David Bowie

[Lydia666]

Whenever someone dies before old age, i say- cancer, i bet! Now i try to find out what kind of cancer it was and they aren't saying any details which upsets me!

RIP david bowie!

[drebay]

I saw Liver on one site

[ams5796]

Yes, I read liver cancer too.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/musi ... atest.html


I loved David Bowie's music. My twenty something kids and my husband and I all listen to his music. It's all so classic and timeless. His new album was a gift to say good bye. He was as cool in death as he was throughout his life.


Ann

[ANDRETEXAS]

One of the greatest musical geniuses of our time ! RIP David.

[radnyc]

Although I can understand the curiosity of finding out what kind of cancer it was that took Bowie, particularly from us cancer people, I don't want to know, and it's really none of our business. This man's entire life, as a global superstar, was out in the open. Everything, good and bad, celebrities like him have no privacy, and most of them hate that fact. Let's let him die in peace, in his own way. By the way the last album is very beautiful and a bit haunting, listen to it if you can.

[weisssoccermom]

Actually, I just read that he had lung cancer that spread to his liver. Now, knowing how so many ordinary people don't seem to 'get it' when it comes to cancer and spread....I can see that IF the cancer spread to his liver, then someone would say he had liver cancer. Regardless of whether it was lung with spread to liver or primary liver...what does it matter? If he didn't want people to know, then that was his business. He smoked like a fiend and even to the end, he was photographed with a cigarette in his mouth. Can you imagine the uproar that likely would have been if he had come out and said he was dxd with lung cancer that had spread to his liver AND was still smoking?

He does have a family....one that maybe doesn't want it all over the news about his particular cancer. Trying to figure it out isn't going to make a whit of difference and if it was a cancer that spread...that is more maddening to read about the stupidity of journalists who can't get even the simplest of facts correct.

[Maggie Nell]

I wonder if those six heart attacks Bowie is reported to have suffered were side-effects
of whatever treatment he was receiving to slow-down the progress of the cancer.

[Maggie Nell]

He smoked like a fiend and even to the end, he was photographed with a cigarette in his mouth.

Unless you actually lived with David Bowie, how can you say, with any authority, that he smoked like a fiend? And as for
the photograph - cigarette as prop?

[weisssoccermom]

It is easy to say he smoked like a fiend since he himself admitted it in interviews. Last night on the news, his 'rep' even said the same. As for the photographs of him with smoking, that again was something that this 'rep' indicated as well was a known fact. I'm not judging him....if he wanted to smoke...let him. Even if he DID have lung cancer that metastasized and he smoked after diagnosis, I don't fault him for that. I saw what it was like on this forum when a former member had VATS and continued to smoke....she was raked over the coals for it....told that she should quit, etc. Now, don't get me wrong, I think she should have quit but recognize that it isn't as easy as that.

[exaussie]

We all do the best we can....And haven't we all seen and heard of people that lived to 90 smoking and drinking every day? And marathon runners having heart attacks at an early age, and vegetarian healthy people taken away by cancers? So we try, we put our seat belts on, or not, we try to eat healthy, or not, we exercise, or not, we take risks, or not. We get one life here LIVE IT.

[BrownBagger]

What I'm curious about is not what kind of cancer he had, but where he was treated. Since he spent a lot of time in NYC, I would assume Sloan-Kettering. My question then would be, how do they handle celebrity patients at MSKCC and other high-profile institutions? One would presume that they arrange special times and places for procedures and consults. That's not what I've been told. According to one former Kemeny staffer that I met at the hospital, celebs are treated just like anyone else and "that's the way they like it." But I seriously doubt that. I've never seen Mr. Bowie or any other celebrity cooling their heels in the 5th floor waiting room at 160 East 53rd St.

Yes, Bowie was a great talent in so many respects. Died way too young, but it just goes to show that money and fame only go so far. We're all made of the same, mortal clay. Even Ziggy Stardust.

[radnyc]

It is easy to say he smoked like a fiend since he himself admitted it in interviews. Last night on the news, his 'rep' even said the same. As for the photographs of him with smoking, that again was something that this 'rep' indicated as well was a known fact. I'm not judging him....if he wanted to smoke...let him. Even if he DID have lung cancer that metastasized and he smoked after diagnosis, I don't fault him for that. I saw what it was like on this forum when a former member had VATS and continued to smoke....she was raked over the coals for it....told that she should quit, etc. Now, don't get me wrong, I think she should have quit but recognize that it isn't as easy as that.

Sorry, sounds very judgmental

[radnyc]

I'm certain that all the celebrities, heads of state and assorted illuminati are treated like VIPs at MSK. Separate entrances, wings at the main hospital, private meetings with the physicians, etc. I doubt very much they would be waiting on the 4th floor for hours with the rest of us plebes for their appointments. Money and fame always give you a step up.

[weisssoccermom]

Sorry you feel it is judgmental because it wasn't meant to be. I was merely trying to point out that IF a person wants to smoke, etc. even if that person has or had cancer....it's not my decision whether or not he/she should or shouldn't. I don't smoke so can't possibly understand how difficult it is for people to smoke...even though I have heard it is. Just like some people (myself included) stress eat, I know that many people smoke when they are stressed. Why wouldn't someone be 'stressed' if they were facing an imminent death? My FIL had pancreatic cancer and was obviously dying from it...the docs could do nothing for him. He was a heavy drinker and although I don't drink, I didn't fault him for drinking after his diagnosis. Many family members kept trying to tell him to quit, thinking that stopping would somehow 'cure' him or stop the progression of his disease. Why should he stop? Would it prolong his life? NO. If drinking was able to dull the pain (both physical and emotional) for him, why not?

Bowie was very open and upfront about his smoking and he said he wished he had never started and/or that he was able to quit. He said it, not me. How is that judgmental? It was HIS life and he had every right (just as we all do) to live it whatever way he wanted. As long as he wasn't promoting the idea of smoking...somehow saying it was perfectly acceptable, etc., it was his decision what he wanted to do/not to do.

[Lydia666]

Sorry you feel it is judgmental because it wasn't meant to be. I was merely trying to point out that IF a person wants to smoke, etc. even if that person has or had cancer....it's not my decision whether or not he/she should or shouldn't. I don't smoke so can't possibly understand how difficult it is for people to smoke...even though I have heard it is. Just like some people (myself included) stress eat, I know that many people smoke when they are stressed. Why wouldn't someone be 'stressed' if they were facing an imminent death? My FIL had pancreatic cancer and was obviously dying from it...the docs could do nothing for him. He was a heavy drinker and although I don't drink, I didn't fault him for drinking after his diagnosis. Many family members kept trying to tell him to quit, thinking that stopping would somehow 'cure' him or stop the progression of his disease. Why should he stop? Would it prolong his life? NO. If drinking was able to dull the pain (both physical and emotional) for him, why not?

Bowie was very open and upfront about his smoking and he said he wished he had never started and/or that he was able to quit. He said it, not me. How is that judgmental? It was HIS life and he had every right (just as we all do) to live it whatever way he wanted. As long as he wasn't promoting the idea of smoking...somehow saying it was perfectly acceptable, etc., it was his decision what he wanted to do/not to do.

I did not think it was judgemental.