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Re: What Dreams May Come

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Post by jreed91 »

karmajunkie wrote: post #174
darthclue wrote: post #74

Jonathan here. Being woke up by my wife crying because the donations just aren't stopping is both heart-breaking and comforting. For those of you who haven't seen the 'Bucket List' post, here's what it says at the very top: As I try to deal with the reality that is my impending death I can't help but wonder how many things I might have been able to accomplish given just a little more time. When I was diagnosed, I had…

Jonathan, my heart truly goes out to you. Someone very close to me was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma a few months ago, so while I can barely imagine what it must feel like to face this, I do know what the medical picture looks like and the information available looks grim. I don't want to tell you about your disease, but if you haven't yet, please find a way to get evaluated at md anderson. They're in Texas, and po…

I'm glad you mentioned this. My father just recently passed away from this terrible disease. But if this was just a few years ago he would of had almost zero treatment options. So many new treatment options are coming out. Be sure to get with a specialist they are the only ones who really understand this disease. Also look into PD-1 inhibitors they are only in clinical trials but have shown a lot of promise as well. Stay strong you're not gone yet and even though it might seem like it's the end, it's not.

Re: What Dreams May Come

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Post by sdegutis »

darthclue wrote: post #113
adventured wrote: post #86

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Is there anything people can do to help further beyond donations? Anything your family needs?

Our basic needs are taken care of for now. We have a strong group of friends and family who have been by our side throughout this entire mess and provided us with indescribable support. Spiritual support of any kind is always welcome.

I don't have a lot to give. But me and my wife and our four kids pray together every day, so you can be assured when I say that we'll include you in our prayers. We'll pray that God comforts and guides you and your family through this unimaginable time, and that He reunites you with your family in the next life, with never ending happiness.

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Post by ilovecookies »

easy_rider wrote: post #48
melling wrote: post #12

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There are over 7 billion people on the planet. A day doesn't go by without a story like this. We just don't hear about most of them. Someday a person like this will simply go to his doctor, get a prescription, and go on to live a normal life. Rather than dwelling on sadness, maybe we should ask if there isn't something we can do, as a group, to make that day arrive sooner. What would it take to cure, or at least trea…

Everyone who owns a computer can start contributing its power right away. http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/mcm1/overview.do

Very interesting, maybe I can use -ex cryptocurrency rigs for something useful after all.

Re: What Dreams May Come

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Post by dllthomas »

theknown99 wrote: post #73
BasDirks wrote: post #68

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Yeah, dying from cancer sounds like a great life. You're just babbling.

35 is too young, and I really do feel for anyone in that situation. But cancer when you're over 60? That's basically just dying of old age...

It's still awful and hugely expensive and unpredictable. If you don't want anyone over 60, let's get people living healthy 'til 60 and then go all Logan's Run - it's horrifying, but only more horrifying than the current situation because we're a little bit used to the current situation. And maybe we'll find that we don't need to.

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Post by thinkpad20 »

My dad died from cancer at 36. I was 10 and had a 7-year-old brother and 11-year-old sister. I guess I can relate in some way, being on the opposite end of it. I'm sure I don't need to tell you to spend as much time as possible with your kids, because they will treasure every memory as they grow up. My heart goes out to you and I wish you and your family the best possible.

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Post by Blahah »

hueving wrote: post #188
Blahah wrote: post #103

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That's true only in the specific case of HIV in the USA - the funding in the USA for cancer vs HIV is about right for the global number of deaths from those diseases. Especially if you consider that cancer is showing no sign of being a curable problem, while HIV is. For other diseases - malaria, dengue, hepatitis, typhoid etc., not to mention malnutrition - global spending is massively disporportionate in favour of c…

>Especially if you consider that cancer is showing no sign of being a curable problem, while HIV is. "We haven't found a solution to this problem" is possibly the worst reason I've ever heard to cut back on research.

I'm not suggesting cutting back on research, but distributing the research budget effectively. We need some long-term research into cancer cures, but not at the cost of the lives of people who can be saved today or in the very near future.

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Post by robogrowth »

fasteo wrote: post #55
Blahah wrote: post #15

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Really quite a huge number of people are asking that question already. And a massively disproportionate amount of science funding goes towards cancer research. Far more people in the world die of communicable and vector-borne diseases or illness related to malnourishment. These issues get much less research attention and funding because so many people in the western world are focussed on cancer. So while my heart goe…

You are right for the wrong reason. The problem with cancer research is that we are trying to solve an unsolvable problem, wasting disproportionate amounts of money. In some sense, cancer is a symptom of a body gone havoc. Research should be targeted upstream, to really tackle the root cause. It is like trying to fix a hardware issue by patching software. Yes, you can get some results by implementing better error cor…

Youre 100% right and im not a food scientist, but i strongly feel the increase on cancer in humans can be attributed to the largely corn based diet humans are fed.. and the other terrible food items were fed by the powers that be.

Everything is made with corn or corn byproducts and its not healthy at all.. not only that were feeding it to all our animals.. its a bad bad situation how our food supply is treated, and the more we push "lab grown food" the worse its going to get.

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Post by Fomite »

hessenwolf wrote: post #96
Blahah wrote: post #15

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Really quite a huge number of people are asking that question already. And a massively disproportionate amount of science funding goes towards cancer research. Far more people in the world die of communicable and vector-borne diseases or illness related to malnourishment. These issues get much less research attention and funding because so many people in the western world are focussed on cancer. So while my heart goe…

It's the other way around, actually. HIV gets a massively disproportionate amount of funds. Cancer gets disproportionately little. Also, as we are eliminating competing risks, cancer is emerging as a huge source of death in developing economies.

NCI is one of the best funded institutes in the NIH.
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