How vain are you?

Where IS Larry???? I'm trying to find what you guys are talking about...

Me 3!

we need a "like" button!

i'm going to hell...i'm ready to post on the Alternative thread that their appreciation for completely unproven hyperthermia reminds me of the belief that drinking a bottle of gin in a boiling hot bath induced miscarriage of an unwanted pregnancy...reel me in ladies before I get in yrouble with the board again with a fight...

wouldn't hyperthermia lead to an increased risk of developing lymphedema? Why would anyone want to chance that?

my dearest ladies,

Holding ones tongue, is so hard sometimes. I have gotten into more than one dust up over what I've read on those other threads. For me, the irony is that I have no problem with alternative or complementary tx, if there is evidence, not anecdotes, that it works ! Wouldn't we all love a natural, se free cure for cancer? However, for those of us who question or ask for evidence, anecdotes and unqualified "health warriors" are not enough. What really baffles me are those who say they don't need evidence! They are leaving themselves open to any slick huckster out there. Enough said. So, enjoy your Sunday and try to stay out of the quagmire.

Caryn

PS: Kudos to momine who navigates the quagmire so gracefully!

well, I think it's kinda interesting, funny, confuzzled, and the good news is that getting ourselves asked to "leave" for being ( disruptive?) talking about food?  which leads to a Delicious Discussion of all thing VAIN ( Mrs. Brown getting a bikini wax required a change of panties for me!) but the disjointed interruptions by Larry's friend go on and on and on and on and....but someone  stuff is really a source of good comedy.

More comedy, a little piece on larry   http://www.quackwatch.com/04ConsumerEducation/null.html

Ya gotta not laugh too loud until you read the fan's letter posted at the very very very very very bottom, by which time, you'll have to wipe the tears from your eyes

Blessings, that was hysterical! I had my head back laughing! Thanks for sharing!

Kayb, good to know. I was wondering because my LE therapist is getting hyperthermia treatments along with chemo right now, for stage 3 colon cancer. She is being treated in the Netherlands.

I'm with kayb, and yorkiemom, I'd be interested in ANYTHING, as long as a reputable oncologist, cancer study center ( like Sloan Kettering, or Dana Farber, MD Anderson, etc) were studying it.  Doubt if at my ripe ole age I'd be interested in anything earlier than a stage III Clinical Trial ( in my current situation) but if necessary, yup, count me in for a Stage I if my oncologist says to go for it ;-)

Well crap! Philip Seymour Hoffman dead from a drug overdose. What a waste. I could still see him as a great character actor at 75.

Found this very decent and clear overview of the current knowledge and use of hyperthermia: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/hyperthermia

thanks, momine. Brief and concise! Like with most things in clinical trials, I remain hopeful. It is interesting that the therapy is given in conjunction with chemo or rads. I wonder if there are trials using it as a stand alone tx?

I still haven't found that thread. I get the jist of it though. And maybe I shouldn't say it here, here goes anyway. 

Do you think people had a hard time accepting a chemo drug could be made from fir trees?

Or a drug to treat diabetes would be synthesized from the saliva of the Gila Monster?

I don't mean to start trouble. I will STFU now.

Gila Monster------Byetta, an injectable drug

Fir trees-------Taxotere