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NEW YORK -
Dana Reeve, who spent nine years caring for her paralyzed husband, Christopher Reeve, until his death last year, announced Tuesday that she has lung cancer.
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Reeve, 44, said she decided to disclose her illness following rumors about her health in the media.

"I have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, and am currently undergoing treatment," Reeve said in a statement. "I have an excellent team of physicians, and we are optimistic about my prognosis."

"Now, more than ever, I feel Chris with me as I face this challenge," Reeve said. "As always, I look to him as the ultimate example of defying the odds with strength, courage and hope in the face of life's adversities."

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Dear God, no!!!

I pray she either goes into remission or at least she doesn't suffer too much.

She and her family have suffered enough.

Maybe this is God's way of reuniting her with Chris.

This just seems so unfair.

I hope she overcomes this. My thoughts are with her.

Very sad to hear, I hope she is able to beat it.

As the recent death of veteran news anchor Peter Jennings showed, lung cancer is a very aggressive disease.  (He publicly announced his condition on April 5.)  I hope that Dana Reeve was diagnosed early enough so she has sufficient medical options to treat her cancer -- Jennings' was inoperable when discovered.

My prayers are with her and her son (13 years old -- WAY too young to lose one parent, let alone both).

Lung cancer isa the toughest to beat
BUT
Dana didnt smoke...
BUT
neither did a close friend of mine who went...just like that. Only 26.

My prayers are with the Reeve family. :broke:  :s:

Very sorry to hear it, as with any cancer at any age...

I was very shocked when I heard the news today. I was also sad when I heard about Peter Jennings. :(

My thoughts are with Dana and her family. I know Chris is looking after her too. [/color]

My older sister died of cancer so this kinda hits home for me. They have my best wishes and I hope she comes out of it okay. Hoi, heckuva day.

I can't shake the feeling that Christopher Reeve was put on Earth for a
specific purpose, and that once his purpose was fulfilled, he was taken
back by his Creator. I hope you don't think that's callous, but it's my
feeling about him.

Surely Reeve had two of the biggest balls in Hollywood. There was
nothing phony about his courage and his power to inspire. I break into a
cold sweat just thinking about what he went through. He was
undoubtedly one of the strongest public figures of modern times.

For the life of me I can't see his playing Superman (and a very good and
proper Superman) as a coincidence, that he became famous for being
this character in particular.

Since we're into another round of Byrne-bashing, you are aware that Byrne dissed Reeve by saying he didn't think Chris was particularly heroic for just being a victim of a paralyzing accident?

I'm not up for rebutting that load of hooey since we all know how to tear that snotty remark up.

I just thought I'd bring it up.

Bashing Byrne is fun and all, but that is not what this thread is or should be about, so I shall close it for now.