Thinking of Andy while I rant, and here is one example of

[HysteryDiagnosis]

why I do.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16484716&query_hl=29&itool=pubmed_docsum
1: Integr Cancer Ther. 2006 Mar;5(1):83-9.Click here to read Links
The long-term survival of a patient with pancreatic cancer with metastases to the liver after treatment with the intravenous alpha-lipoic acid/low-dose naltrexone protocol.

* Berkson BM,
* Rubin DM,
* Berkson AJ.

Integrative Medical Center of New Mexico and New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.

The authors describe the long-term survival of a patient with pancreatic cancer without any toxic adverse effects. The treatment regimen includes the intravenous alpha-lipoic acid and low-dose naltrexone (ALA-N) protocol and a healthy lifestyle program. The patient was told by a reputable university oncology center in October 2002 that there was little hope for his survival. Today, January 2006, however, he is back at work, free from symptoms, and without appreciable progression of his malignancy. The integrative protocol described in this article may have the possibility of extending the life of a patient who would be customarily considered to be terminal. The authors believe that life scientists will one day develop a cure for metastatic pancreatic cancer, perhaps via gene therapy or another biological platform. But until such protocols come to market, the ALA-N protocol should be studied and considered, given its lack of toxicity at levels reported. Several other patients are on this treatment protocol and appear to be doing well at this time.

PMID: 16484716

[VelmaD]

1. I still miss him...

every single day. :cry:

[Wiley50]

2. Me Too

Very decent human being who did nothing to deserve
the absolute shit that was served to him at the end of his life.

The cancer was a really nasty thing too.

if you know what I'm saying

[annabanana]

3. yup. . . . n/t

[hang a left]

4. Andy would have been very excited to see this time.

Maybe he is helping to direct some of it. He is one of our guiding spirits.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. That's the way I like to see it.... a guiding spirit helping us to

find a way out of this mess, just as he did while he was with us in the physical.

[coffeenap]

6. I can hear his voice clearly--he'd have been singing and

yelling in my ear! And I would love every minute!

[coffeenap]

7. I can hear his voice clearly--he'd have been singing and

yelling in my ear! And I would love every minute!