Former President Jimmy Carter Begins His Fight Against Brain Cancer.
In a calm, cool, and collected manner that has become synonymous with Jimmy Carter, the former president held a press conference to announce he has brain cancer.
President Carter, who indicated in the press conference, that he was undergoing his first treatment for the disease yesterday afternoon stated that his fate was “in the hands of God.”
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning former president had recently undergone surgery for liver cancer. In a follow-up MRI, doctors found four spots of melanoma on Carter’s brain. Carter in the press conference pointed out there was a good chance that cancer had spread throughout his body.
In one of the most poignant moments in the Press Conference when a reporter asks Jimmy Carter did he have any regrets Carter replied that he wished he would have sent more helicopters on the failed rescue of the hostages in Iran. Carter added if the mission would have been successful he would have beaten Ronald Reagan in 1980.
What Do The Doctors Say About President Carter’s Brain Cancer?
Melanomas can be cured if caught early but become more dangerous once they spread. The director of Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute, Walter J. Curran Jr., told the news conference that patients with a melanoma that has spread could not be cured. “The goal is control.”
Jimmy Carter redefined the role of former president in America. Not only by involving himself in a broad range of humanitarian causes, but also inserting himself operationally in diplomatic hot-spots across the globe. One can only imagine what Jimmy Carter must have felt like some 20 plus years after being the President of the United States to learn you have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Jimmy Carter left the office of President labeled a loser and for decades was a victim of harsh Republican ridicule, only to be awarded one of the highest honors a person can receive. The Nobel Peace Prize.
Jimmy Carter will be remembered across the world for promoting peace and fighting for basic human rights. What he has done after occupying the Oval Office has only upgraded the public’s opinion of him as a man and it has solidified his legacy as a ” Peace and Human Rights.” President.
I’m sure all progressive liberals, and anyone with compassion, wish former President Jimmy Carter well in his struggle against brain cancer. President Obama, Vice President Biden, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and both George Bush’s have sent their best regards to President Carter. In one of the most humorous moments in the Press Conference Carter made light that even Secretary of State John Kerry called in his good wishes. Carter and Kerry have been at odds from time to time over the years.
Yesterday’s Press Conference At The Carter Center
