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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Billy Rygar on June 06, 2008, 09:35:28 PM

Title: So I don't have cancer
Post by: Billy Rygar on June 06, 2008, 09:35:28 PM: So last week I went to the doctor for a fairly routine exam because I have been out of sorts for a little while. What ended up happening from this is it was determined that I might have leukemia, which I was tested for on monday. As you can imagine this caused me much consternation and almost an entire sleepless week, which blessedly ended an hour ago when the doctor, who is clearly a fan of last second rescues, called me as he was leaving for the weekend to tell me that I don't have cancer.

So I declare this the best friday of the year.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on June 06, 2008, 09:40:35 PM: Congrats, man!

Not Cancer > Cancer
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Post by: Mupepe on June 06, 2008, 09:42:59 PM: I could have told you that you didn't have cancer! You're too cute!
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Post by: demi on June 06, 2008, 09:51:14 PM: I'll send your thanks to God, blasphemer
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Post by: Crushed on June 06, 2008, 09:55:42 PM: yay no cancer wooooooo
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 06, 2008, 09:58:12 PM: Not having cancer is overrated.
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Post by: Rman on June 06, 2008, 10:01:39 PM: Nice to hear.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 06, 2008, 10:05:33 PM: Isn't that a usual weekend for you? :P
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Post by: Rman on June 06, 2008, 10:06:08 PM: Get red and you'll get more cancer preventing goodness.

Ah, forget it. Enjoy and celebrate the good news.
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Post by: crimsondynamics on June 06, 2008, 10:11:37 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 06, 2008, 09:58:12 PM
Not having cancer is overrated.

Not nearly as overrated as having cancer.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 06, 2008, 10:13:36 PM: Bah, only doctors overrate that.

Anyway, enjoy the wine, Cohen. :D
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Post by: muckhole on June 06, 2008, 10:22:27 PM: Congrats. Shit like that is scary to have hanging over your head. I think you should drink two bottles.
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Post by: siamesedreamer on June 06, 2008, 10:27:25 PM: Nice. Having cancer fucking sucks.

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Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 06, 2008, 10:29:04 PM: There goes my "in" to have Corey Feldman host your birthday party! Celebrities don't care about cancer free people!

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Post by: siamesedreamer on June 06, 2008, 10:33:57 PM: What did they say is wrong with you though?
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on June 06, 2008, 10:41:22 PM: as someone with more than his share of life-threatening scares over the past two months, CONGRATS
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 06, 2008, 10:42:56 PM: Quote from: Genghis Cohen on June 06, 2008, 10:34:38 PM
They are still parsing that out. They eliminated all the big threats though.

Sounds like a job for this man:

(http://i.d.com.com/i/dl/media/dlimage/10/84/22/108422_large.jpeg)
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 06, 2008, 10:47:13 PM: congrats! it is nice to have life expectancy greater than that of future president john mccain*

* NOTE TO ECHELON: 'cuz he's old.
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Post by: demi on June 06, 2008, 10:51:00 PM: Quote from: siamesedreamer on June 06, 2008, 10:27:25 PM
Nice. Having cancer fucking sucks.

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff156/siamesedreamer7/FatherDay_Destin038.jpg)

Is that you? Story required
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Post by: Eric P on June 06, 2008, 10:54:37 PM: that's awesome
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Post by: muckhole on June 06, 2008, 11:04:22 PM: Quote from: Genghis Cohen on June 06, 2008, 10:34:38 PM
They are still parsing that out. They eliminated all the big threats though.

"Tune in next week to hear Dr.Bob say:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/hotgraham/Vets210.jpg)

'Hey Cohen! I'm booking you in for this new kind of rectal exam where I don't use my hands!'"
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Post by: Himu on June 06, 2008, 11:08:56 PM: great!
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Post by: Crushed on June 06, 2008, 11:13:32 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on June 06, 2008, 10:47:13 PM
congrats! it is nice to have life expectency greater than that of future president john mccain*

* NOTE TO ECHELON: 'cuz he's old.
PROOF!?!??!/1/1/?!??!?
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Post by: Joe Molotov on June 06, 2008, 11:26:03 PM: Quote from: Genghis Cohen on June 06, 2008, 10:34:38 PM
They are still parsing that out. They eliminated all the big threats though.

It could still be Teh Ghey. Sometimes the doctors forget to check for that.
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Post by: Mandark on June 06, 2008, 11:27:41 PM: Awesome news. Sorry you had to go through that in the first place. False positives really really suck.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on June 06, 2008, 11:33:03 PM: That's what you get for going to a doctor. Be a man!
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Post by: xnikki118x on June 06, 2008, 11:39:56 PM: Very exciting!

They thought my brother had leukemia like 3 years ago. It was so relieving when we realized he didn't, and I'm his sister...like I can't imagine what you felt, as the person who may have had it.

Here's to good health! :)
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Post by: chronovore on June 07, 2008, 12:51:59 AM: PICS OR IT DIDN'T NOT HAPPEN. (congratulations. must have been a bitch of a wait.)
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Post by: TVC15 on June 07, 2008, 01:44:37 AM: Nice. In honor of you not having cancer, I will listen to The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request while psychically making sweet love to you. Just like I do every Friday night.

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Title: Re: So I don't have cancer
Post by: CrystalGemini on June 07, 2008, 03:26:24 AM: Yay! :)
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Post by: Tieno on June 07, 2008, 04:06:53 AM: Pretty cool how he can make you happy without really doing anything. Just tell someone he might have cancer and then a week later say he doesn't.
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Post by: Powerslave on June 07, 2008, 04:24:11 AM: If it's not cancer, it's AIDS. I'm sorry, rest in peace Cohen.
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Post by: bagofeyes on June 07, 2008, 09:53:26 AM: Sweet. Hope I don't have it.
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Post by: cloudwalking on June 07, 2008, 11:31:01 AM: i'm glad everything turned out okay! i know that it's scary when a doctor leaves you hanging on a serious matter. i think some of them actually enjoy doing it...

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Title: Re: So I don't have cancer
Post by: siamesedreamer on June 07, 2008, 11:43:58 AM: Quote from: demi on June 06, 2008, 10:51:00 PM
Quote from: siamesedreamer on June 06, 2008, 10:27:25 PM
Nice. Having cancer fucking sucks.

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff156/siamesedreamer7/FatherDay_Destin038.jpg)

Is that you? Story required

Yeah, that's me. I was diagnosed with synovial cell sarcoma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synovial_cell_sarcoma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synovial_cell_sarcoma)

back in late 2004. Easiest way to describe it is to call it a muscle tumor (even though that's scientifically inaccurate). The tumor was located where the curve in my scar is on my neck. It was about the size of a baseball. Did 6 rounds of very potent chemo, 23 rounds of radiation, and then the surgery. After the first two rounds of chemo the tumor shrank ~75%. By the time the chemo and radiation was over the tumor was almost completely gone (like only a few millimeters left). For the surgery, they basically cut out all the muscles on the right side of the back of my neck (if you look closely you can tell) and then flipped up the bottom part of my trapezius muscle to fill in the "divot". The surgery left me with some weakness in my right arm (like doing things above my shoulder). I'm almost three years into remission which is awesome because my type of cancer has a 60% recurrance rate in the first two years. Rates go down every year there after until year seven when you're considered "cured". I was treated at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and I go back there every 3-4 months for scans to make sure it hasn't come back.
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Post by: siamesedreamer on June 07, 2008, 11:44:48 AM: nm
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Post by: tiesto on June 07, 2008, 12:20:08 PM: Good to hear!
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Post by: Brehvolution on June 07, 2008, 02:18:49 PM: I'm glad to hear you guys are well.

The whole cancer thing is so strange. One day the body decides,"Hey! lets start building fingernail cells in the brain!" Or "Hey! wee need to start forming some teeth in the colon!"

The whole thing is mind boggling. :dizzy
Title: Re: So I don't have cancer
Post by: Crushed on June 07, 2008, 02:25:34 PM: Quote from: Zero Hero on June 07, 2008, 02:18:49 PM
I'm glad to hear you guys are well.

The whole cancer thing is so strange. One day the body decides,"Hey! lets start building fingernail cells in the brain!" Or "Hey! wee need to start forming some teeth in the colon!"

The whole thing is mind boggling. :dizzy

That's really not how it works. A normal cell just can't stop dividing, and so all of its divisions can't stop dividing.

But there was some kid who had a tooth grow on his foot once.
Title: Re: So I don't have cancer
Post by: Brehvolution on June 07, 2008, 02:40:54 PM: Quote from: Crushed on June 07, 2008, 02:25:34 PM
Quote from: Zero Hero on June 07, 2008, 02:18:49 PM
I'm glad to hear you guys are well.

The whole cancer thing is so strange. One day the body decides,"Hey! lets start building fingernail cells in the brain!" Or "Hey! wee need to start forming some teeth in the colon!"

The whole thing is mind boggling. :dizzy

That's really not how it works. A normal cell just can't stop dividing, and so all of its divisions can't stop dividing.

But there was some kid who had a tooth grow on his foot once.

I know but it is still foreign cell production in the body. There have been tumors where doctors have found fully developed teeth, hair and fingernails.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 07, 2008, 02:43:07 PM: grats cohen. jesus' blessings are often delayed but never denied :bow

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Post by: Oblivion on June 07, 2008, 06:14:49 PM: Awesome, dude. We're all so proud of you. :heart
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Post by: Tauntaun on June 07, 2008, 06:45:58 PM: Quote from: Powerslave on June 07, 2008, 04:24:11 AM
If it's not cancer, it's AIDS. I'm sorry, rest in peace Cohen.

beaten, :(

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