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TB does not need "internet medical expert" advice. TB needs your well wishes or prayers. Any derailment consisting of "alternative medical treatments" will be moderated. | ||
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Much love man, we need you. | ||
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o(>_<")○‥‥…━━━━━━━━･：*☆) I wish you and your family all the best through this tough time. | ||
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-Celestial-
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On October 16 2015 11:06 radscorpion9 wrote: I've always been curious what chemo does to you exactly, it sounds like it destroys almost everything in an effort to remove the cancer. Lets hope TB can beat the odds! I'm a biological scientist but not in cancer research so I'm somewhat more knowledgeable than average but not exactly totally familiar. From what I recall from studying cancer during my undergraduate that's...pretty much what it does. Basically traditional chemotherapy involves getting pumped full of chemicals that kill off rapidly dividing cells. The basic idea is that most of the cells in your body will be fine (because they're not dividing quickly or at all in some cases) whilst the cancer cells will be killed off. This is also why your hair falls out, because the cells in hair follicles divide rapidly and so also die off. It can also screw up your bone marrow and one or two other things I can't recall right now. In very simple terms you're pumping the body full of a certain amount of specific poisons on the basis that the poison will hit the cancer harder than most of the other cells in the body. So the balance in dosage is pretty important; it needs to be such that its enough to effect the cancer but not enough to kill the patient. Though it won't necessarily kill all the cancer, it can kill enough to prolong life. There's newer treatments out that act a bit differently, but that's pretty much the basis of traditional cancer treatment. Unfortunately in TB's case by the sounds of things its metastasized...that is to say its moved from the primary site and spread throughout the body...which as far as my own knowledge goes rather sadly puts it rather in the category of "when" and not "if". I'd really hoped the surgery would clear it up for him entirely. :-\ In any case, I hope he can beat the odds of the timescale they've given him. All the best to him and his family. | ||
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radscorpion9
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On October 16 2015 12:11 -Celestial- wrote: I'm a biological scientist but not in cancer research so I'm somewhat more knowledgeable than average but not exactly totally familiar. From what I recall from studying cancer during my undergraduate that's...pretty much what it does. Basically traditional chemotherapy involves getting pumped full of chemicals that kill off rapidly dividing cells. The basic idea is that most of the cells in your body will be fine (because they're not dividing quickly or at all in some cases) whilst the cancer cells will be killed off. This is also why your hair falls out, because the cells in hair follicles divide rapidly and so also die off. It can also screw up your bone marrow and one or two other things I can't recall right now. In very simple terms you're pumping the body full of a certain amount of specific poisons on the basis that the poison will hit the cancer harder than most of the other cells in the body. So the balance in dosage is pretty important; it needs to be such that its enough to effect the cancer but not enough to kill the patient. Though it won't necessarily kill all the cancer, it can kill enough to prolong life. There's newer treatments out that act a bit differently, but that's pretty much the basis of traditional cancer treatment. Unfortunately in TB's case by the sounds of things its metastasized...that is to say its moved from the primary site and spread throughout the body...which as far as my own knowledge goes rather sadly puts it rather in the category of "when" and not "if". I'd really hoped the surgery would clear it up for him entirely. :-\ In any case, I hope he can beat the odds of the timescale they've given him. All the best to him and his family. Well thanks a lot for the information, much appreciated. I was also going to ask why not have surgery to cut out the cancer but I guess you answered that as well. I always thought that chemotherapy actually contributed to the death of the patient in some way but its interesting to learn that it keeps the normal cells functioning (for the most part, apart from the bone marrow part you mentioned). Well perhaps he can try some experimental drugs or surgeries, though on the other hand he may just want to spend the most amount of quality time with his friends, spouse, family etc. rather than take the risk. I think on the bright side TB accomplished a lot with the time he had so he can be happy to leave behind some positive memories. I hope he at least gets to play some fun RPGs and games while he still can (Fallout 4, Witcher 3). I hope that doesn't sound too silly, its what I would do! | ||
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prplhz
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