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[Shannon Vyff]

Any donation given to the Venturist account for William after January 4th will be matched by ImmInst.

Here is the Venturist site and link to their paypal account for William O'Rights, an email confirming every donation will be sent to me so ImmInst will be able to match it.

http://www.quantium.....com/venturist/

[thefirstimmortal]

Well then, someone has to be the first.
Throughout history, there is always a first time for everything.

It might as well be you.

Well Mind, I'm not giving up on the fight, my position hasn't changed on the subject. As I told Keli, I’m an Immortalist, I am a Life Extensionist and I plan on being the toughest patient cancer has come across.

The most powerful weapon I bring to the battle is my astonishing will to live.

[Neurosail]

The "last" meal? Do you like seafood?

Maine Lobster and New England clam chowder with sea scallops wrapped in bacon. And don't forget Uncle Jimmy's Baby Back Ribs. (bottom of the web page)

The big question is: What do you want for your "First" meal after they revived you from cryonics?

I don't know the answer to that question yet, myself. I will have to wait to see what's on the menu!

Maybe some "fish". If they find life under that ice on Europa.

[TianZi]

Pitched in for a few bucks.
I'm still hoping this fund isn't needed at all.


Bill, Live long and well.

Thank You Rwac. Yeah, it would be nice if I could send the cancer into remmision. I have not even found one doctor who has known or even heard of anyone surviving this stage of lung cancer. [u]It would be nice to know of someone beating this, because I could always think, great, if one person survived, then I will too. [/u]Those would at least be the straws of hope blowing about, back and forth in the fickle wind called uncertainty.

When you’re dying, you want to believe there is hope, and with hope you create your world and the opportunity to find your miracles. There’s a danger here, however. Hope can be a treacherous state of mind if its companion, action, isn’t present to transform anticipation into a desired reality.

Live Long and Well Rwac.

Voila!

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: Lung Cancer. 2006 Aug;53(2):249-52. Epub 2006 Jun 21. Links
Spontaneous remission of small cell lung cancer: a case report and review in the literature.

Horino T, Takao T, Yamamoto M, Geshi T, Hashimoto K.
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Okoh-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. horinott@yahoo.co.jp
Spontaneous remission (SR) of cancer, especially of lung tumor, is a rare biological event. Only seven cases in which small cell lung cancer (SCLC) regressed spontaneously had been previously reported. We report here a rare case of complete SR of SCLC in an 86-year-old man.

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That's the abstract; I don't think the full version is available without a paid subscription to that journal.

Before finding the above, I came across another study of spontaneous regression of cancer generally. According to that abstract, the mechanism that causes it remains unknown, but it has become much more common over time, particularly toward the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st.

You probably have read Ray Kurzweil's book, Fantastic Voyage. Do you recall his anecdote about a spontaneous regression of cancer in a 71 year old man diagnosed with incurable cancer and given less than a year to live? In that case, the regression may have been brought about by the patient's belief that he would be cured. It's an odd little story, tucked away in the final chapter of the book entitled "Stress and Balance".

Edited by TianZi, 27 February 2009 - 03:13 PM.