Well, we're now going to learn about incontinence, defecation,
cleaning products, and adult supplies.  Twice since Friday, Rob
has had to have himself, the bed, the carpet, and so forth
cleaned.  One night, he almost made it to the bathroom on his

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By Jill Serjeant

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One in four patients still put on mixed wards

TO: All melanoma researchers, doctors, and patients.
The last few months of posts utilized studies from the 1980's to not
only reveal the precise cause of melanoma but also predict its exact
location.  In summary, it seems there is a negative feedback loop that

on march 28th i had surgery for tongue cancer. Recently i went to my ent
doctor and he said he has to biopsy another lump. the problem is my
husband s divorcing me on the 22nd. thus, il be out of health insurance.
im disabled with biolar and for some reason, they have not sent me a

The just published Cochrane review article
Mieog J, van der Hage J, van de Velde C.   
Preoperative chemotherapy for women with operable breast cancer.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Apr 18;(2):CD005002.

I have always been quite conservative in my use of vitamins, feeling that a
healthy balanced diet, aerobic and strength exercises, and modest
psycho-physical exercises (meditation, tai chi, yoga), plus a simple daily
supplement of a multi-vitamin-multi-mineral were all that was ...

Aggressive therapies in the final stages
decrease the quality of death for the elderly.
http://tinyurl.com/2yu88b
Old Bill.

It's been quite awhile since i've checked in and this morning i found
myself thinking about Penny and of course, my Mom.  I went and visited
Penny's site....such a strong woman who truly lived with cancer with
much grace.  I think of her daughters and of her grandchildren and

<  note : in posting an article like this which I find interesting reading,
and thought-provoking, I am concerned that you will see an "agenda" that I
am expressing, indrectly, some form of general contempt for, or lack of
respect for, Doctors. I'd like you to know this is not ...

According to the study
Theodoratou E, McNeill G, Cetnarskyj R, Farrington SM, Tenesa A,
Barnetson R, Porteous M, Dunlop M, Campbell H.
Dietary Fatty Acids and Colorectal Cancer: A Case-Control Study.

I have not been drinking milk for several years, and my dairy intake in the
last four or five years has been limited to butter and cheese.
This was not the result of any formal choice based on religious ideas,
dietary philosophy, etc. : it just kind of happened naturally given the ...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/553523
New Mucositis Guidelines Issued
March 2007
isi

I had stage 2 squamous cell carcinoma, N0, M0, nearly two and a half
years ago. At the time, I had a hemiglossectomy and free flap
resection, modified neck dissection (50 lymph nodes removed), and a
temporary trach and temporary naso-gastric feeding tube installed.

My dad just had lung cancer surgery, removal of one lung.  He was out
for a week, developed a fever, labored breathing, accelerated heart
rate, swelling of legs and feet, diarrhea, nausea and no sleep.  He
finally went back to the ER.  There they had to do emergency surgery