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Posted by Sixties Relic SAVE ML (U13777237) on Thursday, 9th April 2009
I don't mean to sound depressing, but with 1 in 10 or 1 in 9 women in this country likely to get breast cancer, how come Ruth is the only woman in Ambridge to get this?
Ruth had the more unusual early-onset version - most breast cancer happens around or just after menopause. There are loads of women in Ambridge who are 50 plus - we would expect a few of them to get this.
Most woemn recover these days, too, so we could have some more happy endings. Does the breast screening van ever come to the village? We could have 2 of the Ambridge women getting diagnosed at the same time - 2 who wouldn't normally been seen as friends, who could become close buddies because of this.
(From someone who has had it and is now all clear.)
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Posted by Mad.Curious.Cat (U12816826) on Thursday, 9th April 2009
Has there been any character in The Archers who died of any type of cancer?
Is Ruth the only person who had cancer but is now clear?
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Posted by Sixties Relic SAVE ML (U13777237) on Thursday, 9th April 2009
No, Ruth recovered form a very virulent form of the disease.
I just find it odd that nobody else have ever had it, when it is so common.
>Has there been any character in The Archers who died of any type of cancer<
Didn't Siobhan die from skin cancer?
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Posted by Mad.Curious.Cat (U12816826) on Thursday, 9th April 2009
Oh DUH. Of course she did. How stupid of me. Sorry. And I have the Ambridge Affairs CD about the Brian-Siobhan affair, and I listened to it several times, so I don't know how I managed to forget that.
I think I'll take my brain cell and try polishing it now.
Indeed Melanoma is now the biggest killer of women in their thirties.
Odd, yes, Sixties R, but, I must say, I prefer it that way. I'm seeing too much of this in RL, and I fall into TA with relief, as an escape. I'm not sure I'd keep listening if became a regular feature. Jack's dementia, Betty's heart attack and Greg's and Pat's depression were hard-going. Sorry to be an escapist wimp!
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:14 GMT, in reply to Elnora Cornstalk in message 7
Greg's and Pat's depression were hard-going.Â
As was Moike's.
what about prostate cancer among men in ambridge? what's the percentage of men that will, statistically, suffer from this problem?
in the interests of gender balance (wot? in the archers? yer 'aving a larf inchya? Ed.) urely there ought to be some sort of storyline onvolving this killer.
or is it (TA) just an extension of wimmin's hour?
I can imagine a brilliant storyline involving Sid's aversion to getting his prostate checked, and subsequent banning of medical professionals from the Buill
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:40 GMT, in reply to The_Letty in message 10
Sid's aversion to getting his prostate checkedÂ
Kenton's tattoo fad gone wild?
The then vicar of Ambridge, the Rev. Mr. Latimer died of cancer in the early 1970s. He's buried in the churchyard at St. Stephen's. The actor went on to play someone else, but I can't remember who off hand.
Arnold Peters played
David Latimer
Len Thomas
and now - Jack Woolley
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Posted by _ShropshireLad_ (U10844552) on Tuesday, 14th April 2009
Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:46 GMT, in reply to wlp in message 9
what's the percentage of men that will, statistically, suffer from this problem?Â
There is a school of thought that *all* men would eventually suffer from this condition if they didn't die of other things first. It's certainly increasing as fewer men die of lung cancer and heart disease.
It would certainly be very surprising if none of the older men in Ambridge had some sort of enlarged prostate at the very least, maybe such conditions don't make for very pleasant meal-time listening.
can't be that much worse than the open mouthed loud mastication and talking that we are served up with on a very regular basis
I have a feeling that a "silent" died from lung cancer,possibly Nigel's dad.
who could become close buddies because of this. Â
Sorry, can't resist. Would they become *bosom* buddies?
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Posted by Sixties Relic SAVE ML (U13777237) on Friday, 17th April 2009
Odd, yes, Sixties R, but, I must say, I prefer it that way. I'm seeing too much of this in RL, and I fall into TA with relief, as an escape. I'm not sure I'd keep listening if became a regular feature. Jack's dementia, Betty's heart attack and Greg's and Pat's depression were hard-going. Sorry to be an escapist wimp! Â
Hmm... silly me. I think you are right. Too much realism would not be fun. Let's face it , there is not much else in TA that comes across as realistic is there?
Are there really 18-20 speaking middle-aged/elderly female characters in TA? If not, having two of them simultaneously diagnosed with breast cancer would seem rather contrived (it would of course be perfectly possible in RL, but we are talking about fiction here).
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Posted by _ShropshireLad_ (U10844552) on Friday, 17th April 2009
Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:47 GMT, in reply to Sukebind in message 19
Well 18 - 20 middle-aged to elderly men without any prostate problems at all would be bluddy miraculous.
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Posted by rosietonthemove (U2260932) on Saturday, 18th April 2009
<-t CzarCosy in message 12
The current vicar of Ambridge (and vicar of Edgely, and Darrington, and Penny Hasset, though you'd never think it) had a first wife who died of breast cancer in 1995. not in Ambridge, though.
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Posted by Sixties Relic SAVE ML (U13777237) on Saturday, 18th April 2009
Wow, Rosie, what a memory!
I think it wold be deeply ironic if Brian developed a prostate problem....
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Posted by Mircalla Karnstein (U2224491) on Sunday, 19th April 2009
It would be highly likely, given his age----but I don't want to hear Brian's prostate on air, thanks Sws!
On the other hand, maybe Brian could bond with Mr Pullen....
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Posted by antiquelemonsqueezer (U5585422) on Sunday, 19th April 2009
'Are there really 18-20 speaking female middle-aged/elderly characters in TA?' Well there are 15 speaking females over 45 in the Characters info on this website, and it's not exhaustive (eg no Annabel as has been pointed out)
>I have a feeling that a "silent" died from lung cancer,possibly Nigel's dad.
That's correct. And, as we heard tonight, Mildred has just died of cancer.
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:01 GMT, in reply to Keri Davies - Host in message 25
Thanks a bunch, Mister K.; I hadn't heard the episode yet. Could you please keep your spoilers to TBU in future? I thought I was safe if I avoided DTA.
To be fair to Mr K, I can't see that something can possibly be described as a spoiler when it has already been broadcast.
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:56 GMT, in reply to dickie in message 27
True, sorry. I had a few drinks last night at a friend's birthday party and the first thread I looked at when I got in told me the content of the episode before I'd had a chance to listen to it. I guess I just overreacted a little.
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