Comments on: Sad, sad news: Dana Reeve dies

By: Peace of mind

Peace of mind — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

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By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Link

Anti-cancer nanoprobes.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

All right, thanks for the correction.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Ymar: Sorry re misattribution. It was Steve.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

I don't know how someone can get, "Ymar wants people to die suddenly" from what I wrote.

But everyone's brain must work differently.

And I'm not in health care, btw, just to be clear. I take care of my own health through calisthenics and balancing my intake of essential vitamins and minerals, but I tend to avoid other people's health problems.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

As an oncologist now retired, I will limit myself to a few responses to neo-neocon's admirable (as usual) post and the responses.
There is the judgment of culpability, that smokers somehow deserve their cancers, held by even those elitists who suck on cigars.
There are many in health care who wish, like Ymarsakr, to die suddenly. But that implies without warning, no making goodbyes or arranging as best one can for those left behind. The Reeves leave a 13 year old son, and I strongly believe Dana worked and planned as a loving parent for his transition.
Finally, after 30-some years of dealing with cancers, diseases I hate as much as I hate Islamofascists, I am left with the rationalization that God is not a micromanager; it cannot be his will for a terrific human to die miserably. I cannot forget a dying 6 year old comforting her desperate mother.
I can comfortably accept into my belief system a version of Intelligent Design, that God created the universe and the means for us as a component thereof to perhaps make parts of it out.

By: Goesh

Goesh — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

-and speaking of advocacy and in getting totally off subject, check out Wafa Sultan, the Arab-American psychologist and that video on her. She gets on al-jazeera and really lays it on a cleric. It was remarkable to hear and hopefully many have already seen the clip.

By: douglas

douglas — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

and perhaps most importantly, touch lives in a positive way- like Mrs. Reeves and Mr. Puckett apparently did.

By: douglas

douglas — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Steve- “…health jihad…”
Heh- good one.
sometimes life isn’t fair. You’re Dana Reeve, and first your husband has a tragic accident and is paralyzed then dies early from complications of his condition, then you die of lung cancer at 44. You’re Kirby Puckett, and even though you’re a hall of fame, world champion baseball player beloved by all, you develop glaucoma and have to retire early, then die at 45 of a massive stroke. Bottom line- live life like it means something TODAY. Live well, exercise, eat right, but also, enjoy foods that aren’t healthy, have a good cigar once in a while. LIVE. I also believe that an addiction is an addiction- some better than others, but all have some negative- even addiction to exercise…
Disclaimer- I am not an addictive personality- I could smoke a pack of cigarettes today, and enjoy it, and not smoke a cigarette for years without a second thought. I always wonder about those who say with conviction ‘nicotine is as addictive as heroin’. I belive that is only true, if at all, for some, certainly not all.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0000

>>If there was a drug that we could use to specifically target cancerous cells and make them recognizable by the body as foreign invaders, preferable kind of RNA virus or bacteria, then that would cure most types of cancer. <<

I have sometimes heard that people who have allergies are less prone to some cancers, I wonder if that has anything to do with this, inasmuch as allergic reactions are basically over-reactions to foreign invaders.

In my case, I had chronic asthma from the age of 5 onwards, and also very bad allergies, until I started smoking. I can't figure it out. Except I try to smoke as little as possible these days.