# Ask the woman with stage 4 colon cancer! \[update - Maggie has passed away\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509 "2015-09-16T21:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/202 "2019-09-14T11:52:37Z")
Well poot. Maggie was one of the nice ones. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/203 "2019-09-14T16:11:17Z")
Sorry to hear this. I liked Maggie and her posts. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/204 "2019-09-14T16:17:18Z")
Damn. I knew there wasn’t much hope, but it’s sad to hear that confirmed. Farewell, Maggie the Ocelot. We didn’t know you anywhere near as long as we’d have liked to. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/205 "2019-09-14T16:30:27Z")
Dang. RIP, Maggie. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/206 "2019-09-15T03:45:04Z")
I’m so sorry to hear this. You will be missed, **Maggie**. Rest in Peace. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/207 "2019-09-15T05:19:47Z")
RIP, **Maggie.** ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/208 "2019-09-16T00:04:28Z")
Maggie, thanks for your presence here. You’ll be missed. Condolences to her loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/209 "2019-09-16T01:02:20Z")
Tomorrow will be the fourth anniversary of the thread. It’s a fascinating journey, really, and would be of interest to those who chart the progression of illnesses. Done in real time. Eternal rest grant her O Lord, and may light perpetual shine upon her. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/210 "2019-09-16T02:13:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It’s a fascinating journey, really, and would be of interest to those who chart the progression of illnesses. Some of us don’t find a slow, painful death fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/211 "2019-09-16T02:51:04Z")
I did not mean that in a derogatory way. If it is, I’m sorry, and I apologize. I have seen people in my life die slowly and painfully and would not wish to cause pain myself. I should have realized that, and ask forgiveness. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/212 "2019-09-16T04:39:47Z")
After one of many doctor’s visits with her son, my sister-in-law the GP was furious. “They were treating me like I was some sort of imbecile!” Chorus of relatives, from both our and her side of the family: “you mean they were treating you like they treat the mothers of every other patient?” For a lot of medical professionals, the need to be objective leads to treating the patient as an object; the need to be clear, speak in terms people will understand and not freak people out can end up making the relatives feel talked down. A first-person account of a long illness is of interest both to epidemiologists (who despite the shared root do not only study epidemics, but the roots and progression of any illnesses) and to those doctors who’ve forgotten their patients are human too. I took Baker’s post to refer to the first, rather than to anybody with morbid hobbies. Fare thee well, Maggie, and peace to Nico and to your loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/213 "2019-09-16T05:51:37Z")
Rest in peace, Maggie. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/214 "2019-09-16T22:07:58Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Godspeed, Maggie. > > You might want to read some of the recent previous posts above you. I think you may have missed something. Clearly, I did. RIP, Maggie. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/215 "2019-09-17T02:48:18Z")
Damn. One of the problems with being an old-timer here is that you form a bond with people over a few lines of text. Then the messages stop, and then you find out the person has died. R.I.P. Maggie. We’ll remember you. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/216 "2019-09-17T04:41:11Z")
Well, damn. ☹ RIP, **Maggie the Ocelot**. You always seemed like a cool person, and I loved your username because ocelots are my favorite animal. Best wishes and condolences to her friends and family. Also: Cancer sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/217 "2019-09-17T11:16:48Z")
Oh no! Rest in Peace, **Maggie the Ocelot**. Thank you for your bravery in sharing this experience. Yes — Cancer Sucks. I’m in the cancer care business. It is an ugly disease. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/218 "2019-09-20T13:24:51Z")
Rest easy, Maggie. I always thought you had one of the best names on the SDMB… ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509/219 "2019-09-20T16:41:27Z")
Rest easy, **Maggie the Ocelot**. My sincere condolences to your family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-woman-with-stage-4-colon-cancer-update-maggie-has-passed-away/731509.md?page=10)