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Re: What Dreams May Come

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Wait, if my familly wants to bring me to some woods and burn me in a fire, can't they just do it?

Laws on disposal of bodies tend to be fairly strongly-worded for reasons rational and otherwise. I'd check before making such an assumption.

I see. Anyway, you don't always have to check laws to do stuff.

Re: What Dreams May Come

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Wait, if my familly wants to bring me to some woods and burn me in a fire, can't they just do it?

You need a better fire than that if you want to properly cremate someone instead of making some barbecue.

The goal is not to properly cremate the body, just to kind of get rid of it.

Re: What Dreams May Come

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post #391

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Laws on disposal of bodies tend to be fairly strongly-worded for reasons rational and otherwise. I'd check before making such an assumption.

I see. Anyway, you don't always have to check laws to do stuff.

True. However, if the authorities find out you didn't involve them in dealing with a dead body, they may start with the assumption you didn't want them involved for worse reasons than just saving money.

Re: What Dreams May Come

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Jonathan good luck man I have stage 4 Melanoma with tumors throughout as well, been on b RAF for a few months and getting in to til ( I hope) end of month. If you ever need someone to talk life or death with please reach out. Jordan jordangurnzz@gmail.com chemoblog.WordPress.com

Re: What Dreams May Come

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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…

You are missing a bitcoin donation address. I suggest fixing that.

If this was a Wikipedia fundraising campaign, this would be true. But this guy is dying of cancer. He needs cash. Sell your bitcoin and give him cash if that's what you want.

Re: What Dreams May Come

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What are the medical costs for someone with terminal cancer in the USA? From the limited sample size I've gathered with sadness thus far: For serious cancer, terminal or not, the system seems designed for the cost to be "everything you have" whatever that happens to be.

For serious cancer, terminal or not, the system seems designed for the cost to be "everything you have" whatever that happens to be. For some people this may be true. My mother died of breast cancer at 59 and it really didn't cost her anything thanks to the fact she had health insurance through my father's work. My parents were probably lower-middle-class but the fact that my dad worked the same job for 39 years and…

I think the 100% unlimited coverage health insurance plans have slowly disappeared. The OP says he has 80% coverage, which costs him personally $10K per month so far this year.

Re: What Dreams May Come

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>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.

Surely at some point it makes sense to cut your losses and redirect funding to research on other diseases. It's just an ROI calculation.

Only if there is nothing coming out of this research. Many things are often discovered when looking for something else.

Re: What Dreams May Come

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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…

Hey Jonathan, just donated.

Have you or your doctors discussed the possibility of getting you on Yervoy (AKA Ipilimumab)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipilimumab)? It's an immunotherapy drug indicated for the treatment of late-stage, metastic melanoma.

I'm not a doctor, so I don't know if Yervoy could help you or not, but I figured I'd mention it just in case.

Re: What Dreams May Come

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Cancer is devastating and heartbreaking. I lost my brother at age 24, felt agony of cancer patient. Don't know why we can't cure cancer?

Read up "Emperor of All Maladies".

I read it, but I'm hooping that we will find a cure. It took 100 years to find a cause of scurvy.
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