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NRaleighLiberal

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Wed Nov 20, 2013, 10:56 AM Nov 2013

In sadness and loss, here is inspiration, beauty and dignity.. link about a former colleague/friend

Last edited Wed Nov 20, 2013, 01:30 PM - Edit history (1)

please note I am not the author of this story! It appeared recently in a local newspaper.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/18/3384155/two-jackies-and-me-facing-death.html

"Two Jackies and Me: Facing death on one’s own terms"

by Steven Petrow

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"However, as I came to learn, legal and financial preparations are but paperwork. In the past year I realized there are far more powerful, and deeply emotional, steps one might take to prepare for the future – or the end – and to comfort those left behind.

It was another Jacqueline who taught me this advanced placement course in life – and then death.

Jacquie Zinn and I were classmates at Duke in the ’70s and became friends in the ’00s. For the past five years we spent most Saturday mornings together at a Spin class, racing against each other as though we were sister and brother. A triathlete, Jacquie beat me 9 times out of 10 and always left the class, saying, “That was fabulous!” She wasn’t lauding her victories but the very endorphin-filled experience itself.

Then, on a winter’s day last year when we were both planning to attend a friend’s funeral, Jacquie absented herself. At Duke Hospital, she found herself face to face with a diagnosis of glioblastoma, the nastiest of brain cancers. Despite the grim prognosis, this Jacquie, then 55, left no stone unturned, first in seeking a cure, then in hoping for remission. In an 18-month span, she underwent brain surgery, two rounds of radiation, two courses of chemotherapy and a virtual “slice and dice” with the Gamma Knife."

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I was very fortunate to know Jacquie, as a work colleague for over 10 years. This is a remarkable story - be sure to read it all from the link. It is amazing where life's inspiration may come from....she is greatly missed by many.
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I am looking into alternative therapies, myself wordpix Feb 2014 #1

wordpix

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1. I am looking into alternative therapies, myself
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 09:15 AM
Feb 2014

for metastasized colon cancer. I came across this:

http://www.cancertutor.com/faq_cesium_cure_rate/

after reading this blog post in answer to my question: Anyone refused therapy for mets colon cancer? Here is the post:

RE: After surgery: anyone refused chemo?
by CancerSupport on Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:42 PM

Quote | Reply

byFortunate953on Fri Feb 21, 2014 04:00 PM

On October 21, 2013, I was diagnosed with late Stage 4 Rare Blast Prostrate Cancer that had spread to all of my bones, to both lungs, and my kidneys, and my lumph nodes. My Oncologist at Mayo Clinic told me that I had less than two months to live, and that he would like to give me a strong mixture of two kinds of Chemotherapy, though he admitted that the Chemo would not extend my life, as my type of Rare Blast Cancer has a smart protein coating that is very resistent to any kind of Chemo.
I refused Chemo, and the next day I began taking 3 grams of Cesium Chloride each day, seven days on and three days off on an empty stomach (stomach acid neutralizes a lot of Cesium). I added 10 apricot Seeds, 5,000 Mg of Vitamin C and a little Molasses each time. Within 3 days my extreme pain was gone. It took about two weeks before my appetite for food began coming back - - I had lost 45 pounds, down to 158 pounds.
After 4 months, I have gained back 20 pounds, and my PSA count has come down - - last reading was 0.59 My Oncologist recently told me that Cesium Chloride is conquering my "Incurable Cancer."

snip: because the experts almost universally use cesium chloride on highly advanced cancer patients, there is a severe bias in the class of patients who use cesium chloride. In other words, cesium chloride is almost exclusively used on advanced cancer patients who have been through the complete range of orthodox treatments of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, and perhaps others.

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