01-01-2015, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by alice76
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I do not wish to shock anyone, but I do firmly believe there are some cancers that will never be cured. No matter how much money is spent. I think it is a specific cause of death for some. Maybe I? Just like heart disease. I hope no one takes offence to me saying that, but I believe it to be true. It can be a cruel disease, but not in every case. Thank goodness.
There have been some absolutely stunning medical discoveries and many of them actually pre-date current philosophy and understanding as ancient Sumerian tablets indicate that the Egyptians were merely followers of the research and experience of their predecessors thousands of years before.
We have few records or evidence beyond 5000 years ago but we do have hints of the knowledge that these ancient people knew and small but significant hints that man, as we know him, may not have been the first intelligent being to master his destiny.
There may have been a link missed somewhere and the Sumerians did offer evidence of "visitors" who were not human but were benign to the fledgling human race. stevmk2
01-01-2015, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by stevmk2
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As there are descriptions of cancer written around 1600 B.C., and are believed to date from sources as early as 2500 B.C. one wonders really if that is actually true alice.There have been some absolutely stunning medical discoveries and many of them actually pre-date current philosophy and understanding as ancient Sumerian tablets indicate that the Egyptians were merely followers of the research and experience of their predecessors thousands of years before.
We have few records or evidence beyond 5000 years ago but we do have hints of the knowledge that these ancient people knew and small but significant hints that man, as we know him, may not have been the first intelligent being to master his destiny.
There may have been a link missed somewhere and the Sumerians did offer evidence of "visitors" who were not human but were benign to the fledgling human race. stevmk2
01-01-2015, 05:42 PM
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Quote" There may have been a link missed somewhere and the Sumerians did offer evidence of "visitors" who were not human but were benign to the fledgling human race. stevmk2" unquoteAnd where did they land?
Milton Keynes
Sorry Steve could not resist that one
01-01-2015, 06:30 PM
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In retrospect I think we need to look at the context in which Dr Smith is making this statement.“This is, I recognise, a romantic view of dying, but it is achievable with love, morphine, and whisky. But stay away from overambitious oncologists, and let’s stop wasting billions trying to cure cancer, potentially leaving us to die a much more horrible death,” he wrote.
In his blog, he argues that a quick, sudden death – despite being most people’s choice – can be hard on bereaved relatives and friends, particularly where there are unresolved issues in a relationship, while organ failure can leave people “far too much in hospital and in the hands of doctors,” he wrote.
A death following dementia, he writes “may be the most awful as you are slowly erased”.
Cancer remains one of the most common causes of mortality in the UK, accounting for nearly one in three deaths. Last year [2014] a major milestone was reached in the development of treatments when Cancer Research UK announced that half of cancer sufferers now survive
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...r-9952361.html
01-01-2015, 06:40 PM
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I lost my sister in February last year after 3 years of what seemed to be torture on chemo and other therapies, as she was a private health insurance patient she would tell me the costs of her treatments, hundreds of thousands of pounds. I decided that if I had the same diagnosis, we have a lot of bowel cancer in our family, I would not go down the same route, some treatments would not be available on the NHS any way. I would not like to suffer in the same way no matter how much longer the doctors told me I could live, it catches up with you in the end.
01-01-2015, 06:51 PM
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Well you have to admit he lays it on the line, states what he thinks and he’s entitled to his views. I’ve seen folks die of nasty cancers and it's hard to witness but I won’t go into that. All I’ll say is that comparing one type of death to another(and that's what he's doing here) is not something I would like to spend much time thinking about, what will be will be, and I prefer to cross me bridges when I come to them, I’d rather spend what time I have left thinking about and doing the things I love best now, what was that old saying, something like "Now is all the time there may be"
01-01-2015, 09:23 PM
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Another good saying Jem is live today there might not be another one.I looked after my Mum with terminal cancer and her incredible pain and it took a year.
I had a warning this last year that might happen to me too so I am living life to the full whilst I can. If I go with a heart attack I would be quite pleased as I have made sure I have kept my family happy and my best friends close.
No regrets so on with the motley.
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