Support for LateToSchool

[sax]

<p>spring…rebirth… LTS…</p>

<p>I will never see the washington cherry blossom beauty without thinking of LTS. </p>

<p>Her virtual life was such an inspiration for world peace to me. Real people the world over being brought together with care and concern for someone who was only real to them by words on a page. I wonder if her daughter feels the care we all have for her too; without having any real knowledge of where the warmth is coming from. Thank you, LTS.</p>

<p>Peace to you all.</p>

[CountingDown]

<p>LTS’s memory is truly a blessing.</p>

[NYMomof2]

<p>I believe that marite was in touch with LTS’ daughter. We discussed at one point telling her about LTS’ life here, but decided against it, because LTS would have told her if she’d wanted her to know. </p>

<p>Rest in peace, LTS.</p>

[marite]

<p>Yes, I was in touch with LTS’ D. She did know how much beloved LTS was. My darling MIL passed away recently, and LTS and this thread have been very much on my mind.</p>

[Faline2]

<p>marite, i am sorry to hear about your husband’s mother and admire you for loving her a lot</p>

[marite]

<p>Thank you. Everybody who knew her loved her.</p>

[soozievt]

<p>Marite, I’m sorry to hear of the loss of your mother-in-law. She sounds like a very special woman who will be missed dearly by all. My thoughts and sympathies are with your family.</p>

[maineparent]

<p>I too have 3 good friends battling cancer…1 with Stage 3 and 2 with Stage 4… and they are all 56 and under in age… the simple statement “if you have your health, you have everything” masks so much… obviously any of us can get hit by a car or suffer a massive heart attack… but living with cancer and all it entails is very challenging. LTS did a tremendous job of blazing the path to challenge each and every member of the medical community to VALUE her life… one life, no big deal unless it is YOURS… and this thread is a ripple from the unique and inspiring “pebble” that was LTS. Long may this thread live…</p>

[mominva]

<p>Condolences, Marite and family.</p>

<p>LTS’s impact continues
From mini in post 109:
(You might ask your doc about low-dose naltrexone - the early studies are amazing, though there is not much as yet in terms of clinical trials.)</p>

<p>My mom’s pulmonologist recently recommended adding this to her regime. The clinical trials are focusing on Multiple Sclerosis and Crohn’s; anecdotal evidence shows cancer survival rates impacted.</p>

[sunnyflorida]

<p>I think that by about this time, LTS’s D will be missing her mom, and looking for mom in ways and places she had not seen before. She is starting to forget her face, her voice. She is having to look at pictures or videos to keep the memories, but wishing she had more to hold on to. She is more mature now, and more like her mom than ever before. I do not know her D, I am just assuming things based on the fact that some time has passes, and that D is older and wiser. </p>

<p>While LTS did not tell her D about posting here, and this thread and LTS’s postings about her D have been a “secret,” I suspect that LTS’s D would smile and get great vibes about her mom from this thread. And now that her D is an adult, this thread and the posts LTS made might help her as we approach the 2 years that LTS is gone. I have this feeling that her D would get nothing but benefits from having this thread to read, and having the other posts that LTS made to read. I hope that someday, those that DO know her D will share this with her.</p>

[padad]

<p>Marite, Sorry for your lost. I just buried my Aunt, with whom spent a good part of my childhood. She was the last member of my family in that generation group. With her passing went irretrievably a part of my own childhood. I am grateful that I was able to be her caretaker in her last week.</p>

<p>I haven’t been here for awhile, and I am glad to see this thread is being kept alive. I got myself a 64GB iPad this past Saturday. I am loving it and I am surfing the net more than I would otherwise. Keep well.</p>

[Karen_Colleges]

<p>I do hope that someday, someone shows this thread to LTS’ daughter.</p>

<p>What a gift that would be! Her personality came through so clearly to me, who never knew her. I would hope that it would be comforting to her daughter.</p>

<p>I would love to find some correspondence written by my parents.</p>

[alwaysamom]

<p>I thought of LTS as I read this article in the paper yesterday,</p>

<p>[How</a> Terry Fox changed Canada - thestar.com](<a href=“http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/793452--how-terry-fox-changed-canada]How”>http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/793452--how-terry-fox-changed-canada)</p>

<p>Terry Fox truly did change Canada when he started his marathon across the country 30 years ago. There isn’t a child in the country who doesn’t know who he is today because every school in the country holds an annual Terry Fox Run to raise funds for cancer research. In 30 years, the runs have raised over $400million. The legacy he has left is an amazing one.</p>

<p>I agree with those who believe that LTS’s D would benefit from the opportunity to know her mom as we knew her here on CC. As the time goes on, any connection becomes that much more important.</p>

[BunsenBurner]

<p>Just reported by my local TV station - more bad news about HRT:</p>

<p>[Long-term</a> HRT use increases risk of lung cancer | KING5.com | Seattle Cancer Free Washington News and Information](<a href=“http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Long-term-HRT-use-increases-risk-of-lung-cancer-90875179.html]Long-term”>http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Long-term-HRT-use-increases-risk-of-lung-cancer-90875179.html)</p>

<p>

Long-term HRT use increases risk of lung cancer </p>

<p>by JEAN ENERSEN / KING 5 News</p>

<p>Posted on April 14, 2010 at 5:40 PM</p>

<p>Updated today at 6:02 PM </p>

<p>There’s another potential side effect of long term use of hormone replacement therapy, and this one may come as a surprise. Yes, it’s cancer, but not the kind you might expect.</p>

<p>When Suretta Must first started having hot flashes, her doctor suggested HRT, but Suretta was leery.</p>

<p>“I decided not to take hormones because of the larger risk of breast cancer and the fear of weight gain,” said Must.</p>

<p>Turns out breast cancer isn’t the only cancer risk associated with long-term use of estrogen plus progestin.</p>

<p>“Women who received that therapy for greater than 10 years had a significant increase in risk of developing lung cancer. Their risk increased by about 50 percent,” said Dr. Jason Chien, Seattle Cancer Alliance.</p>

<p>And here’s the unexpected twist. Chien, who co-authored the study, says that the increased risk for lung cancer also applies to women who’ve never smoked. That’s right, never smoked and who aren’t even on the radar for lung cancer.</p>

<p>What should women do if they’ve been using HRT for more than ten years?</p>

<p>“Someone who’s in that group might be more vigilant about their respiratory symptoms, things like a persistent cough, sputum production, maybe even some blood in their sputum, chest pain,” said Chien.</p>

<p>And tell their doctor, since early detection is key. A CT scan shows a stage one disease lung cancer, which can be easily treated.</p>

<p>An earlier study showed that women diagnosed with lung cancer while taking HRT have a higher risk of dying from their cancer.</p>

<p>“If you gather all those data up, it basically tells us we should not be using hormonal therapy long term,” said Chien.</p>

<p>At the same time, smoking still poses a bigger threat for lung cancer than HRT does. Of course women who combine the two put themselves at even greater risk.</p>

<p>The study appears in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

</p>

<p>And here is a link to the JCO article:</p>

<p><a href=“http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/9/1540[/url]”>http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/9/1540&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[lspf72]

<p>Interesting (and alarming) BB–
I think the peri- and post-menopause years for women are extremely confusing. It feels like Mother Nature has no use for us anymore, and we get all sorts of wacky +/or unpleasant symptoms that may or may not be something scary. Then we have people telling us the positives and negatives of hormones (can’t live with them, shrivel up without them). I’d tend to want to keep things as natural as possible. It seems there has been too much unpleasant news lately when it comes to HRT.</p>

<p>Also - I’m always shocked at the list of side effects (which the announcer always reads through at blinding speed) on those tv commercials for BC pills that “save” women from having to deal with periods. Stroke, blood clots, heart attack… Periods would have to be REALLY bad to consider those things.</p>

<p>We know of several non-smokers - male and felmale - who died of lung cancer. One grew up with a chain smoking Mom, in a house where EVERYTHING reeked of smoke. She died of lung cancer, and so did her son, in his forties. Such a shame. Can’t help but wonder if secondary smoke is a bigger factor than first thought.</p>

<p>Now they’re saying HPV in rare cases can be a lung cancer (and oral and throat cancer) risk factor. As if cervical cancer isn’t scary enough.</p>

[ADad]

<p>This article brought LTS to mind.</p>

<p>

Men try walking in her shoes</p>

<p>Nearly 100 male students marched around [the Lehigh] campus in red high heels to raise awareness for violence against women last Sunday.</p>

<p>The “Walk-a-Mile in Her Shoes” event, a collaborative effort between the Women’s Center and Lambda Theta Alpha sorority, aimed to increase public exposure of gender violence and rape.

</p>

<p>[Men</a> try walking in her shoes - News](<a href=“http://media.www.thebrownandwhite.com/media/storage/paper1233/news/2010/04/16/News/Men-Try.Walking.In.Her.Shoes-3906564.shtml]Men”>http://media.www.thebrownandwhite.com/media/storage/paper1233/news/2010/04/16/News/Men-Try.Walking.In.Her.Shoes-3906564.shtml)</p>

[BunsenBurner]

<p>KING5 Seattle reports:</p>

<p>

Lung cancer kills about 160,000 people in the U.S. every year. One of the biggest problems: one-quarter of lung cancer patients are too sick, too old or too weak to survive surgery. Until recently, there were few options, but now doctors are finding ways to beat the odds</p>

<p>Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer. It takes more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined. So how did these women end up cancer-free?"</p>

<p>“When you first hear, ‘You have cancer,’ you don’t expect to get over it like I did,” said Frances Nirich, lung cancer survivor.</p>

<p>Nirich is one of about 55,000 people who are told they’re too sick, too old or too weak for surgery. She enrolled in a study to see if the cyber-knife can help those who can’t go under a real knife.</p>

<p>“While you’re radiating a tumor that moves, you can hit it with millimeter precision,” said Dr. Brian Collins, radiation oncologist at Georgetown University.</p>

<p>The device shoots radiation into the tumor without harming the rest of the lungs, even as the patient breathes in and out. A five-year study found cyber-knife destroyed 95 percent of tumors. The three-year survival rate: 80 percent. It’s a big difference from traditional radiation, which destroys 30 percent of tumors and carries only a 30 percent survival rate.</p>

<p>Lung cancer patient Jennifer Hoppock didn’t want major surgery.</p>

<p>“We’re now using smaller, keyhole incisions and telescopes with long instruments,” Dr. Michael Smith, thoracic surgeon, St. Joseph’s Hospital.</p>

<p>Instead of an eight-inch incision between the ribs, surgeons make a few inch-long incisions and use a camera to find the tumor.</p>

<p>“I went back to work after three weeks,” said Hoppock.</p>

<p>Two lung cancer patients-turned-survivors thanks to technology that’s providing new options. The cyberknife and video-assisted thoracic surgery–or VATS for short - are available at Swedish Medical Center. The VATS procedure is also performed through the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.</p>

<p>For more information:</p>

<p>Seattle CyberKnife Center
Swedish Medical Center - VATS
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance - VATS

</p>

<p>[Cyberknife</a> surgery increasing survival rates for lung cancer patients | KING5.com | Seattle Cancer Free Washington News and Information](<a href=“http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Cyber-knife-surgery--92353094.html]Cyberknife”>http://www.king5.com/health/cancer-free-washington/Cyber-knife-surgery--92353094.html)</p>

[2VU0609]

<p>[Study</a> seeks to improve early diagnosis, treatment of lung cancer (04/22/10)](<a href=“http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=8662]Study”>http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=8662)</p>

[natmicstef]

<p>Unfortunately LTS was told she was not a candidate for Cyberknife - think because she had too many very small lesions. (page 131)</p>

[sunnyflorida]

<p>I read this today and instantly knew I needed to post it.</p>

<p>[Lung</a> Cancer: Deadlier to Women Than Breast, Ovarian and Cervical Combined](<a href=“http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/16/lung-cancer-and-women-deadlier-than-breast-ovarian-and-cervica/?sms_ss=facebook]Lung”>http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/16/lung-cancer-and-women-deadlier-than-breast-ovarian-and-cervica/?sms_ss=facebook)</p>