COLONOSCOPY ! It has been 2 years since Laser Pat died. GET-R-DONE !

[The emperor has no clothes]

I have malignant neuroendocrine (carcinoid) cancer.

They found it last fall, verified in a colonoscopy with biopsy.

I had surgery mid February that removed about two feet of intestine, small & large and the valve in between the two. They then cut out two egg-sized tumors from my liver. Then they used radio frequency ablation to literally cook three more tumors in my liver. I still have some ten or more micro tumors slowly growing in my liver. Had they caught it BEFORE it metastasized into my liver I could have been cured.

At this point(once in my liver) there is no cure, no remission, just a slow growth requiring future surgeries and monthly injections costing $9500 each, CAT scans every 6 months or annually. MRI's and octreoscans if necessary.

My average life expectancy with treatment is 12 years, without I would have been dead within two years.

DON'T WAIT...

Now maybe some will understand my capitulation on making Inzane XV, but I am glad I got to see you all and your bikes, too!

I'm sorry I didn't make the time to search you out at Inzane. Hopefully we can both attend #16 

[T.P.]

It was Sunday March 11th 2012 that I informed the Membership that Pat had passed away.

I hope that every year on March 11th that we take the time to pass that message on.

That You were motivated enough by LASERPAT's death from colon cancer to GIT-R-DONE with the

                                           COLONOSCOPY.

[old2soon]

I've more than mentioned this to my friends and neighbors. The small inconvenience of the night before gits outweighed by the prevention possible should they find anything. And being as we don't quite have Star Trek style hand held scanners yet-go get that T V camera on a cable put up you KNOW where!  RIDE SAFE.

[98valk]

eat boiled, well steamed cabbage and naturally fermented cabbage. it has nutrients that keep colon cells healthy and stop/remove cancer cells.
read below the dangers of a colonscope and how many die from the procedure, actually more than cancer of. the medical community is using fear tactics to make people lab rats so they can make a fortune.

one of many such articles
" Cabbage contains powerful antioxidants like vitamins A and C and phytonutrients such as thiocyanates, lutein, zeaxanthin, isothiocyanates and sulforaphane, which stimulate detoxifying enzymes and may protect against breast, colon and prostate cancers.

Sulforaphane, also selectively targets cancer stem cells, and by doing so it effectively prevents the cancer from spreading and/or recurring. Antioxidants also help protect your body from oxidative stress."
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/08/03/cabbage.aspx

many articles on this.
and the dangers of http://www.ener-chi.com/the-dangers-of-colonoscopies/
Reported in this study from 2006; “The perforation rate reported from colonoscopies was 1 in 1000 procedures, and ‘serious complications’ occurred in 5 in1000”. According The Annals Of Internal Medicine’s report on colonoscopies, an estimated 70,000 (0.5%) will be injured or killed by a complication related to this procedure. This figure is 22% higher than the annual deaths from colorectal cancer itself – the very
disease the device was designed to prevent.
The average age for developing colorectal cancer is 71. The medical industry recommends screening starting at the age of 50 and as low as 45 for African Americans. So, for the first couple of decades, you are risking your life with a dangerous, invasive procedure to diagnose a disease that is far less of a risk at that age than the odds of being injured by the screening device. I could stop right there, because that should be enough to make a critical thinker forget about this barberic diagnostic tool, at least until the age of 65. But, there is more – a whole lot more to consider, which leads me to believe we should search to discover a safer and more effective tool.

[Oss]

like I told TP,  the docs have a sense of humor

She said you must not really be a lawyer cause you didnt have
your brains up your butt    

O B 1 wish you and also BF the best possible outcomes