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7185. wonkers2 - 11/6/2007 4:25:05 AM We're keeping our fingers crossed, Judith. 7186. robertjayb - 11/28/2007 6:33:48 AM Cancer-resistant mice?
ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2007) — A mouse resistant to cancer, even highly-aggressive types, has been created by researchers at the University of Kentucky. The breakthrough stems from a discovery by UK College of Medicine professor of radiation medicine Vivek Rangnekar and a team of researchers who found a tumor-suppressor gene called "Par-4" in the prostate.
The researchers discovered that the Par-4 gene kills cancer cells, but not normal cells. There are very few molecules that specifically fight against cancer cells, giving it a potentially therapeutic application.
Lab mice will inherit the earth. 7187. judithathome - 11/29/2007 1:22:28 AM And share it with cockroaches. 7188. arkymalarky - 12/8/2007 2:11:31 AM I simply must preen a little. My doctor now sends numbers home when we have bloodwork. Bob put mine on the fridge. Last April my cholesterol was 239. Now it's 148. My "bad cholesterol" was 147. Now it is 76. My triglycerides were 107. Now they're 81. I did this with a significant diet change and inconsistent (about to get more consistent) exercise, and losing about 17 lbs since school started. I'm plateaued on that and want to start dropping some more, but I haven't gained any back, and my BMI is now in the "normal" range, if you put much stock in that.
Now if I can straighten out the insurance company and get this artery thing worked out before Jan 1, I hope to really feel good and enjoy 2008--the presidential possibilities notwithstanding. 7189. arkymalarky - 12/8/2007 2:12:59 AM And my blood sugar was 79, but it's always been on the low side of normal. 7190. arkymalarky - 12/8/2007 2:15:39 AM One more factor: Dramatic reduction in stress. 7191. judithathome - 12/9/2007 3:42:06 PM What artery thing? If you don't want to say anything publicly, write or call...I've been meaning to ask in email since you mentioned de-stressing in the Cafe last week. 7192. arkymalarky - 12/9/2007 5:31:24 PM Nonono, no problem. I had a stress test that indicated blockage at the bottom of my heart and they suggested an angiogram and I wanted the less invasive CTA (CT scan inside the artery). My angry insurance story is in politics. I'm getting the CTA and paying for it myself tomorrow, and if I need a stent I'll have to have the angiogram to put it in. But if I don't, I've had a much less invasive and stressful procedure. I had a hope the company turned down the procedure because they didn't think I needed it, but NOOOO. They call it "experimental" which is idiotic for a procedure that looks at images. Images are images. This procedure takes about 20 minutes and I leave. An angiogram is an out-patient procedure that will require an iv of pain medication and sedative and four hours of bedrest.
So I will repeat what I said in Politics: Insurance companies are EVIL. 7193. arkymalarky - 12/9/2007 5:42:47 PM And it occurs to me, everyone makes money with the angiogram--the hospital, an anesthesiologist, etc. So they want me to have a more expensive, more invasive procedure--it's not a money-saving issue with them. They will be out an extra $650 if I have to have both, they would be out much more if I chose only the angiogram and didn't need a stent. 7194. wonkers2 - 12/9/2007 6:07:22 PM Arky, your suggestion that hospitals and doctors are motivated by money is most unkind. Corporate Leeches 7195. arkymalarky - 12/9/2007 6:13:34 PM Haha! Don't quote me until after they're through poking on me.
I'm still mad about the clinic not bothering to make sure I knew I wasn't supposed to go Friday. So I've expended two sick days and a lot of grief over a 20 minute procedure. But most of us choose to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous medical systems than fly to others we know not of. 7196. wonkers2 - 12/9/2007 6:21:55 PM My doctor tends to order CT scans at the slightest provocation. And, until recently, whenever I was in his waiting room around lunch time, the drug reps arrived with box lunches for all. I've gigged him about being bribed by Big Pharm and when I saw him last week he said he'd put a stop to it. He said the huge Christmas goody basket was from a patient. 7197. arkymalarky - 12/9/2007 7:52:28 PM Who happens to be a drug rep? ;->
That's one thing I really like about my GP and the one before her who died in Sept. Wish I could say the same about my gynecologist, but he made himself obsolete after giving me a full hysterectomy, and then I just wouldn't cooperate on the high doses of hormones he was trying to force on me. Wonder how he's doing these days. 7198. judithathome - 12/10/2007 1:08:32 AM Last time I went to the doctor, two weeks ago, I was kept waiting for 45 minutes while FOUR drug reps swanned in and out like they were at a luxurious retreat. 7199. judithathome - 12/10/2007 1:09:21 AM Glad you're doing the less invasive procedure, Arky. Keep us posted! 7200. arkymalarky - 12/10/2007 3:09:40 AM Oh that would really make me mad.
I'll let y'all know as soon as I find out! 7201. judithathome - 12/19/2007 6:56:02 PM My Name Is Lisa 7202. wonkers2 - 12/19/2007 7:48:00 PM I watched the entire video hoping I'd get the point. Precocious pre-teen girl whose mother is drugged out? Alcoholic? Early Alzheimers? Mentally ill? All the above? 7203. judithathome - 12/19/2007 9:46:17 PM Not an alky...my guess is, Azheimers.
It's something to think about. Lots of older women having babies these days...certainly lots of older men are doing so with younger women. A grown child of parents afflicted with that disease is somewhat prepared for it but a kid? Say that woman had that girl at age 43...the girl looked about 13. How can a 13 year old cope with early onset of Alzheimers in a mother of 56? That aged woman ought to be closer to her grandmother than her mother in age. And she looked like a single mother, too.
I just posted it because it was thought-provoking and the people on the forum from whence I cadged it were impressed with it. 7204. wonkers2 - 12/20/2007 12:32:02 AM Well, it held my attention to the end.
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