#16013 07-23-2004 05:57 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | They don't give you a price - they just tell you that if you become a distributor in their multi level marketing scheme (scam) you can get yours for "free". AND get cured from cancer to boot!
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#16014 07-23-2004 10:42 AM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 106 Senior Member (100+ posts) | Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 106 | Wow, can't beat that, can you? Also, I've got this bridge you might want to buy in Brooklyn. Leena
scc right tonsil T1N1M0, right tonsillectomy + modified neck dissection 3/04, radiation IMRT both sides X33 ended 6/04. Also had renal cell carcinoma, left kidney removed 11/04
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#16015 07-23-2004 06:35 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 35 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 35 | since this page has quite a bit about smoking on it, i thought i would ask this question, sometime ago I read that it didnt matter if you quit, because if you have smoked in your life, you may have probably already done the damage. is this true? I know all of the doctors say, that is not true that you can go back to almost a non smoker after quitting for several years. so what is the consensus on this one?
jbentonwolfe
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#16016 07-23-2004 08:11 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | It's true. If you smoked for 25 years your risk of lung cancer is the same as if you never quit. 25 years seems to be the magic number. Quitting sooner may reduce the cancer risks but I haven't seen any data. And then there is the second hand smoke issue.
I only smoked for about 5 years and still got oral cancer.
My stepmother smoked for 25 years and had quit for quit a while before she was stricken and died from lung cancer (less than 6 months from date of Dx). The docs told me the type of lung cancer she had was typical of smokers.
What does improve is heart attack and stroke risk.
Stop slamming those mutagens and carcinogens!
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#16017 07-24-2004 11:30 AM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 106 Senior Member (100+ posts) | Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 106 | Yes, but as you say, it is only cancer risk that stays the same, all the other nasty risks go down quickly. Also, I do think I right in saying that if you continue smoking after cancer treatment, your chances of recurrence go up. On the other hand, I never smoked and got oral cancer. We are talking about percentages and risks here. All we can do is try to make the healthiest choices we can. - Now, I hope secondhand smoke does not cause cancer, my husband does not need to hear that, he already knows his smoking probably brought on a heart attack at a young age!
Leena
scc right tonsil T1N1M0, right tonsillectomy + modified neck dissection 3/04, radiation IMRT both sides X33 ended 6/04. Also had renal cell carcinoma, left kidney removed 11/04
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