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Re: Ask HN: I Have Cancer. What Should I Do?

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Post by flying_monkey80 »

farresito wrote: post #118
flying_monkey80 wrote: post #114

Don't worry. There is a cure. This might sound awkward at first. But you can completely cure yourself of cancer(and any other ailments), by drinking your urine. Urine therapy is an age old practice dating back thousands of years. Note: I am a urine therapy practitioner, and have had wonderful results. My wife was cured of Thyroid in just 2 months. Several friends and family have benefited as well. So, am spreading th…

Is it very safe to drink your urine? As far as I know, urine contains toxic chemicals excreted by your body. If I had to give him advice, it would be to change his diet and try to eat as much vegetables as possible while at the same time reducing protein and carb intake.

Urine is safe to drink. Contrary to popular belief, urine contains antibodies which heal any health issues.

Don't take my word - just google it.

Re: Ask HN: I Have Cancer. What Should I Do?

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Post by flying_monkey80 »

kika wrote: post #124
flying_monkey80 wrote: post #114

Don't worry. There is a cure. This might sound awkward at first. But you can completely cure yourself of cancer(and any other ailments), by drinking your urine. Urine therapy is an age old practice dating back thousands of years. Note: I am a urine therapy practitioner, and have had wonderful results. My wife was cured of Thyroid in just 2 months. Several friends and family have benefited as well. So, am spreading th…

Oh, I thought I'd never encounter this on HN. But since I did, here's the story: Somewhere in late 80s my mother started to have pain in the abdomen. She went here, then there, then she finally did something like CAT scan or whatever, I don't remember, I just remember is was difficult to get this scan because there was just so few such devices in my home country (friendly advice for those who dream about state-provid…

To quote you - "You can probably figure out from this rant what do I think about you and your religion. Drink this stuff alone."

I have only one thing to say. Comrade - you are ignorant and come across as a racist. Not that i give a shit.

Re: Ask HN: I Have Cancer. What Should I Do?

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Post by rev_bird »

flying_monkey80 wrote: post #162
kika wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, I thought I'd never encounter this on HN. But since I did, here's the story: Somewhere in late 80s my mother started to have pain in the abdomen. She went here, then there, then she finally did something like CAT scan or whatever, I don't remember, I just remember is was difficult to get this scan because there was just so few such devices in my home country (friendly advice for those who dream about state-provid…

To quote you - "You can probably figure out from this rant what do I think about you and your religion. Drink this stuff alone." I have only one thing to say. Comrade - you are ignorant and come across as a racist. Not that i give a shit.

I have no idea what the original post said, because it appears to have been too godawful to even stay in the thread, but I saw nothing in kika's that sounded like racism. Just seems like the commenter is opposed to whatever groups are pushing the treatment he says killed his mom -- hard to fault somebody for that.

Re: Ask HN: I Have Cancer. What Should I Do?

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Post by rev_bird »

flying_monkey80 wrote: post #161
farresito wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it very safe to drink your urine? As far as I know, urine contains toxic chemicals excreted by your body. If I had to give him advice, it would be to change his diet and try to eat as much vegetables as possible while at the same time reducing protein and carb intake.

Urine is safe to drink. Contrary to popular belief, urine contains antibodies which heal any health issues. Don't take my word - just google it.

Hm... it appears that this claim is contrary to most beliefs, by people who have jobs involving them knowing things like this.

Re: Ask HN: I Have Cancer. What Should I Do?

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Post by rmanalan »

First, use your first instinct: SURVIVAL. Do what you must to get the best insurance you can -- if that's cobra, do that (it's more expensive than a regular ppo/hmo plan as a regular employee, but also usually better). Also, doesn't Obamacare now allow you to be under your parent's plan up to 26yo? If you're getting married soon, then get on your spouses plan if it can cover your treatments -- don't be concerned with raising premiums for the startup... this is what insurance is for.

Figure this out pronto. This is your top priority! Have someone help you!!

My wife was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer back in 2006. I worked for Oracle at the time via the acquisition of PeopleSoft. I never wanted to stay at Oracle, but I ended up staying for 6+ years just so I can stay on Oracle's United Healthcare PPO which was the best. It covered almost everything including getting multiple opinions to crazy expensive clinical trials. I finally left Oracle in 2011 and moved over to Atlassian only once I knew for sure that switching insurance plans would not affect my wife's care, but even then, I still bought Cobra for the first month into my new job just in case.

I know it sounds unheard of for many people here on HN to stay at a job you don't like just so you can keep you and your loved ones healthy and alive, but when it comes down to it, surviving is top priority.

Re: Ask HN: I Have Cancer. What Should I Do?

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Post by jklein11 »

digitalzombie wrote: post #115
x0x0 wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(7) Thank Obama and vote for Democrats. They are the sole reason small group health insurance isn't medically underwritten and you aren't a financial disaster for your employer. Plus, in case anything happens with the new job, you can always get obamacare, even mid year because of a change in job status, with guaranteed issue, and it may well be much cheaper than cobra. Best of luck with treatment. ps -- my father we…

> Plus, in case anything happens with the new job, you can always get obamacare, even mid year because of a change in job status, This happened to me and I got into obamacare mid year. It was pretty awesome.

Can you explain what you mean by "got into obamacare?"

Re: Ask HN: I Have Cancer. What Should I Do?

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Post by farresito »

flying_monkey80 wrote: post #161
farresito wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it very safe to drink your urine? As far as I know, urine contains toxic chemicals excreted by your body. If I had to give him advice, it would be to change his diet and try to eat as much vegetables as possible while at the same time reducing protein and carb intake.

Urine is safe to drink. Contrary to popular belief, urine contains antibodies which heal any health issues. Don't take my word - just google it.

After reading some articles on the Internet, I'm not too convinced about it, especially about the toxic metals. People that suffer cancer generally have higher than normal toxic waste (I guess both because cancer produces toxics as a by-product and because cancer generally appears in people that do not eat very healthy or live in contaminated places).

Re: Ask HN: I Have Cancer. What Should I Do?

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Post by sarciszewski »

tptacek wrote: post #3

First, that sucks, and I'm sorry. Second: if what you're facing is lymphoma (not unlikely given what you've said), you've probably already been told this, but: lots of good outcomes, especially for younger patients. I've known multiple people that faced it (more than one of them older), and all of them beat it. Third: what you really want to know: do nothing differently . Retain your new job. You're fortunate in that…

I don't know if you'll ever read this comment, Thomas, but that was probably one of the most positive examples of condensed wisdom I've ever seen you write.

Re: Ask HN: I Have Cancer. What Should I Do?

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Post by mcv »

jjawssd wrote: post #149
ot wrote: post #42

The fact that this thread exists makes me want to move back to Europe. It's really hard, for someone who grew up with state-provided healthcare, to understand how dealing with an illness involves decisions about employment. To the OP: the system is deeply unfair, and you shouldn't feel bad for obtaining what in the rest of the civilized world is an unalienable right.

Doctors in the Netherlands WILL NOT treat you unless you come in kicking and screaming whereas in the capital of Poland you will die in the waiting room waiting 12 hours to be seen by the ONE ER doctor on staff. You WILL DIE waiting for an ambulance because there are so few available and the onboard crew doesn't have any real sense of urgency. There are not even enough seats in the emergency hall for incoming patient…

Dutch healthcare is definitely not free. In fact, I believe it's the most expensive in Europe, costing more than half of what US healthcare costs. And that's probably because much of it is privatized or semi-privatized.

There has been a problem with excessive waiting lists in the past, but ERs and general doctors have always been totally accessible.

Of course there are always budget issues, but at least they don't drive anyone into bankruptcy here.

> Stay in America and pay the price or go to Europe and die.

Despite their high cost of healthcare, life expectancy in the US is actually lower than in western Europe.

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