Re: Diary of a Tumor

Araik Margarian <aramargar1@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> "madiba" <down@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:1h56y7e.1ya1fsyeddwn4N%down@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >J <studydras@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> madiba wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > So?
> >> >> > Do you have mets?
> >> >> > Do you have a T4 tumor?
> >> >> > Its pointless looking at the worst case scenario when you are not
> >> >> > it.
> >> >> > The HISTOLOGY is very important for prognosis with NPC.
> >> >>
> >> >> madiba,
> >> >> are you still suggesting the PET scan?
> >> >> If so, please tell him again.
> >> >> J
> >> >
> >> > Araik may be nuts but he's not stupid..
> >>
> >> Hmmm, tell me what you like,
> >> I am in the hands of your Doctors Brotherhood,
> >> I have to accept it.
> >>
> >> > He knows what to do.
> >> > MRI is to exclude infiltration of the base of the skull
> >> > PET scan is to check for mets.
> >>
> >> OK.
> >>
> >> > However his medical team has financial constraints as I believe he's
> >> > been out of work for a while.
> >>
> >> Where comes your believe from?
>
> > God. I hear voices............... <g>
> > No, in fact you did, I read it somewhere in MyAmericanDream.
> >
>
> Who you are? Where you appear from? The question obviously was not addresed
> to you. Or may it? All this Internet/Usenet thing is like a big Halloween.
> Celebration of masks.
> OK, thanks for reading carefully my
> http://journals.aol.com/aramargar1/MyAmericanDream/, no matter for fan or
> for duty.
>
> Thanks God, I kept my insurance from my previous job.
> Though, who knows, may be without biopsies the cancer would stay
> dormant until the science would find better treatments.
Dormant? You already have metastatic neck nodes.
Get real.

> >> > CT can be used to cover the above
> >> > questions too, its just not first choice. I'm sure they'll do the best
> >> > they can.
> >>
> >> The second opinion doctor suggested do MRI right away if I would change
> >> to
> >> their facility.
>
> > Nice. But the overall treatment concept is more important, also where
> > you feel more comfortable, who you have more confidence in.
>
> That's right.
> My principle always same - to treat people with trust, until
> I notice gross misuse of it.
>
> I don't want to go with the themes of
> my journal in these ng. After this thing, I realized that a man can endure
> every mistreatment
> in life while he is healthy. Now it grows into your body.
> ...
> Hard, but still there is a hope while you are alive.
>
>
> > You'll remember this as you lie for what seems like hours with a tight
> > face mask on during simulation.
>
> You mean the "singulation" appointments that I have in my other post or the
> RT itself?
For the patient, simulation 'seems' to take hours, but in fact its much
quicker. It also depends whether you're getting IMRT or not.
Singulation is used in the CPU industry, so I think you misheard or
misread the word..

> If the last, shouldn't it be 15 minutes?
That would be very quick...

> >Keep cool, remember the better its done
> > the better the results.
> > --
>
> The better done what? What means "better done" here?
> Professionalism of the doc. or something of me?
The simulation, ie the preparation for RT.

As to your questions regarding my identity, none of your business.
In real life I'm neither Ray nor madiba. For the purposes of this NG
I chose the moniker madiba, a wise old man like me. :-/
I used to give advice on the net with my real name, but that was in the
early days when we were all still a bit naive about this wonderful
communications tool, and I was spammed to death..
--
madiba
.