TO: All colon cancer researchers, doctors, and patients.

I am a 35-year-old electrical engineer investigating the biomechanical
effects of shoes on degenerative diseases.  Each year I post about this
admittedly unusual connection, but thus far nobody has taken it
seriously.

Colorectal cancer is just one example of diseases that are related to
the use of footwear.  With the many germs and carcinogens handled
inside the colon, it is important that the colon be voided completely.
But wearing shoes results in a sagging abdomen and large intestine,
leading to circulatory disturbances, pressure on the rectum, and
trouble emptying the colon, or constipation.  With chronic incomplete
voiding, the possibility exists for germs or carcinogens to remain
behind and accumulate over time, irritating the tissue of the colon.

Chiropodist Dr. Simon J. Wikler pioneered efforts to understand the
influences of shoes in the 1950's, but his work was neglected during
the subsequent drug- and diet-based approaches to medicine.  However,
the prolific footwear historian and podiatrist Dr. William A. Rossi
clearly demonstrated throughout his publications that shoes influence
the posture of the human body.  Therefore, using the posture-based
approaches to medicine of the distinguished orthopedist Dr. Joel E.
Goldthwait, I have expanded Dr. Wikler's insightful work to include a
variety of illnesses and conditions whose causes remain unknown.  You
may find my thesis regarding shoes and disease on the Internet at:

http://www.shoebusters.com

My outlined treatment involves removing the cause, but resorting to
wide-toed, soft-soled moccasins; regularly applying a contrast bath, or
more descriptively, an alternate cold-hot footbath, to maintain
flexibility in the feet; rehabilitation of the abdominal muscles, via
forced exhalation, to balance the feet; and getting plenty of rest.

Thank you very much for considering my novel approach.

James Semmel
Albuquerque, NM