First, I want to apologise to anyone who I offended by posting this article by not going through the proper steps. And I hope that it does not deter anyone from getting the proper tx--it was not meant to do anything remotely close to that nature. After reading some posts, I felt like I washed a red sweatshirt with a load of whites.

The article scared the crap out of me too; however, it made a lot of sense at the same time. It brought back memories of the time when the tx center called me up and cancelled my Friday tx due to a system failure or the time(s) it took a little longer then normal to set up a tx. Not once did I ever assume that anything done during a tx could actually kill me. I applaud the team of professionals that treated me not only in a dot all the i's and cross all the t's manner, but did it in a caring mode as well. The whole crew was top notch. When it comes down to it, no matter where we are treated, we have to trust ourselves in the hands of others--there is no choice. Most of us with this cancer receive rad txs and everyone treated has issues but thank goodness that what happened to that young man is not a common problem.

Charm--Thank you for posting the slides of Scott Jerome. It brought a face and a life to what I read--it made it more real even though I had tx myself. Seeing Scott with his arms wide open reminds me of the time I would sleep in bed and dream of being a child awaken by my mum-mum so many years ago--safe and sound, comfortable, without pain, without sorrow, before cancer entered my life through others or in my own body. Most of us here know what Scott is thinking and feeling at that moment with his arms stretched out and eyes closed.

For better or for worse, Scott Jerome, like so many of us has made it to the right site for OC patients--OCF. One person, every hour of every day dies from this type of cancer. Every cancer patient, every caregiver, ought to be this lucky to have some place to turn to for whatever particular need. Censorship? Quarantining the good from the bad? Those that don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Brian--that's great that you will be adding those new sections!

Now I am going to go to that ISLAND for a much needed drink....