((((((((((Blondie))))))))))
NEVER give up!
Read this (it concerns me, but gives an indication as why we should all dig in and never give up hope): http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/147592/1.ashx
Look at my last post.
Love ya,
Ian
Posts by Dansk
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162Blondie needs encouragement
by blondie ini have been battling an incurable illness and will be able to post less and less.
i will post my email, and any help you cna asend my way will be appreciated.
there is treatment but no cure and no cancer yet.
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The Watchtower art department strikes again!!! LOL
by cultswatter inplease have a look at the white horse on page 91 of rev climax book(the horse that jesus is riding).
this horse is what a horse should look like.
(don't look at it too long or you may be tempted) now look at the same white horse on page 23 of the feb 15th 2008 wt.
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Left foreleg in the Watchtower picture looks out of proportion.
Ian
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Took time for the actual singing to start but when it did it was well worth waiting for - and easy to follow because the lyrics were printed!
I can't argue with it and don't wish to spoil it - but the truth is moving on isn't everything. Sometimes we just take our baggage with us and the stale situation starts all over again. Other times, moving on is the best thing we could do!
The lyrics about the faces staying the same but wishing no harm apply to us, also. We may see the same people with the same faces - but they may feel the same about us!
You see, I'd like to move on eventually but I'm still tied to the specialist hospital. Claire, however, doesn't wish to move on and is quite content where we are. A difficult one for sure. I guess, at the end of the day, it's a situation of the mind and life is what we make it.
Ian
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+++ VIGIL - TUESDAY 11TH DECEMBER +++
by Sad emo inplease join in sending your prayers, good thoughts, reiki, healing vibes, lighting a candle or just taking a moment to think of all those named and unnamed who are fighting cancer or in any other need.
also their loved ones and caregivers.. - has been fighting mantle cell lymphoma for three years.
he received an allogeneic cell transplant and his latest blood and bone marrow results have shown no trace of cancer!!
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A.O.
What a stunning picture. Beautiful!!
Ian
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+++ VIGIL - TUESDAY 11TH DECEMBER +++
by Sad emo inplease join in sending your prayers, good thoughts, reiki, healing vibes, lighting a candle or just taking a moment to think of all those named and unnamed who are fighting cancer or in any other need.
also their loved ones and caregivers.. - has been fighting mantle cell lymphoma for three years.
he received an allogeneic cell transplant and his latest blood and bone marrow results have shown no trace of cancer!!
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Great news for me and similar sufferers:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/147592/1.ashx
Ian
Edited to add: See article by Ed Edelson regarding Mantle Cell Lymphoma.
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Lies on Line...I always thought JWD was a forum for Honesty
by restrangled inafter finding this forum and being raised in the jw religion, i found jwd a refreshing place for honest feelings, fears, life experiences etc.. the history of the jw's was exposed, and those who lived any experience under this regime has been told by many members.. to be lied to by any forum member is insulting.
i have over my past year and 1/2 come to love many posters.
i realize many more have much longer time put in here.. i have been honest and exposed more of my self than i care to think about, but always kept in mind that others were doing the same and it was best for anyone new.. to lie on this forum to all of these members is horrible and i am questioning why i am so honest here.
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Hi Restrangled:
I haven't read all the posts here but Avishai said:
OK, my turn to gripe. IT"S THE INTERNET!!! Not everyone is real, or honest,
I'm afraid he's right! Just look at how Trevor conned the majority of us re 'Linda'.
I, too, wear my heart on my sleeve here and may have given away more information than I should have. As this is a great, understanding place, that's easy to do - but there's lots about me out there on the internet in any case, so I'm not too bothered. I get more irritated by junk e-mails, but my spam filter gets rid of over 90%.
First thing to remember, people are people and while some are as lovingly steadfast as (some) family a number will err - and others will just be downright awful. Thankfully, the latter are in the minority here but one still has to be careful. I get my uplift because of the genuine posters.
Ian
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+++ VIGIL - TUESDAY 11TH DECEMBER +++
by Sad emo inplease join in sending your prayers, good thoughts, reiki, healing vibes, lighting a candle or just taking a moment to think of all those named and unnamed who are fighting cancer or in any other need.
also their loved ones and caregivers.. - has been fighting mantle cell lymphoma for three years.
he received an allogeneic cell transplant and his latest blood and bone marrow results have shown no trace of cancer!!
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((((((((((((Emo))))))))))
I was at the hospital this morning having my blood taken again. Needle =
Still, it was over within a minute!
The doctor examined me and said she is very pleased with me. My haemoglobin went up by .5 m - a modest increase but, she said, my levels had likely been suppressed previously by the virus. Now that the virus (CMV) has gone my levels should rise to normal.
Here's energies and love to ALL who are suffering!
Love,
Ian
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CANCER CURE GETTING CLOSER?
by Dansk inhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7116675.stm.
don't ya just love science!.
ian.
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Tremendous news!! Mantle cell lymphoma is the cancer I was diagnosed as having.
Possible Cure for Rare Lymphoma Reported
Other blood cancer treatment advances announced at hematology meeting
By Ed Edelson Posted 12/10/07
SUNDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Danish researchers are reporting what appears to be a cure for a rare type of lymphoma that has been regarded as incurable until now.
A complex regimen that included immunochemotherapy produced a five-year, event-free survival rate of better than 60 percent in 159 people with mantle cell lymphoma, physicians at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen reported Sunday at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, in Atlanta.
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The cancer was treated with six cycles of immunochemotherapy, aimed at arousing the immune system, followed by high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell support. Of the 114 people who completed treatment, 72 percent were disease-free at five years.
The report is an outstanding example of the better long-term survival rates for various kinds of blood cancers such as lymphomas being reported at the meeting, said Dr. Jane Winter, a professor of hematology and oncology at Northwestern University in Chicago.
"All kinds of things are happening," Winter said. "These are exciting times for us all."
The advances being made "really represent a variety of different kind of approaches," Winter said, with no one thread running through the variety of trials being reported.
One piece of research represents something of a challenge to standard chemotherapy by successfully using high doses of steroids for multiple myeloma, said study author Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
"There is a different philosophy in this trial," Rajkumar explained. "Less can be more. For years, we have used the highest possible dose of steroids for multiple myeloma, but they have been a source of major morbidity for patients. This is the first trial in which the intensity of steroids that are used has been studied in a randomized way."
Rajkumar and his colleagues used varying doses of the steroid dexamethasone along with lenalidomide, an agent that can modify and regulate action of the immune system, to treat 445 people with multiple myeloma. One-year survival was higher in the group getting lower doses of the steroid, "96 percent survival at one year, the highest reported in any study," he said. A reduction in damaging side effects was one reason for the improvement, he added.
The approach is potentially applicable to other cancers, Rajkumar said. "As more and more drugs enter the picture, that kind of examination has to go on," he said. "As new drugs come along, can we adjust the dosage down?"
However, a study of 1,196 people treated for advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma at the University of Cologne in Germany indicated that high-dose treatment can sometimes be more effective. Patients treated with higher doses of varying chemotherapy regimens had better 10-year overall survival rates.
In another advance reported at the meeting, successful use of a form of radio-immunotherapy, using an anti-lymphoma antibody coupled with a radioactive isotope, against various forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was reported by physicians at University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
A single infusion of the combination treatment tiuxetan, prolonged by two years the time period for which there were no signs or symptoms of the cancer. Some 60,000 new cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are reported in the United States each year.
And physicians from the Hospital Avicenne in Paris reported that a new drug, azacitidine, was more effective than standard chemotherapy at prolonging survival among 358 patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), which currently have no cure other than bone marrow transplantation.
More information
Learn about lymphoma from the Lymphoma Research Foundation.
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A new man in my life
by katiekitten inmy partner introduced me to a new man and since i met him i have slept with him every night.
hes very jealous and posessive and doesnt really like me to be out of his sight.
he has had me hard at it all night long and hes definately a boob man.. my partner has been relegated to changing his nappy and the odd cuddle when hes asleep.. here are some photos:.
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One heck of a beautiful little boy! Well done KK and partner!
Ian
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The Most Influential Events in Your Lifetime
by XJW4EVR inaside from leaving the watchtower, marriage(s) date(s), birth of children, what are the top three events that were the most influential in your life?
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The death by accident of my only son almost 10 years ago.
Jack.That's heart-breaking. I'm so terribly sorry!
The Most Influential Events in Your Lifetime:
Finding Buddhism (which helps me cope with events such as the tragic one above), including the meeting of some incredible people, such as the Ven. Oung Mean, a senior Cambodian monk and my teacher and friend in the 1970s. He is now sadly deceased). Attending the Buddhist Society of Manchester, where I met two influential people in my life - Russel Williams and Mike Warren.
Also, reading The Buddha's Way, What the Buddha Taught, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Lotus in the Fire - the Healing Power of Zen, The Healing Power of Mind, The Wheel of Life and Death, The Three Pillars of Zen, Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge, How to make a Wildlife Garden and The Bible Unearthed.
Finding JWD.
Coming perilously close to death. It put things right into perspective.
Ian