The Last Word on the US: 25 Years Since 9/11
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What health challenges did Cal Thomas share and why are they important for men over 50?
The last word on today FM.
Mary McCoan and Carl Thomas with us. Cal, we haven't said anything in recent months about it on air, but I have been aware that you've been getting treatment for cancer and I know you want to talk about it now. How are you?
Well, I'm I'm fine, Matt. Thank you. I spent half my summer uh thirty-eight radiation treatments for a uh prostate tumor, but fortunately they caught it early. And I wrote a column about it, and I think this is very important, especially for men. And so many men are in denial about these things. Women are much better when it comes to uh getting uh examined for breast cancer and uh another thing. So my my PSA was uh was high during a physical exam. And uh the doctor recommended I have a biopsy and he did that, and uh and it just uh showed that it it was advancing and that uh I should uh have treatment. So I had uh uh uh you know I had radiation treatment. The other option was to have the prostate removed.
But uh so the the purpose of the column was to urge men who are fifty and over during your annual physical exam, which I I hope you get anyway. Uh to make sure you get a PSA test, catch this thing early. Mine was caught early, so I'm happy to be able to say I'll be around a little longer to anno annoy you and Marion. Very good. We're delighted to have you. How did you find the tree? How did you find the treatment?
How was the treatment for you, Carl? Was it difficult? Because you did come on here every week during it.
Well, I'm a professional after all. Well it was uh it was about uh fifteen minutes in this tube and uh the the radiation is targeted. Uh very sophisticated machinery. I'm living in the Miami area now, as you know. And uh this uh Baptist Health uh hospital, Miami Cancer Institute, is one of the best in the world.
How did Cal Thomas’s prostate cancer treatment unfold and what advice did he give?
They have some of the most sophisticated machinery. And uh so you have a few side effects, which I won't go into, but there They're they're manageable. And uh uh I stopped the treatment a week and a half ago, but I still have to be on a hormone pill for uh two years because the testosterone is what feeds the tumor. And so once the tumor is gone, which apparently it is, taking the hormone pill for another two years pretty much guarantees it won't come back. But very important for men. And you know, men don't like to talk about these things and think about them. But you owe it to uh, you know, your spouse. your loved ones and yourself uh to get it checked regularly.
Indeed. Well I'm delighted that it the treatment is working out very well for you. As it happens, something else that you wrote about this week for nine eleven, twenty five years on, uh was something that I don't think I was aware of. And if I had been, I've forgotten it. But your son and the work that he did on nine eleven, which you say is something that he doesn't talk about much because of what he saw that day, not in New York, but But in his work at the Pentagon. Tell us about that.
Well, he was a firefighter uh for many years and a very good one, and he uh was assigned and went immediately to the Pentagon to uh pull out bodies. And uh I tried to get him to talk about it, but he didn't want to talk about it. I I think the horror of it was uh something that really uh uh uh r uh damaged his heart, uh not literally, but uh figuratively. And uh it was a lot of like uh people during World War Two. I mean, my father didn't want So uh it was uh I was living near the Pentagon at the time, and I could see the smoke. I went up to the roof of the house to look at it. I saw where the plane had hit, and I knew one of the people who uh who was on the plane. So uh, you know, my it was uh it was a bad time all around, a very shaky time for America.
But I do want to say one other thing, because among the images we saw that day and the meant a lot to me was the number of people, especially in Ireland, but also in other parts of Europe, going to church to pray for America and to pray for the uh victims' families. Uh we don't get much praise in America from anybody anymore, but that that meant a lot to me as an American and and my love for Ireland, of course, to see that.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What health challenges did Cal Thomas share and why are they important for men over 50?
0:00–1:46
2
How did Cal Thomas’s prostate cancer treatment unfold and what advice did he give?
1:46–4:10
3
What was Cal’s son’s experience at the Pentagon on 9/11 and how does it shape his perspective?
4:10–6:12
4
How did European, especially Irish, support after 9/11 contrast with Donald Trump’s actions?
6:12–8:20
5
What revelations emerged about air quality and asbestos exposure after the World Trade Center collapse?
8:20–10:32
6
Why is there controversy over Mandami’s participation in the 9/11 ceremony and Giuliani’s objections?
10:32–12:53
7
How is Trump’s upcoming Dallas event influencing the 2024 midterm election strategy?
12:53–15:01
8
What final thoughts do Cal Thomas and Marione McKeone share about foreign policy and America’s future?
15:01–17:07
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