Farrah's Story

[Moz]

Farrah, along with Fleetwood Mac, are the epitome of the late 70s. I'm watching it right now, and it just breaks my heart.

[GODDESS6]

i missed it, does anyone know when it will re-air?~

[gldstwmn]

I watched it last night. I thought it was very well done. That laser treatment she underwent in Germany was barbaric. It amazes me that with all the research this is the best we can do?
Also I've had several members of my immediate family die of cancer. Like Farrah, they went through periods where they actually improved, saw hope and then had a recurrence. I guess what I took away from it is that you have to cherish that time of hope.
I of course thought of Stevie and her friend Robin when I saw City of Hope.
I don't think Farrah is long for this world. I hope for her and her family that some miracle occurs. The situation with her son is tragic. Her father seems like a wonderful man.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I watched it last night. I thought it was very well done. That laser treatment she underwent in Germany was barbaric. It amazes me that with all the research this is the best we can do?
.

I know a little bit about this so I feel I can comment -
Picture a bunch of highly-skilled engineers making a
really powerful, incredibly heavy, strong Mack truck -
whose purpose is to get into a head-on collision with
an equally powerful Mack truck going the other
direction at the same speed (or faster). There's no
question, i.m.o., of "why didn't they make a stronger
truck!?" The truck is as powerful as it's possible for it
to be - the problem is the strength and power of the
other truck. They're doing the best they can and doing
as much as is possible, until nan0therapy and gene therapy
get started - and that's so complicated that no one can help
the fact that it takes a long time to research it.
Just some thoughts, that's all. More money and more
people working in the field is always a good thing, of course.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by GODDESS6

i missed it, does anyone know when it will re-air?~

You can watch it on youtube

[bikerchic]

God bless her 91 year old dad. He's already lost a daughter to cancer. She was also 62 years old. The part at the end with Farrah's son, shackled, lying beside her on the bed, saying "mommy it's me", just broke my heart.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by bikerchic

God bless her 91 year old dad. He's already lost a daughter to cancer. She was also 62 years old. The part at the end with Farrah's son, shackled, lying beside her on the bed, saying "mommy it's me", just broke my heart.

Yes.. that was heartbreaking

[kak125]

I taped this so I have to watch it but a caught a few minutes of it so far and it was very sad. I think she is such a strong, brave woman for documenting everything she has gone through. I really hope somehow she makes it but from what Ryan O'Neill has said this week on the today show it doesnt seem like she has much time left. So sad.

[BombaySapphire3]

Indeed ..I'm really surprised she is still alive .I can only chalk it up to her indominable will to survive ..Seeing as her sister died at the same age she is now of cancer I think she must have been dealt a bad set of genetics for that disease.

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

You can watch it on youtube

thanx pip, i was finally able to catch a rerun of it on oxygen~ my thoughts:

i am heartbroken~ i can't believe her strength to live~ it is inspiring & amazing~ & we all should have heart like that~ i cried thru so much of it, but the worse part for me, where i actually gasped out loud was when she took her hat off & showed her bald head~ the DR was right, farrah probably has the most famous hair ever & seeing her little bald head was almost more than i could take~ those laser liver treatments, wowzer~

the end too when they showed her son coming to see her in his jail clothes & leg shackles, where he laid on the bed w/ her, tore me up~

her & ryan's undying love for ea other was neat to see & i am so glad the other angels were there for farrah~

the stage she seems to be in now, is exactly where my father-in-law was before he finally crossed over~ bless her brave, brave heart~
i just love farrah~

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by GODDESS6

the stage she seems to be in now, is exactly where my father-in-law was before he finally crossed over~ bless her brave, brave heart~
i just love farrah~

I do wonder though whether she was just having a particularly bad day (when Redmond visited her in bed), or whether she is indeed barely with us. I do get the impression that her narrative (in which she sounds very strong, lucid and defiant) was recorded quite recently, especially since she talks about everything in the past-tense and even mentions that she had survived 2.5 years after diagnosis (which would place the timing of the recording at approximately April 2009). I don't want to sound like a total cynic, but Ryan ONeal's press junket behind this special seemed more than a bit "off" to me. He's not a good actor to start with, and he was so obviously chewing scenery in the most hackneyed way. I mean, if she was really, really that gravely ill, wouldn't you think his priority #1 would be to keep vigil by her bedside 24/7? And being such a personal/private tragedy, I found it distasteful that he would be so willing to pimp Farrah out on worldwide deathwatch- that kind of sensational media coverage is morbid and tacky to the nth power, especially since she has been fighting so hard to keep her disease out of the tabloids. And if Farrah is really as out-of-it as Ryan says she is, wouldn't it have made more sense to air the documentary posthumously (with a full story arc, no less)?

In any case, I hope I am right, and I hope that Farrah's condition was exaggerated for the sake of getting ratings; NBC needs a hit like a crackhead needs a hit. It would be great to see Part II of this documentary in which Farrah beats her cancer like a red-headed stepchild!

[BTFLCHLD]

HejiraNYC - do you truly believe that her condition has been exaggerated for ratings? I find that ludicrous.

It is my understanding she weighs 80lbs wet and is bedridden; and has been so since april.

here is some recent info regarding the fight for rights to the documentary:
us magazine

as well as Farrah's reaction to watching the documentary:
us magazine


I have no doubt as to her true intentions in publicizing her fight for life. She is obviously of sound mind. I trust she would rather share something else, anything else with the world than the harsh reality of her cancer. In doing so, she has obviously provided inspiration to those also suffering; as evidenced in the recital of some of her fanmail. She, her family and friends, are to be commended for their bravery in revealing as much of themselves and for those that rip/cast judgement upon her choices can 'suck off '! IMO

I wish for her comfort and peace.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

HejiraNYC - do you truly believe that her condition has been exaggerated for ratings? I find that ludicrous.

It is my understanding she weighs 80lbs wet and is bedridden; and has been so since april.

here is some recent info regarding the fight for rights to the documentary:
us magazine

as well as Farrah's reaction to watching the documentary:
us magazine


I have no doubt as to her true intentions in publicizing her fight for life. She is obviously of sound mind. I trust she would rather share something else, anything else with the world than the harsh reality of her cancer. In doing so, she has obviously provided inspiration to those also suffering; as evidenced in the recital of some of her fanmail. She, her family and friends, are to be commended for their bravery in revealing as much of themselves and for those that rip/cast judgement upon her choices can 'suck off '! IMO

I wish for her comfort and peace.

I have no reason to believe that Farrah is not coming from anywhere but the most sincere of places. It took incredible bravery for someone who became famous for her incredible beauty, to bare her bald head for the camera. But you have to admit that Ryan's crying to the press was pretty tacky. The documentary pretty much speaks for itself- it was really tacky and unnecessary for him to proclaim her at death's door repeatedly. I just know that if I was in a situation where a life partner is about to pass on, I would not be wasting time talking shop with Katie Couric.

Look, I'm not sure what to believe when it comes to her condition, but there is a side of me that hopes that Farrah is still in a state of mind to fight. I hope she drew inspiration from her own documentary.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

HejiraNYC - do you truly believe that her condition has been exaggerated for ratings? I find that ludicrous.

It is my understanding she weighs 80lbs wet and is bedridden; and has been so since april.

here is some recent info regarding the fight for rights to the documentary:
us magazine

as well as Farrah's reaction to watching the documentary:
us magazine


I have no doubt as to her true intentions in publicizing her fight for life. She is obviously of sound mind. I trust she would rather share something else, anything else with the world than the harsh reality of her cancer. In doing so, she has obviously provided inspiration to those also suffering; as evidenced in the recital of some of her fanmail. She, her family and friends, are to be commended for their bravery in revealing as much of themselves and for those that rip/cast judgement upon her choices can 'suck off '! IMO

I wish for her comfort and peace.

Something else I'd like to point out, is that the symptoms of anal cancer are easily mistaken for simple hemorrhoids. (They're very easy to find doing a Google search - just search for "Farrah Fawcett" And "Symptoms.) It's my belief that that's what happened to her - she fell into the trap of thinking it was nothing serious, and delayed until it was much worse and possibly too late. She's hoping to use her
"Celebrity Status" to prevent that from happening to other people. God only knows how many lives she may save that way. I totally respect her for what she did, but I would like to think that it just shows that she's a human being - "Save thousands of lives, or NOT save thousands of lives" - that's a no-brainer.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by GODDESS6

i missed it, does anyone know when it will re-air?~

I think maybe there's segments on Youtube; and I have a sneaky feeling the
entire thing is eventually going to end up there.