Cancer Survivors

Hi RAZD,As you know I'm fairly new to this forum and just found this thread when you reference 'seeking' in the 'Great Debate' thread to this thread.You're one badass dude. I had a friend pass away 2 years ago last Dec. 12th, from cancer. I wish you well in your future with this condition. Some are lucky as you were, sadly some are not, but you are inspiration and seeing your pics from the hospital made me choke up, I saw him in your pics.Good luck, and thanks for all of your contributions to this site.- Oni

tusko,can you use [thumb=300] ... [/thumb=300] to reduce the size of the picture(admin - same for Message 106 and Message 108Thanks.

Thanks, onifre,I've just passed my 18 month checkup since the transplant, and I've been given a clean bill at this point. The probability of recurrence drops exponentially, so things look pretty good. I look forward to getting in my kayak this summer and cycling to work, and more. No looking back.But the doctor says I will be "cured" when I die of something else.Enjoy.

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WOOHOO! Keep it up!!

Sure thing - I'll have a go...

That's great news. I was wondering how you were doing the other day (where "the other day"= some time in the past quarter of a year.)Peace, out.

I may use that one.

Hi RAZD. This is great news! I've been wondering too and prayed for you from time to time.If I recall you're not into holistic much but if you avoid the good ole American diet and adjust your body cravings to the raw vegies, nuts, organics and some high quality vitamin and mineral supplements like fish oil, CoQ10, magnesium, vit C, probiotics, beta glucans, parsley, cilantro, raw carrot juice etc, etc, you can build your immune system up and do fine on the long haul. There loads of info on the www about all the new tech on holistic.The exercise sounds good too. I wish you and yours well.

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Hell yeah! This is good news to me as well. I like your style on these excellent pages. I'm glad that you will be here then alot longer kicking ass and taking names (i.e. educating the ill informed).You've indicated that your father was a professor I wanted to know to what extent his profession has "rubbed off on" you. Are you a formal teacher somewhere? I've learned alot from your posts for sure, thanks for that and more too, as I'll be asking you stuff in future. All the best to you RAZD.

For those that have been following my battle with cancer, it's been pretty good for the last two years since the transplant, and I felt like I was finally climbing out of the valley to reach the peaks of life once again. Unfortunately the chasm posited by Phage0070 in Message 116 has once again opened under my feet, and I have plunged down once more into the depths of chemo-therapy. The next session is 26OCT09, as I see no point in putting it off even though the lymph nodes are small now, and it is early in stage one development now (I was 2.5 to 3 out of 3 when originally diagnosed).Those who are interested will note that I chose to add the sprinkles of frequent medical examinations to monitor these developments, and to add medical treatment to control the growth of the cancer, rather than sitting back and assuming that "the model works" on how life should be lived.I will be making my summary on Pseudoskepticism and logic, but my time is limited at this point and I want to treat it in depth. Something to look forward to eh?My personal opinion is that this kind of cancer (non-Hodgkins lymphoma) is one that could benefit from stem cell research, as one of the best options is to kill your entire immune system (it's the white blood cells that are cancerous and multiply uncontrolled throughout your body, rather than a tumor in a specific location) and then replace it with a new one. With stem cells that then identify themselves with my body I don't have to worry about rejection where a transplanted immune system would reject my body (the ultimate pink slip).Curiously, I still feel better than I have for the last several years, but I expect this to change with the start of treatment.Thanks for your support, and the odd toast or two in the EvC Pub (alas poor robinrohan, we miss you) is always welcome.For all, take life as it comes, embrace it, and above allenjoyps -- those who want to help, even just a little see
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B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for June 06, 2007 - GoComicsEdited by RAZD, : added BC commic link

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I am made very unhappy with the not so good news RAZD. As others will, I hope you get it this time.

My heartfelt best wishes go out to you RAZD. It sounds like you're doing the right thing, catching it as early as possible. Keep on fighting it and keep your chin up! Mutate and SurvivePS - Anyone who wants to help that fight should definitely click the linky and join TeamEvC!EvC Forum: HIV research - from wester to easter ... ?

Best wishes, RAZD.Stay strong.

Everyone is pulling for you, big guy. Keep fighting the good fight.

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"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." --John Adams

Cancer - The equal opportunity disease. I could talk for hours on the subject. I agree that stem cell research should be done to help rid humanity of such diseases.enough rambling, all I can say is good luck. I hope you come through it with "Flying Colors."Edited by bluescat48, : part of post went Kaput

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008