[epistemology 10267] Re: Cancer can be postponed by science

--- On Wed, 2/11/09, chazwin <chazwyman@yahoo.com> wrote:

To any of those who expressed good wishes...

Up date on tonsil cancer - well I've been through the shit-storm:
completed by 33 sessions of radiotherapy, and 6 weeks of consecutive
chemotherapy. I've come out the other end having lost 30lbs, with no
saliva; a persistent sore throat, especially when I eat; I have to
carry artificial saliva and water with me at all times; I
wake 2-3
times per night with a dry mouth; I can't drink wine, enjoy chocolate
or yogurt, and some other foods taste weird.
But on the other hand I have lost my thrift: I treated myself to a
newish silver 3 series BMW convertible, and tend not to worry when
buying books CDs DVDs, and taking Cath out to dinner, theatre etc.
2 Weeks ago we traveled through the snow to get a CT/PT scan (the one
in Brighton was out of order). The wait has been torturous. Today I
attended clinic to hear the results. I am clear!
Best case scenario I am clear of cancer and can expect to live up to
20 years before the radiation makes its own cancer, or until I get a
new primary. Worst case scenario: I still have cancer but it is either
microscopic, or any tumor is under 1cm in diameter which means that I
can stop obsessing and worrying about my immanent demise - at least
for the foreseeable future.
So there is no other way to
describe this than: great news.

And I can postponed by epitaph based on Boswell's account of Hume's
last day.

Chaz
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Same words, but a different situation. Or, maybe, not
all that different.
Having been through the shit-storm of the Ghetto
Uprising, I traveled through 1 m high sewers half full
of shit knowing that most of exits were guarded by the
SS. The wait has been torturous. I emerged expecting
to be shot, but the exit was clear.
I think, I know how you felt.
Georges.
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