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  This poor man and his family have been through so much in the past few years. I really hope the doctors can help him.
context: This is the same kind of cancer Mark Hoppus from blink-182 had and beat a couple years ago. >
  
  What is it? >
  
  Diffuse large B cell lymphoma. >
  
  Exactly the Cancer I beat 10 years ago.
  And people, there is no "good" Cancer, this one is aggressive and you will die if untreated or left until late stages. Just ask Joey Ramone of The Ramones, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, or Andy Whitfield who played Spartacus in Spartacus: Blood and Sand. But you can't, they died from this Cancer.
  Luckily there is a chemical now that is effective against Large Diffuse Non-Hodgkins. It's very poisonous but you got to play hardball against a deadly disease like Cancer. >
  
  My husband just finished an intense chemo regime for a different type of treatable but serious cancer.  Doxorubicin is nasty shit.  He got an aggressive regimen of it and holy shit.  Though it’s worked really well and he has a good prognosis. >
  
  I couldn’t drink red soft drink/jelly for years. My brain associated the sight of it with nausea… >
  
  This poor man has had so many emotional hardships to endure and he’s done them all with grace and dignity and used his own pain to fuel his energy to help others. I hope that his body repays him the favor that most of us cannot and gives him the strength to overcome this. We need him. >
  
  This is so beautifully stated. >
  
  This I so beautifully stated that it’s so beautifully stated. >
  
  Aye! That it be. >
  
  Ah daresay. >
  
  Hes my favorite politician. Sad. Hope he gets well soon. >
  
  Reps Raskin, Schiff, & Porter are my absolute favorites in the House. I wish Mr. Raskin a safe and speedy recovery, because cancer truly is one of the world's worst evils.... >
  
  Really makes you wonder why things like this happen to those you consider good people. If there is indeed God, then it shouldn't be this way, you question (I do). >
  
  Just one of many reasons why the idea of god makes NO DAMN SENSE. >
  
  Or maybe God is evil. That would certainly make not sense when you look around the world. >
  
  Absolutely. Satan is projection. Also I think you have an extra "not" in there. >
  
  I just beat stage 1 DLBCL a couple of weeks ago after going through 6 rounds of chemotherapy (R-CHOP) since July. It's beatable but it takes a toll on you mentally and physically. Dude needs to chill out and not overwork himself over these next few months. >
  
  DLBCL gang rise up!
  i also was diagnosed with DLBCL (stage 2) at the beginning of this year and underwent RCHOP over the summer, "no evidence of disease" since october. if your recovery is anythign like mine, over the course of the next couple weeks/months you should get back to normal, which will be a relief. 
  also i found r/lymphoma to be very helpful and supportive (and a mostly positive place) for what it's worth >
  
  DLBCL GANG! 6 rounds RCHOP in 2013 still kickin clean! Rock on. >
  
  I like the guy...hope he recovers soon. >
  
  He is a self centered power hungry jerk. >
  
  Do you feel cool for shit talking a man on a post about him having cancer? >
  
  To be fair, you guys celebrated the death of Herman Cain, and if Raskin was a republican you would probably be wishing the same for him. >
  
  Cancer isn’t a contagious disease. If it was, and if Raskin had gone to a huge in person event in the middle of an outbreak and refused to take any precautions to protect himself and others, THEN he would be suffering the consequences of his own actions, just like Herman Cain. It’s laughable that you think dying of COVID and cancer are comparable in these respective scenarios. >
  
  Rep. Raskin has proven himself to be one of the rare examples of "the best of us" serving in the US Congress. Wishing him all the best in his treatment and recovery. >
  
  Raskin was a constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law for more than 25 years.
  Everyone should listen to his arguments during the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.
  It's weird how it doesn't feel like we even deserve to have someone so qualified as a politician.
  I hope he has many more long and productive years ahead of him. >
  
  Do you happen to have a link? >
  
  I saw him doing an interview a few days ago. The left side of his neck was protruding quite a bit. >
  
  Oh wow, one of my SIL's was diagnosed with lymphoma and leukemia several months ago and that was what sent her to the doctor, a lump on one side of her throat/tonsil that was making it difficult to speak or eat. It was quite visible right before she was diagnosed.
  She beat the lymphoma and the lump is gone. 🙌 Still working on the leukemia but she's getting a stem cell treatment in January so hopefully by the end of next year she'll be rocking.
  I really wish Jamie Raskin the best. He and his family have already been through so much, and he seems like such a genuine human being. >
  
  he and his family have been through hell over the past two years. such a shame. >
  
  May he make a speedy and complete recovery. >
  
  Thankfully, cancer has targeted treatments that didn't exist even 10 years ago. God bless science, my cancer had a 16% survival rate. Monoclonal antibodies for the win!
  Also, Fuck cancer. >
  
  Fuck cancer ♋ congratulations on Ringing the Bell 🛎 >
  
  Hasn't he been through a bunch of shit in recent years? Seems like I heard something about that at some point recently. >
  
  Yea his son died recently. >
  
  Suicide, right? Brutal. >
  
  Yea MSNBC aired the doc recently that touched on it. I thinks it's called "Love and the constitution" >
  
  Oh man. I should watch it. So flippin sad, though. >
  
  Yea its a bit sad, but deff worth a watch. Raskin is one of the best up there on the hill. I'm hoping he gets well soon >
  
  Me too. He really is excellent. 
  I’ll watch it. >
  
  Hoping he beats this things quickly and is back to 100% asap. He strikes me as an absolutely top notch human being, with genuine character and integrity. >
  
  I would vote for him for president. >
  
  I’ve always thought he’d be an excellent Supreme Court justice. But the Federalist Society wouldn’t allow that. >
  
  Too bad. >
  
  Here's hoping he comes through. Cancer is an evil so devious only evolution could invent it. >
  
  I am a fan of this guy. Wishing him the best. F cancer. >
  
  This is really sad.  I don’t know if there’s a relationship between stress and cancer - my guess is, yes - but Jamie, thank you for your service to your country. I know this has been a rough couple of years for you. >
  
  thought the same thing.  his stress i’m sure paid him now favors.  prayers for a speedy recovery to rep. raskin, a standup guy. >
  
  Jamie, you are tough enough to beat this cancer diagnosis with your proven fighting spirit. Please do all you can to protect yourself from Covid, flu and other viruses during cancer treatment and recovery. Make others wear masks in your presence. 😷 >
  
  God bless him. He’s one of my favorites.