Next Friday night/Saturday morning (April 11-12) I will be walking in
the local American Cancer Society Relay for Life as a survivor. I will
be thinking about the many friends I've met here and their loved ones
who are suffering or have lost their battle.

I have a very bad back and am limited as to how much I do. So if I can't
vacuum and husband doesn't get it done, Mom works on it. It may take her 2
days to do living room, kitchen, a couple of hallways, her bathroom and
bedroom. She does all the cleaning or her room and normally ...

Those of you who have been in asc a while probably know that I'm a
bicycling enthusiast.  My diagnosis (stage 3 colon cancer) came just
before I was scheduled to ride in the MS150 (150 mile ride to benefit
Multiple Sclerosis research), and the resultant surgery and chemo had

Took Mom today for blood work, cat scan and to see her Dr. concerning her
liver cancer and sphere beads that was used. On this second treatment of the
right lobe it looked good But the left lobe that was treated in January has
a couple of new ones growing. Also the small third ...

Because my husband was not female undergoing breast cancer treatment,
the DRs in Germany pooh-pooh'd the idea that he had ChemoBrain.  He
was referred to some sort of Psychologist who took one look at his
gray hair and lined face and said Aricept.  Later when this pushy

Had my lung surgery done on Friday morning and that went well. Now I'm
waiting for my follow-up appointment with the surgeon to find out the
results of the pathology tests. The concern  is that I had a tongue
lesion almost 14 years ago, head and neck cancer 3 years ago and now

State health plan underfunded
Finance secretary seeks proposals on closing gap
By Alice Dembner, Globe Staff  |  March 21, 2008
The state's new subsidized health insurance program will cost

So it's finally started :)
It was pretty neat, all things considered. I asked if I got to keep the
tomography machine as a keepsake when I was done, which they said they'd be
happy to let me do, if I paid a nominal replacement cost of $3 million. Ah

[Neat isn't it.]
http://whale.to/a/clinical_trials.html
Why are Laetrile and many other substances used in alternative-cancer
therapy not readily available in the U.S.? The short answer is that these