Took another one today. Cool dude I thought.

Publicist: Patrick Swayze dies at 57 - Yahoo! News

Thats too bad. I understand pancreatic cancer is one of the most painful forms of cancer. I am surprised he hung in as long as he did.

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Raymond,

Whats sad is I have a family member that was diagnosed with the same cancer about a week after Patrick Swayze.

Swayze's positive attitude has helped him along the way with all the treatments. He has had many chemo treatments.

I hope this news does not take away his spirit and fight.

rick

Rick

Someone sent me this and have not verified the info contained but it does sound logical and is from John Hopkins Medical School fwiw. Hope your family member comes through it okay.

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3 When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5 To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6.. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction

9. When the body has too much toxic burd en from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful.. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

b.. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer..

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water.. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested me at remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Florssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cell s.

15.. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment.. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level.. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

1. No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Cast le Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not20be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc, should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper.. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

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Roadhouse was one of my favorite movies growing up. It had it all. Hot chicks, bar fights, Jeff Healey and monster trucks. What more could you want when you're 16?

The Johns Hopkins thing is a hoax.

Snopes:

snopes.com: Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Jim Robinson
New Mexico, USA

And:

snopes.com: Microwaving Plastic Releases Cancer-Causing Agents

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Thanks John, I knew it was too good to be true.

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It sure is! The Meat diet is a dead give-a-way! Anyone who has had cancer or has had a family member with cancer knows that Veggies over meat is best. Did you know that it takes about 18 hours for an average adult to properly digest 6 oz of red meat and about 45 min for the same size portion of fish.

On March 9, 2010 my wife will be a 20 year breast cancer survivor!

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Scott Patterson
Spring Hill, TN
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I did an inspection in Southlake Texas recently for a couple of researchers who have discovered a new and better way to treat cancer:

University of the Pacific Researchers make breakthrough with Anti-Cancer Drug Model, Bio/Medicine, University of the Pacific - NanoTechWire.com - The online resource for Nano Technology And Research

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Two thumbs up for your wife Scott !!
Give her a hug for all of us

In about three months, if my next checkup is clear, I will have been free of Bladder Cancer for about two years. Not long, but a start. 50% to 80% chance of reoccurrence though.

We figured it was due to a previously undetected milk alergy and have consequently drastically changed my diet, eliminating all milk and milk products. That's rough, especially when you read the ingredients. It's almost as bad as corn or wheat to avoid.

The alternative, though, is not acceptable.

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Michael McCann
MMC Engineering (Civil and Structural)
Everett, Washington

On the 28th My Wife will be going in for Surgery for a Hysterectomy. No indication of Cancer at this point but they can't say until after they open with the surgery... She in some pain at this time. Its like her life is on hold until the 28th...

We Just lost a good biker Friend to liver cancer last month. He had some pain went into see the Doc and 30 some days later he went home to be with Christ.

I guest when we get to the age of 50 or so we See the loss of the one around us and our own immortality become real to us. The little things like holding a grand child or hanging out with a daughter or Son. Then you understand how short life is.

Best

Ron

Ron, hope everything goes well. Just be positive and don't forget that laughter is the best medicine. Gets rid of the stress and as we all know stress is the silent killer!

Your last paragraph is so true. In 2001 after we lost our son to a drunk driver we all started to live one day at a time and like it was the last day of our life. Not a day does not go by that my wife and I tell each other how much we love one another. We don't sweat the small, medium or much of the big stuff any longer. We just enjoy life and try to make a difference in our world with the small amount of time we have left in it.

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Spring Hill, TN
http://www.traceinspections.com

I just found out tonight that my uncle has lung cancer, he has been the closest thing I have had to a father since mine died.
One thing I have realized is that no matter how old we are, when it comes to our fathers we're still like little boys, I still miss mine & it will be tough to see my uncle go through this.

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