Monterey Bay Forum » cancer http://freedomok.net assessment, autism, children, health, law and life near Monterey Bay Sun, 20 May 2012 21:10:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Firenze Sage: Another Parable from Hugo the Wizard…. [Hugo Chazez of Venezuela re cause of cancer] http://freedomok.net/2011/12/firenze-sage-another-parable-from-hugo-the-wizard-hugo-chazez-of-argentina-re-cause-of-cancer/ http://freedomok.net/2011/12/firenze-sage-another-parable-from-hugo-the-wizard-hugo-chazez-of-argentina-re-cause-of-cancer/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:59:27 +0000 jaj48 http://freedomok.net/?p=6942 HUGO CHAVEZ Firenze Sage: Another Parable from Hugo the Wizard.... [Hugo Chazez of Venezuela re cause of cancer]

Hugo Chavez of Venezuela blames U.S.

Hugo Chavez leader of Venezuela says that it is very strange that he and the leaders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay have struggled with cancer and that the US is responsible.

He said he wasn’t accusing the U.S. and that he doesn’t have any proof. But he asked, in his words, “Would it be strange if they had developed a technology to induce cancer and no one knew it?”
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Is the non accusation stranger than the weirdo remark that nobody knows about the technology?

Calling Hugo: Announcements are not usually made about secret weapons.

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]]> http://freedomok.net/2011/12/firenze-sage-another-parable-from-hugo-the-wizard-hugo-chazez-of-argentina-re-cause-of-cancer/feed/ 0 Firenze Sage: Brown nixes tan [for CA minors] http://freedomok.net/2011/10/firenze-sage-work-on-your-tan-for-4-years/ http://freedomok.net/2011/10/firenze-sage-work-on-your-tan-for-4-years/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:46:51 +0000 jaj48 http://freedomok.net/?p=6306 BEACH TANS Firenze Sage: Brown nixes tan [for CA minors]

No tanning beds for minors says Gov. Brown

California is the first state in the nation to ban minors from using tanning beds, legislators said.

Previously, California had banned minors under the age of 14 from using tanning beds, but allowed those between 14 and 18 years of age to use tanning beds with parental consent.

The bill was part of a cluster of legislation signed on Sunday designed to “improve the health and well-being of Calfornians,” according to a statement from the Governor’s office.
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Brown bans tan. Orwell weeps.

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]]> http://freedomok.net/2011/10/firenze-sage-work-on-your-tan-for-4-years/feed/ 0 Diagnosis of ….. autism… versus a diagnosis of cancer …. http://freedomok.net/2010/02/diagnosis-of-autism-versus-diagnosis-of-cancer/ http://freedomok.net/2010/02/diagnosis-of-autism-versus-diagnosis-of-cancer/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:36:23 +0000 jaj48 http://freedomok.net/?p=2317
Diagnosis 150x150 Diagnosis of ..... autism... versus a diagnosis of cancer ....

Diagnosis

Medical Diagnosis: You go to a doctor. He/She says that you have a diagnosis of cancer. You say, what do I do …? The doctor suggests various treatments. Here, diagnosis is the flip side of treatment. Nobody BUYS or WANTS a diagnosis of cancer. If a person has cancer then treatment may involve radiation, surgery or chemotherapy or a combination of all three. All these treatments have significant medical side effects. None of these should be undertaken lightly.

Psychiatric/psychology diagnosis: Parents are concerned about mental and emotional development of their child. They take their child to a doctor — this one is a psychologist and / or psychiatrist. The parents want maximum services to address the concerns they see in the development of their child. So long as the services don’t hurt the child why not maximize them? That is the parents point of view.

Does the doctor conservatively diagnose or? Most of the treatments offerred for children with a diagnosis of autism do not have substantial side effects as in cancer. No lose of hair or feeling lousy because of radiation. So why not maximize treatment to assist the child? Why not “err” and offer maximum kinds of treatment?

Ethics: I say that it is best to do as accurate a diagnosis as possible and not “err” in order to maximize services. Better to incrementally come back and add necessary services rather than overload at the beginning.

This is an ethical dilemma. Does the MD give out drugs that are not necessary but the patient came all that way, waited an hour and expects to get “something”? Does the psychologist diagnose Autistic Disorder 299.0 and not PDD-NOS knowing that one will probably maximize all possible services and the other may not?

Another issue is who pays. If the patient pays for it akin to buying groceries then he may decide that some services are crucial and others can wait. If the “government” is paying the tab — how does that affect decisions?

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]]> http://freedomok.net/2010/02/diagnosis-of-autism-versus-diagnosis-of-cancer/feed/ 1 Aptos: Aptos dad creates site to remember young daughter and raise money for rare cancer http://freedomok.net/2009/04/aptos-sofias-father-offers-site-to-remembers-young-daughter-and-raise-money-for-rare-cancer/ http://freedomok.net/2009/04/aptos-sofias-father-offers-site-to-remembers-young-daughter-and-raise-money-for-rare-cancer/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:55:37 +0000 jaj48 http://freedomok.net/wordpress/?p=768 Father designs Internet game in memory of daughter
By John Sammon
Posted: 04/26/2009

APTOS – Dave Wardle, in struggling to come to grips with the loss of a beloved daughter to a rare cancer-like disease, thought he could best serve her memory by designing a free online computer game that would spread awareness of hystocytosis and raise money to fight it.

“Sofia passed away six months ago,” Wardle said. “This is a rare disease, with 1,500 cases a year reported in the U.S. It’s like cancer, and it’s a blood-born illness produced in the bone marrow.”

“Wardle, 39, a computer programmer originally from England, moved to Aptos after meeting his wife Rebecca in 1992.

Doctors first diagnosed Sofia’s illness as leukemia. It would later appear to be in remission, but instead develop into histiocytosis.

“It started on the skin,” Wardle recalled. “Sofia developed these huge lesions, and they were very painful. She had them on her feet and couldn’t walk around.”

“Up until then, she had been a normal first-grader, a loving child who embraced life, a big sister and friend to her classmates at Rio del Mar Elementary School. A curly-headed child, she played the usual games, dress-up, stickers, music and dancing. She could hip-hop dance, too.

“But that ideal world shattered. “Just before Christmas of 2003, Sofia developed a fever, and her stomach was distended and firm to the touch,” Wardle said. “We took her to the doctor and were immediately sent to Dominican Hospital for blood tests. That was the beginning of our ordeal.”
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“Only 2 years old, she was one of the youngest patients at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto. She would be ill for five years.

“The disease progressed slowly, and during the treatments there seemed to be successes. “It was a rollercoaster for us,” Wardle said. “At one point in 2008, the skin symptoms were getting better, or they seemed to be. But the disease was attacking other parts of her body.”

“The parents had insurance. However, the medical bills ran into the thousands of dollars as the child had to undergo an agonizing round of treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation. Though the pain at times was enough for her to cry out, her father said she bore it with courage and determination. She wanted to get dressed up for school, and go back and be with her classmates. Toward the end of her life, she was planning to become a singer, and had an iPod filled with her favorites: Hannah Montana, Hilary Duff and music from the theatre production, High School Musical.

“It’s amazing how much courage she had, and with good humor,” Wardle said of his daughter. “She taught us the meaning of bravery.”

Sofia was 7 at the time of her death. Her parents have a son Quinn, 5.

Wardle said the loss of his daughter was a blow that had him searching for a way to not only remember her, but to do something to try to find a cure for the disease so future children would not have to experience it. “I had to take an extended sabbatical from work,” he said.

Wardle called being Sofia’s father both a blessing and a tragedy, a struggle full of love and heartache. But, he noted, his daughter will always be an inspiration for him.

He created a Web site in Sofia’s memory called “Sofia Maze.”

An interactive challenge, the game involves helping Sofia navigate a multi-stage picture maze, from her home in Aptos, to the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. The game combines beautiful images, with jokes, visual humor and whimsical distractions.

“Low-tech gaming can be just as compelling as the latest offering from Sony or Nintendo,” Wardle said.

The game created by Sofia and her dad went live Friday. The site will promote sponsorships and raise funding through donations to fight histiocytosis, the money going to the Histiocytosis Association of America and Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services.

People wishing to donate to fight histiocytosis can call Sofia’s father at (831) 332-1021 or visit sofiamaze.com Sofia’s Maze.

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