without whimpering and regrets.
It is said that Romans kept skulls at their orgies of sex and extreme wine consumption to remind themselves that they were only mortals and death comes to us all.
People, people! None of us are getting out of here alive- cancer or no cancer. We die as we live, all in our own way. I suppose that it would be nice to die in my sleep at 96, like my grandfather, but living past a certain age ain't pretty, either. So, enjoy today because tomorrow may never come and when your time comes, go like a man- without whimpering and regrets.
Several days ago I was waiting for the elevator in my condo and a young guy, maybe mid 20s, had an electrical device attached to his hip with hoses going up into his nose. It was clear that just standing there, he was having problems breathing. In a brief convo in the elevator he explained that it was his second lung transplant and that it was "already failing" again.
Money means nothing if you don't have health to enjoy it.
