Sad to hear Nikki McCray-Penson has passed. I think she could have done well if not here some other P5 school
Former MSU WBB Coach Nikki McCray-Penson dies at 51...
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Former MSU women's basketball coach Nikki McCray-Penson dead at 51
McCray-Penson stepped down in October 2021 as the Bulldogs' head coach to deal with "health concerns I had hoped were behind me."
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Just awful
Former Lady Vols basketball star, Mississippi State coach Nikki McCray-Penson dies at 51
Former Lady Vols basketball star and Mississippi State coach Nikki McCray-Penson has died at 51, a Rutgers spokesperson confirmed Friday.
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17 Cancer
We knew she had a really bad diagnosis when she resigned.
I don’t know if it’d have made a difference but I wish Cohen had convinced her to stick around the Athletics Department in another role if only to help with potential insurance issues.
We knew she had a really bad diagnosis when she resigned.
I don’t know if it’d have made a difference but I wish Cohen had convinced her to stick around the Athletics Department in another role if only to help with potential insurance issues.
But then there's this:
"McCray-Penson told Knox News in 2022 that her previous cancer battle wasn’t related to her resignation and said it was because of mental and personal health concerns and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was "mentally draining" for herself, her staff and her players.
Man, when you’re going through a cancer that’s going to kill you in 24 months I don’t think you hang around the office.
All the pieces of schitt who called her a quitter when she resigned and denied it was related to her cancer battle can go 17 themselves.
Is she going to tell a newspaper reporter while she’s in the midst of getting hired and in Rutgers insurance that she currently has cancer?
No, she’s not.
You’ll notice how she carefully worded her statement.
It’s not a “previous cancer battle.” She has “personal health concerns”
That makes it sound like she lied about a previous existing condition in order to gain employment and insurance
Nope. Reading is fundamental, my friend.
The article is a puff piece about a local hero. The reporter ain’t gonna follow up on what she said.
As long as NMP told the truth of her current condition to Rutgers and the insurance folks, she’s good as gold. She don’t have to be all TMI with Knoxnews.
Sadly, I've known too many people who knew they were dying of cancer. There are a couple of things I know: 1) No one reacts the same way. Some fought all the way. Some went on a bucket list trip. And I've known some who chose to go to work every day until they couldn't. 2) Almost no one, no matter how public their position, is going to discuss the fine details of their health issues beyond their family, doctor, and maybe employer. Some don't even go that far (thinking they are "protecting" their families). But no one is telling everything to the media. I've got friends right now who share a lot of their cancer fight on social media, but even they aren't sharing everything.
People can do or share whatever they want.
It’s none of my business or anyone else’s business what’s going on in their life unless they choose to let me know.
Obviously there are a few public jobs where this doesn’t apply. Even then if they wanna fight it and can handle the job without telling me their personal business, I’m ok with that.
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No need to lie about pre-existing conditions or cancer to get health insurance. I had a sibling with cancer get better coverage and rate with BCBS through the Insurance Marketplace than I have through an employer health insurance provider.
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007-the oncologist told us that there were like 60 different forms of breast cancer at the time, and that the one she had was like the second-most lethal one. She had a choice of a lumpectomy with chemo/radiation or a complete mastectomy with chemo at the time. She opted for the total mastectomy with chemo at that moment. They took her left breast along with at least a dozen lymph nodes at the time and they found nothing in the lymph nodes that were cancerous. She had reconstruction along with the surgery and, by the grace of God has had no further issues as of now-16 years later. It is my understanding that a lot of women opt to try to save the breast by opting for the chemo-radiation lumpectomy when they are diagnosed. My wife opted for the radical mastectomy at the time and I am convinced that she made the right choice. A lot of women don’t want the mastectomy in an attempt to save the breast when they are diagnosed-I am happy that my wife went with the mastectomy and the reconstruction that followed. She is still here all these years later. My prayers go out with Nikki’s family and friends at this time bevause I can empathize with what they have been going through for all these years
Very sad for her family and for what she obviously went through.
Life is a battle and then we all die. It's a joy and a struggle.
Life is a battle and then we all die. It's a joy and a struggle.
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