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Tig


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Hey Josh,

Cancer is another one of the ugly beasts we humans must deal with and it sounds like your Dad has more than paid his dues. He has already experienced more in his young life than most will ever know. It's nice to know you have so much concern for his care and comfort when he needs it the most. The love of family during times like this are vital, so keep up the efforts, they do matter. I wish him and the rest of your family the very best this coming year...

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Josh I am so glad that you are able to stay with your Dad while he is going through this. I stayed the last 9 months with my Mother and am so grateful I got that chance. It was not easy but she was not alone. You are right my friend, treasure life because we are not promised tomorrow.

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    so as i understand it HCV has a viral load that can be measured and  imflamation and fibrosis  maybe a couple other markers......

 

  Cancer has tumors measured in size that can get bigger or smaller... and im wondering does it have a way to measure how many cancer cells are in the body you know like a Quatitative PCR test

or sumthing comparable ??? or a PSA test of sum sort ....  My dads been on radiation and will be done with a 8 week course on Jan 20th then thier will be a 2 week gap before the dreaded and feared CHEMO therapy...... he has stage 4 first detected in September or October.... um its of the Prostate and sum is in the bones and there is a legion on 1 kidney and that kidney had a stint put into it...

he also has 2 or 3 stints in his heart..... he was born um 7-29-55 .... he says there is bleeding everyday from kidney stint im guessing urine.... says he is in pain .... on blood thiners says sum pain meds help but alot dont and as mentioned blood thinners already.....

 

    so another question if you had cancer are you of the mindset that only real FDA approved drugs like radiation and chemo work .... Or are you like me and would rub 2 sticks together if that helped at all... like homiopathic alternatives to complent or offset treatment side effects... like inoic water alkalinity or CBD oil cannabis oil also reffered to as rick simpson oil..... im going to order him sum CBD oil from the net Oregon just passed legal marijuana that goes into effect in July but i think CBD oil is legal anyway and even if it wasnt im still going to get sum anyway ......

 

   i hear CBD can fight cancer or at least allevate pain and help with appetite .... he has handle the radiation well but i hear chemo is or can be a nightmare just like interferon... I know everyone is different so will see how bad the side effects get but like i said i will help him mitigate that to sum degree... you can oder CBD with none or very little psycoactive THC in it or alot .....

 

  ive talked to sum doctors that say yes pills work and others who think only very modestly...... I think they do work we all know what you put in your body has a effect 1 way or another if you doubt this theory try drinking sum wine doing a drug or eating sum Prunes and then tell me that what you just took you couldnt notice if it did anything... obviously if you smoked weed or drank enough beer youd be high or drunk... Prunes if you eat enough give you diarreah....  So Milk thistle and that other stuff have to work to sum degree as detoxigens ..... and alot of it is placebo like i think this works and your mind outlook helps with what your taking to sum degree .........

 

  im doing ok im glad i havent moved out and get to still be around him ... too often when a friend or family member dies people live far away and drive fly to funerals ... wishing they would have been able to spend more time with sum 1....... I dont much like watching suffering but theres a part of me thats pretty use to suffering.... i can only offer so much help or advice and then ... you know its kinds out of your hands at you have to come to terms or accept that and beating yourself up over it is no way to go about it... so my mood or demeanor is normal like always....

  but I do care enough to try to help anybody if they have a problem or i read a post ...    imparitive that you enjoy your time here on Earth 

cause as we all know the hands of time stop for nobody ...... hope this post dosent sadden you too much ..God knows im not :)  just know that you guys are all apreciated even if you think you are not... 

 

 HAPPY NEW YEAR ... start making those resolutions... 

Get busy Living or get busy dying :) RED-Shawshank Redemption quote

 

 

   THANKS AGAIN 



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