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Frustratedlady

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4. Back in 1972, my brother had surgery for cancer. The surgeon, who was in his 70s,

Reply to Jane Austin (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 01:47 AM

Jul 2019

called the doctors' lounge to tell anyone interested to come up and look at this cancer. He'd never, in all his years of surgery, seen anything like it. The cancer went from his front to his spine like an arrow. Within a few weeks, my brother was gone weighing just 67#.

He had been in the U. S. Navy and I heard the sailors stood on beaches during these tests. I never heard if he was one of them, but that was my first suspicion.

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Which probably explains why my late and dear Jane Austin Jul 2019 #1

Sorry to hear about those tragedies soryang Jul 2019 #2

Thanks. Jane Austin Jul 2019 #3

Back in 1972, my brother had surgery for cancer. The surgeon, who was in his 70s, Frustratedlady Jul 2019 #4

Hardly a surprise FBaggins Jul 2019 #5