So Daniel advised Lucas things dont look good....is Kate going to die?? Maybe she is the vet to go?? I hope they play this story out well, and she has some remorseful feeling for the things she does to her kids. I do not recall DOOL having a main character actually die from being ill.??

When I first saw this topic title my immediate thought was and is, "I hate Kate." I don't even like watching her.

Is she going to be the vet that dies? I should be so lucky. But I'm not so I don't think so. What irks me is Kate gets more screen time than any of the other vets, my more favorite vets like Kayla and Anna.

If they DO decide to go with this whole lung cancer story, I do hope they do it with style and drama. My father died of lung cancer so it won't be easy for me to watch them botch this all up, if they do. I'd like to see drama from the characters. I want to see Kate feel remorseful for all the crap she's pulled. I think Lauren's a great actress sadly stuck playing a horrible character.

But I don't think anything will happen to Kate.

Lauren isn't going anywhere. The only "thing" that Kate is guilty of is putting her children first. She only wants what is best for them. Of course she has done her fair share of meddling into her children's lives, but she did it because she loves them.

This is Kate's first story since 2005. She has earned and deserves the airtime!

Kate gets more airtime than any of the other vets?? Excuse me, but are we watching the same show, here?? This is the first time in a LONG time that Kate has been involved in a storyline that is about HER. I wouldn't call being on one to two times a week a lot of air time either.

As far as I am concerned, the writers have written Kate's cancer storyline with style and drama. I was so moved by Lauren's performance the other day that I cried my eyes out. Kate has done her fair share of bad things, but she is no more guilty than some of the other characters on this show. Look at all of the crap that Sami, EJ, Nicole, Stefano, and Chelsea have pulled. Why are they so easily forgiven, while Kate gets raked over the coals? Kate has more than paid the price for her interference in Lucas' life. He not only threw cake in her face, but he changed his name from Roberts to Horton. Talk about a slap in the face! And Kate was spot on about how Sami would end up hurting him, because it came back and bit him in the butt.

Lauren/Kate are the only reason I am still watching this show. If people want to be ticked off about the lack of airtime for their favorite characters, then they should be be mad at characters like Melanie, who are shoved down our throats 24/7. Kate has been in Salem for a long time, and she deserves to have a storyline just as much as any of these other useless characters do.

I lost my dad from colon cancer at the age of 46. He has been gone for almost 23 years now, but the pain of losing him will never go away. Kate's storyline is really hitting me hard, but I know that Kate is a fighter, and she will beat this nasty beast called cancer. She is a survivor.

PS-So sorry about your dad. ~

I know this is somewhat off topic, but I am really sorry about both of your dads. My dad also died from lung cancer at the age of 47 about 2 years ago when I was 16 weeks pregnant with my first child. This is also a hard subject for me to watch. I am with you all when you say that if they are going to do this, they better do it with dignity and not the usual "Days crap" that they have been pulling lately.

No,Kate doesn't get more airtime compared to other vets like Bo,Hope,Lucas,and Samantha.

Yeah,if Lauren was going anywhere you and a few other ladies would be the first Days fans to know,even before the mags.

I have always enjoyed Kate and think she is absolutely beautiful. I hope she pulls
through, I would hate to see her go, especially with the likes of Melanie still on the
screen. I've enjoyed her meddling and love seeing a woman on this show with
strength and not being dependent on a man.

"...she did it because she loves them." LOL -- so many things have been done in the name of love, wars have been started, people have been killed. I am not making fun of you, honestly. Your opinion is legitimate. It's just that when I read those words, the first thing that came to mind was Marie, from Everybody Loves Raymond. The meddling she did was horrendous and yet, everytime she was confronted she said she did it "...because I love you."
Ohhh, it's going to be a long morning....

Daniel married his wife while she was ill, I think. So, I can see very easily that he will stay with Kate, perhaps even marry her. (Happened with Doug, falling in love with much older Aggie and producing Hope, although illness had nothing to do with it). Since Kate had chemotherapy, and because of her age, I don't think they will produce a child. However, if they do get together, I think it will be a short-lived thing because lung cancer is very aggressive and he did mention the word "metastatic," so the cancer has already spread. Not too many people survive this disease but in TV land all is possible. Perhaps, if Kate dies, Daniel and Chelsea may get together. I am not sure I like that storyline though. I don't know...have no thoughts on preference.

She's gonna die. She has the Incurable Cough of Death.

hope so. i've never liked her and her ridiculous overblown lips and hair in her eyes. hate her clothes. hate her, period.

Not 100% sure, but I think old Tom Horton died of some illness - a stroke? Other than that, John Black's mother died from illness and a long time ago, when Marlena was married to Don Craig, their baby died of SIDS, which is not an illness in the usual sense. You are right -- not a whole lot die from illness, there's always a miracle cure for them.

I never cared for Kate a whole lot either. Loving your children is one thing but by manipulating them and everything else the way she does, she robs her children of chances to grow up, to experience and to learn. I think she "loves" them to suit her own ideas of what should be.
About the clothes, yes, some of it is really gross. (I only wish I could fit into the size that she does!). She reminds me of a woman who doesn't know her age sometimes.

I agree..my Dad died from lung cancer in Jan of this year, he was 58.Trust me it was ugly..this needs to be handled gently and right

A few months ago Lauren confirmed that she was not going anywhere but that can change. I would`nt mind if kate leaves because she is one twisted grandmother. No offense to Lauren she is a great actrist but her character drives me insane.

I have to say, I think I am going to be disgusted by this storyline (and I say that with no disrespect for Lauren Koslow and her acting abilities). I too lost my father to lung cancer last summer when I was 7 months pregnant with his first and only grandchild. As a life long smoker, he was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer that had spread to his bones. His breathing was so labored, he would get winded just lifting his hands over his head. He drove himself to the hospital on a Thursday to be checked in- his chemo was slated to begin 3 days later on Monday-and he passed away on Sunday morning. This disease ravaged him and took him away in the blink of an eye. Although his particular diagnosis was terminal, the doctors had told him that chemo would give him an extra few months- he opted for this so that he might see his grandchild, which he did not. While I believe that he was saved from a tremendous amount of pain and suffering from what the chemo would have put him through- bone cancer causes excruciating pain- it in no way takes away from the heartbreak I have had and continue to have on a daily basis. If Days pulls off some miraculous recovery story for Kate (who has also been diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer), I will be offended and deeply hurt by the insensitivity of the writers. I know this is just entertainment, but when you decide to tackle very REAL subject matter, you better do your homework and do it right. To wrap up a story like this with a pretty bow and have Kate healthy and happy and riding off into the sunset with Daniel will be distasteful, hurtful, and just plain wrong!! Metastatic lung cancer is - sadly- a terminal diagnosis, and should be treated as such if the show intends to do this storyline and those touched by lung cancer any justice at all.

wow,,this is horrible,,I am sorry for your loss.Its strange,,my Dads illness was simliar,he developed bloodclots..he called my Mom at work,and told her "I just do not feel right'and he went to the drs and they rushed him into the hosiptal...where they found a blood clot in his lung...of course blood clots are always caused by something,and when did a scan,they found a mass on his lung...I will never forget the look in his eyes,when they told him that...he was in tears...I had never seen him cry.Well he got diagnoised in Sept 07,and before they could do anything,they had to get rid of the clots,,but it was too late,,his meds were being over taken by the clots and the cancer,,we found out,right after CHristmas,that the cancer had spread to his shoulder blades,and he only got in one round of chemo,before he wound up back in ICU,with his blood platlets,very,very low.The drs called us all in,and said the clots could not be stopped,,his foot,due to the clot in his leg,,turned black,because it had no blood flow,,his left arm was three times its size,due to a clot there,and last he got another one in his lung,and the nite before he died,his neck swelled up,and was expanded in a horrific way..he developed,the "death rattle"and its was the most awful thing I ever heard,,I prayed for his peace,and for him to not suffer anymore..he died on Jan 24th..one day before my daughters 16th bday...he had been diagnoised,for 5 months.//I will be extremley pissed,if this is done in a half ass way,,it is NOT a joke

wow,,this is horrible,,I am sorry for your loss.Its strange,,my Dads illness was simliar,he developed bloodclots..he called my Mom at work,and told her "I just do not feel right'and he went to the drs and they rushed him into the hosiptal...where they found a blood clot in his lung...of course blood clots are always caused by something,and when did a scan,they found a mass on his lung...I will never forget the look in his eyes,when they told him that...he was in tears...I had never seen him cry.Well he got diagnoised in Sept 07,and before they could do anything,they had to get rid of the clots,,but it was too late,,his meds were being over taken by the clots and the cancer,,we found out,right after CHristmas,that the cancer had spread to his shoulder blades,and he only got in one round of chemo,before he wound up back in ICU,with his blood platlets,very,very low.The drs called us all in,and said the clots could not be stopped,,his foot,due to the clot in his leg,,turned black,because it had no blood flow,,his left arm was three times its size,due to a clot there,and last he got another one in his lung,and the nite before he died,his neck swelled up,and was expanded in a horrific way..he developed,the "death rattle"and its was the most awful thing I ever heard,,I prayed for his peace,and for him to not suffer anymore..he died on Jan 24th..one day before my daughters 16th bday...he had been diagnoised,for 5 months.//I will be extremley pissed,if this is done in a half ass way,,it is NOT a joke





SO sorry for you as well- there is nothing like watching a parent be sick and suffer. It's complete role reversal and probably the worst thing (aside from losing a child) that anyone could go through. I deal with my loss every day, as I'm sure you do. It will be tough to watch this storyline, even if it's really well written and accurately portrayed. But if it's written just to have a big happy ending after successful treatment, and ignoring the likely reality of this diagnosis, then Days should be ashamed of themselves.

So Days should be ashamed of themselves if Kate has a happy ending with her cancer??? I guess the doctors my mom had should also be ashamed of themselves seeing how she had a happy ending and got cured of her cancer back in 2005.

I cried my eyes out as well. Only cuz my grandmother died of cancer as well. She was only in her 60's. 2 years later she passed away,I had my son. She has never met him,and I cried my eyes,and started thinking what if.

I am so very sorry about your mom. I lost my grandmother to cancer many years ago and my mother a few years ago, although not to cancer, and it still hurts. I don't think anyone would think the doctors had anything but congratulations coming to them when they saved your mother. Don't forget, your mom had a big part in fighting this too. Doctors can do so much but a big part is up to the patient.
It is a fact, however, that some cancers are more aggressive than others. Some tend to metastasize more or faster than others. Lung cancer has, unfortunately, one of the worst cure rates. This is just a fact.
I can only assume that the writers wanted to give themselves some leeway in case they wanted to write Kate off the show. But, with the hotshot doctor Daniel, who knows. He may just be the one who can get miracles perfomed.
Again, I am sure I am speaking for everyone here, I am delighted that your mom beat this nasty cancer and is alive to be your mother.

No,but they need to represent the REAL truth..lung cancer is extremley hard to cure,and even if they could have helped my Daddy,he was only given a year,maybe two of course that did not matter..it needs to be done in a REAL capacity...and not one day,she is ill and the next,she is boinking Dr Dan..if they chose to travel this road,it needs to be done with care.All I can say,is I am glad your Mom,got cured,,it makes me feel great that,she beat the odds!!!Congrats!!!But,she is very lucky indeed

Please let me clarify an earlier post. When I stated that Days writers should be ashamed of themselves if they give Kate a happy ending in this storyline, it in no way was meant to be interpreted that anyone who has cancer will succumb to the disease. The survival rates for many other types of cancers are actually on the rise, and as always, early detection is the key. However, lung cancer- and particularly metastatic lung cancer- does NOT have a long term survival rate. This is not my opinion- it is a fact. I worked for the American Cancer Society for more than 5 years and this was a sad but true statistic that we dealt with every day. The fact that my own father fell victim to this disease only highlighted the sad reality of this form of cancer. And please also understand that there IS a difference between lung cancer and metastatic lung cancer. Lung cancer alone is incredibly difficult to beat, but metastatic lung cancer is a TERMINAL diagnosis. Ultimately it means that the cancer has already spread to other organs or parts of the body. I am thrilled for anyone who has beaten any type of cancer, but for those who questioned why I said that Days should be ashamed if they give Kate a happy ending, it is because they have written her to have a terminal illness called metastic lung cancer.

omg love this post...Marie from Everybody Loves Raymond is just hilarious XD