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Chuck Harris
- Jan 1, 1970
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Michael A. Terrell wrote:
here with my dad.)
Michael's post reminds me of a couple of other things:
1) if your son gets into a remission stage, do not just sit and wait
out the time. He must continue with aggressive treatments! If my dad
had done this, he would have boosted his odds of survival considerably.
Just because the cancer isn't being expressed anywhere, and the tumors aren't
visible doesn't mean the little buggers are dead! It only takes a *single*
fetal cell of the right type to start the whole process over again.
There are at least two types of fetal cells. One is simply a tumer builder,
it grows without bounds, and begs the body for blood supply. The other is
a colonizing cell. It prepares a site for colonization. These are the
really dangerous fellas. It is also the area where the vaccines are showing
the most promise.
2) pain killers: pain killers are generally given on a self dosage system.
the patient decides how much, and how often. A cancer sufferer can handle
a dosage of morphine that would kill a normal person. It is like the stuff
gets actually metabolized by the pain. You have far greater worries than
addiction, and stuff like that.
3) the chemo is a tremendous pain reliever. Within minutes of the start
of a dose, the pain melts off. When the chemo is suspended for a couple
weeks, the pain starts to ramp back up.
-Chuck
here with my dad.)
My mother had uterine cancer over 10 years earlier. After a year of
radiation and chemotherapy treatments for the colon cancer she went into
remission for 11 months. Then it came back with a vengeance. It
quickly spread to her circulatory system, and then to her brain. She was
dead a couple weeks after it became active, again. I don't wish her
suffering on anyone. They didn't give her enough pain killers, even
though they knew that she was dying.
Michael's post reminds me of a couple of other things:
1) if your son gets into a remission stage, do not just sit and wait
out the time. He must continue with aggressive treatments! If my dad
had done this, he would have boosted his odds of survival considerably.
Just because the cancer isn't being expressed anywhere, and the tumors aren't
visible doesn't mean the little buggers are dead! It only takes a *single*
fetal cell of the right type to start the whole process over again.
There are at least two types of fetal cells. One is simply a tumer builder,
it grows without bounds, and begs the body for blood supply. The other is
a colonizing cell. It prepares a site for colonization. These are the
really dangerous fellas. It is also the area where the vaccines are showing
the most promise.
2) pain killers: pain killers are generally given on a self dosage system.
the patient decides how much, and how often. A cancer sufferer can handle
a dosage of morphine that would kill a normal person. It is like the stuff
gets actually metabolized by the pain. You have far greater worries than
addiction, and stuff like that.
3) the chemo is a tremendous pain reliever. Within minutes of the start
of a dose, the pain melts off. When the chemo is suspended for a couple
weeks, the pain starts to ramp back up.
-Chuck