I cannot speak from personal experience but I think instead of visiting those 11 cities, I would be visiting with my children every free moment while still alive to TELL them all you want them to know. While a letter will be cherished WHEN you're gone, your time with them will be something they will never forget. Get your priorities straight. You don't know how long you have to live (none of us does) but enjoy your life while you have it. Your husband can be president another time!

I cannot speak from personal experience but I think instead of visiting those 11 cities, I would be visiting with my children every free moment while still alive to TELL them all you want them to know. While a letter will be cherished WHEN you're gone, your time with them will be something they will never forget. Get your priorities straight. You don't know how long you have to live (none of us does) but enjoy your life while you have it. Your husband can be president another time!

Mrs. Edwards, you are a classy lady and a hero to your husband, children and the rest of us. I wish you nothing but a long and happy life. Scientists make amazing strides every day, so please, don't ever lose the hope!

cali_sun, money will not save her from death, or pain, or the exhaustion that comes with being sick.
She is a public figure and she is not using her illness as an excuse to go into hiding nor is she trying to garner sympathy. She is just doing interviews as any prospective first lady would be expected to do, and she is staying positive. That's really all she can do. In addition, you haven't even read half the interview. If she was saying "woe is me" you'd be blasting her for that too. Come off it.

Dorothy,

Unless we elect someone who has the priority of health care for all, as Edwards does, the divisions between those with means and those without will increase until we are simply a land of haves and have nots. Since Bush has taken office that division has widened remarkably and it isn't a coincidence. Support the party of the people, vote Democrat.

Bob Crawford - Democrat, the party of the people?!? The party to take *FROM* the people and *CONTROL* the people is more like it. Why are liberals so fearful of controlling their own destiny and why do they want others to take care of them? You want universal health care - move to Canada. Wait 8 months for an MRI.

Elizabeth Edwards is far from a hero. My heart aches for anyone in that situation, especially with young children. The problem I have with Miss Edwards is that she, nor her husband demonstrate any spirituality. Her husband is a shameless armchair socialist who made his millions and now wants the rest of us to conform to some egalitarian meager existence. He wants to ration healthcare for the rest of us peons, while he and his live like royalty.

Elizabeth should be spreading the Gospel (is she aware of it?). We all should. The people controlling the leaders of our country will never give us our desires. Their desire for one world government is the only focus, having been in the works for hundreds of years. You won't have to move to Canada, it is a matter of time until it moves here, along with Mexico. Look around, the writing is on the wall. Look deeper, it will scare you.

What an inspiring person Elizabeth Edwards is. She is handling her illness with dignity and grace. All best wishes to her and her family...

Elizabeth Edwards is not running for President. It only appears that she is. This may have been the biggest mistake John Edwards made in his campaign thus far, and he has made many mistakes. I am not of the crowd who believes all that he has to do is "win Iowa". Beyond Iowa, he has nothing else going for him - absolutely nothing - so a victory in Iowa will never be enough to propel him much further.

And has anyone noticed how very little time the Edwards family spends in their monumental residential complex -- big, ugly monstrosity that it is.

Following Edwards and his tawdry campaign has given me incentive to support Hillary Clinton.

My grandmother of 95 years of age frequently experiences significant heart attacks. since she is 95 she doesnt go to the hospital for them anymore in fear they will just prode and poke. In fact she just had an episode last week coincidently on the day of my weekly visit. we usually play cards but knowing of her incident i said we didnt have to if she wasnt up for it. the words she spoke next we're inspiring to me. "ITS going to happen at some point but i'm not just going to sit here and wait for it." we played cards until 12 a.m.

You people who want the government to provide you with healthcare make me sick! Look at Katrina! Its not the government's responsibility. Look at Hugo Chavez in Venezuela for crying out loud . . .

BTW - Someday Cate, Emma Claire and Jack will resent the time their mother spent away from them. But I pray that God heals her.

Elizabeth Edwards is no hero. She is a mother who tragically at a relatively early age has being diagnosed with an incurable from of cancer. All the while, her husband shamelessly continues to pursue the presidency and promote his socialistic vision for America. They are typical armchair socialists; living in the lap of material luxury and pushing for a squalid egalitatarian existance for the rest of us poor souls. God will judge them both.

Chrissy, enjoy your 95 y/o grandmother. She is the one with class!

This Elizabeth Edwards is no better than you or me....she is just another woman having to deal with cancer, like a lot of us. Living the rich life helps her deal with the financial stress & strain a lot better than most women.

While dealing with my own type of cancer, I continue to live, work or play around my doc appts. However, the main focus of my life is directly paying attention to my family....husband, children, grandchildren & taking care of my registered dairy goat herd. All travel to goat shows stopped so I could be with my human kids. I'm still fighting my battle, so don't know the outcome yet. But I'm not waiting to know, I'm planning my time for the now with my family. Yes, I do have wonderful friends that miss me at the shows, but being goat people, they understand & support me!

As for all the comments about DemoRats and RepubliCant's....I'm GOING TO GET BETTER so I can show people that this country can quit leaning on the 2 party system and support the Constitution Party (www.ConstitutionParty.org) :D

I do wish this lady God's blessings in her health fight.

I cannot help but believe these news stories the Edwards bring forward are politically motivated. I just read parts of Shrums soon to be released book on how the Edwards backstabbed the Kerry's, it's over at Drudge if you want to read it.

She should get her priorities straight! She has children who need thier Mother. Her dh needs to take care of his wife. If it is meant for him to become president one day, then he must run when she is not so ill. It sounds like he doesn't care to much for his wife health, putting her on the campaign trail when she is so sick.

It so happens that Jack and Emma Claire are traveling on the road with their mother and father. The Edwards go no place without their youngest children.
Incidentally, they also have a tutor traveling with them and Elizabeth is helping with their home schooling.

Elizabeth is a tremendously strong-willed human being and it was totally her decision to make to continue with the campaign. What would you all suggest she and he do? Go home and sit around waiting for the end? How sick is that??

It is amazing to me how judgmental some people can be. As the old Indian saying goes "walk ten miles in another's mocassins before passing judgement".

If she is terminally ill, why does Elizabeth Edwards walk around with that foolish grin/happy face all the time--as if she is in denial?? Maybe living in a huge mansion, having the best medical care at your disposal, and a husband you strangely believe to be an important person in the scheme of things is kind of a high. Tragic. I wish her the best but agree that she should be home with her kids, not running herself and them ragged in what will be a failed campaign anyway as Pretty Boy is seen through by the masses.

I saw Elizabeth up close.. She looks wonderful as ever, and I know that God is going to help through this..

Lets keep those prayers going for Elizabeth.. She is an awesome lady.

John Edwards has promoted more plans to get this sick nation out of the morass foisted upon us by the Bush administration than any other candidate.
He has fought tirelessly for the poor and disenfranchised in this country. I suppose this is what is bothering you.

And for those who think EE would put her illness out there for a sympathy vote guess again. This is not how these people operate. John Edwards in the last election told his staff that anyone who brought up the subject of his son Wade's death would be fired immediately. It was not brought up until EE's book was published and she discussed how she dealt with this tragedy.