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I remember when my adviser went through his bone marrow transplant, and we went to visit him in the oncology ward. Seeing all the cancer patients there, who were all bald and frail from their treatment, my response was not that it was "degrading", "inhuman", or "humiliating", it was, "They have HOPE."
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Okay. How about showing them that Simoncinis perception of what a pathologist looks at is totally wrong.
![]() I have just uploaded a scanned microscopy slide to the album on my profile page. This photograph demonstrates that the pathologist does not only sees the superficial part of the cancer. The photograph is of a coloncancer, and you can see that all parts of the tumor is presented to the pathologist. And so is the surroundings - including tissue deeper than the cancer. If there were candida colonies within the cancer or in the surroundings they would without a shred of doubt appear before the pathologists eyes. ![]() And I think the photograph illustrates that point. The cancer is the bluish mass on the left side of the photo. Feel free to copy and use the photo in the discussions. Should the discussion arise you can tell them that pathologists are not sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, as we donīt buy their products. And we are not big doctors either. And each and everyone of us most likely see far more cancers than Simoncini ever will. |
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Thank you!
I'll post the url here when it's on the web! You can see the tiniest bloodvessels etc. It's fascinating! |
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(Bold mine)
That section brought tears to my eyes. I'm terribly sorry to hear your initial diagnosis, but it's really good to hear of the positive steps you've taken. You strike me as a very strong person. My brother-in-law was just diagnosed with brain cancer, and he and my sister are battling this incredible feeling of helplessness right now. Apparently the tumor is in an area of the brain where radiation treatments aren't able to reach. He's only 45 ![]() |
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I am so very sorry for your brother-in-law and your sister, I don't know what to say, these things are so very hard and difficult, I can only cry now. I've been so lucky I think and I always feel guilty towards others whose situation is worse.
That's why the quacks always make me so mad. What people need in a situation like your brother-in-law is good medication, good pain medication and emotional and psychological support for him and your sister. They don't deserve false hope and deception and getting their savings stolen from them for worthless therapies in the last stage of their lives. I think that's just about the meanest thing a person can do. Is there no chemotherapy for your brother, is radiation the only thing they can do? I don't know what to say, what can one say, I'm so very sorry. |
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You are very welcome.
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Jenny, they're trying chemo treatments now. He's starting to have bad seizures, though, and I think that's what's getting them so depressed. The growth is too far inside to be reached by surgical methods, and apparently if they used radiation, it would destroy too much of the healthy portion of his brain near the thalamus (please excuse any spelling / medical errors, I'm the furthest thing from a doctor).
One good thing is that some specialists from MD Anderson Hospital in Houston are now treating him, so at least he's in good, experienced hands. (MD Anderson, from what I've read, is one of the big cancer-research organizations, like the Mayo Clinic). Hey, at least they're not drilling holes in his head and pouring in baking soda ![]() |
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jli, that slide was really NEAT!
Sad to say, it looked almost, dare I say? pretty. Maybe it's the purple dye you use on the specimens. Whatever it is, I looked at the cluster of veins and stuff and thought, "That would make a cool marbled effect for some bathroom tile!" |
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JennyJo - On this link you'll find the article of the Corriere della Sera in Italian:
http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/m...60521029.shtml Corriere della Sera is the most popular and reliable daily newspaper in Italy. I read somewhere in a thread: "Never argue with idiots. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience". These idiots are everywhere and, believe me, I'm very proud when they say to me criminal or similar. |
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Sorry, there must be something wrong with the link. Try on Google with the words: Medico condannato: omicidio colposo
It means. Physician condenmed: manslaughter |
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[quote=jli;3850483 At one point I actually considered posting the corresponding "macrophoto" showing that the tumor IS white. But I thought it was a bit too unesthetic for public view.
[/QUOTE] Don't worry, we're up to it! ![]() |
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"Nog" has various meanings.
It means 'still', as in: Is it still raining/regent het nog? It means 'any', as in: Is there any chocolate left/is er nog chocola? It means as much as 'btw, or 'as well' as in: BTW, thanks for the link/thanks for the link as well/nog bedankt voor de link. We were on holiday in Denmark two years ago and I didn't understand a word of what people were saying! I can understand the written text reasonably well sometines, but when people start talking I get lost completely! |
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Okay! I take that as a request.
![]() It is in the album now. The slice is what it looks like after two days of fixation in something called fomalin. The fixation procedure changes the colour of the bowel wall. But the cancer retains its white colour. You should be able to compare the slice to what is seen on the microscopy slide. If you have any questions regarding the photo(s) - donīt hesitate to ask. In danish that would be: Forresten, tak for linket/Også tak for linket. No wonder why I couldnīt understand "Nog".
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The link on Cryptocheilus has been copied & pasted to about 20 medblogs and forums, so don't worry, you WILL be famous!
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The fanatic followers are speechless at the moment. That has never happened before. Some of them have received bans. That also has never happened before.
I'm preparing a text about Simoncini to place on a number of websites and blogs in the USA as well. After that, I will go and read an uplifting book, to cleanse my mind a bit from this dreary quack business. You have helped us enormously and we're all very very grateful! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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You have a great job I think! The picture is fascinating and frightening at the same time. It seems like quite a big tumor. Or does it only seem that way?
I also read somewhere that with some cancers, when the primary tumor shrinks or is removed, the metastases start to grow faster and my oncologist said that with some cancers this is indeed the case. Creepy, as if it's capable of thinking. On this website is a photograph of a clump of breast cancer cells (you'll probably know these pictures): http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/ You click on Images, then on Galleries, it is the first photograph. I saw it for the first time in our newspaper and was shocked by the havoc the cancer creates, it looks so ruthless and agressive. There also is a photograph of a single breast cancer cell, but I don't understand which is the cancer cell. The big pointed thing?? I'm puzzled by it every time I look at it. |
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Thank you. Actually this tumor is one of the smaller ones. If you look at the microscopy slide you can see there is a small red brim just outside the tumor. This means it hasnīt penetrated the rectal wall yet (It is a rectal tumor and not a colon tumor as I wrote earlier). In Denmark such a low stage tumor is treated with surgery alone, but I think they still use radiotherapy before the operation in Holland.
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I found it emotional as well. The way a cancer grows, that it doesn't stop at anything, watching these photographs I more than once thought how lucky I have been that mine was discovered when still in an early stage, for the photographs clearly show that this really can and will kill you. |
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Thank you for your very kind words. It is my impression that not many outside the medical field understand the importance of good pathology.
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I vaguely recall a hypotheses and a bit of research that some tumors emit a suppressive chemical that inhibits their "seedlings". Remove the big tumor and the seedlings are not inhibited any more. Result is more tumors.
But this bicarb treatment ... aside from putting the patient's pH balance way out of whack (causing neurological symptoms, maybe permanent damage), killing tumor cells by the abnormal pH and releasing the contents (massive cell death is not good for you) ... what other lethal effects would it have? |
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Baking soda helps because it turns your body alkaline, take it in a glass of water with a little honey. Peroxide 3% 10mil in water daily ups the oxygen levels, B17 targets cancer cells 6 apricot kernels daily. If your PH is on the alkaline side the cancer will go away. Chemo is evil. Cancer is big business. We also treat our own skin cancers with petty spurge juice. Have a friend that a smart woman has brought back from terminal cancer, she tip bodies alkaline with spirulina with grape seed oil massage plus some of the above.
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