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Wilfred Yeats
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0 posted 2001-03-28 03:32 PM



Going in for treatment
Expecting a bit of radiation
On the jaw
To relieve some numbness
Felt for the past couple weeks
Haven’t been too perky –
But hey – once one has accepted
They have Cancer – one knows
The long term isn’t so hot

”Well Will – it isn’t in your jaw
the MRI  says you’ve got this
walnut-size tumor behind your left ear”
Further discussion reveals –
excision is not recommended
Oh well-

For the past few months
I’ve been expressing anger –
At the very least disappointment
At the Doctor
Friends and relatives –
cannot understand
“Hey, he’s one of the best Oncologists”

I reply “I’ve been trying to take
A proactive role in fighting this
I don’t feel I’m getting the support
I should be getting”

I feel anger as well –
Because I know 180,000 men
Are diagnosed each year
And all the brilliant work done
In the past few years
Is in the area of early detection
And treatment
Not one micron not one angstrom
Of progress toward a cure
Nor toward prevention

I wonder what kind of answers
we’d get if we asked –
what percentage of money given to the ACS
goes to finding cures vice
new detections – or treatments…

The first duty of love is to listen.

~ Paul Tillich ~

© Copyright 2001 Wilfred Yeats - All Rights Reserved
inot2B
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1 posted 2001-03-28 03:42 PM


Mr Yeats, that sir is a bunch of bull.

"But hey – once one has accepted
They have Cancer – one knows
The long term isn’t so hot"

The attitude that one has helps determine the long term.

"I don’t feel I’m getting the support
I should be getting”

Find a support team that you can feel secure with. Don't accept what one or even two doctors say. Keep serching for more options.

You will be in my prayers.

Sunshine
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2 posted 2001-03-28 03:55 PM


Get yourself down to M. D. Anderson, Houston, Texas, and NOW...

you're in my prayers.

Martie
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3 posted 2001-03-28 04:09 PM


Bill--I know it isn't always easy to be a fighter...sometimes you just want to say.."I give up"...don't!!  Hugs and prayers sent your way, my friend...and I'm glad you shared your turmoil here with friends who care.
Irish Rose
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4 posted 2001-03-28 04:12 PM


Oh, let me say that boy, do I understand this.  No, I'm not a man, but boy do I understand this one.  You're a fighter - fight.  It's when you have already lost the fight that the tears come.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee


doreen peri
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5 posted 2001-03-28 04:17 PM


vitamin b-17 which you cannot get in the united states, but which can be ordered over the internet, i've heard, has proven substantially successful in the treatment of cancer... it comes from apricot pits... sound crazy? dunno

there are also things they don't tell you about.... treatments are available and rare which are not announced in the medical community and i will contact a friend of mine who knows about these treatments and get back to you...

my prayers are with you..... your words hit hard.... hang in there.... (((((hugs)))))) from virginia

i'll send you some more information via email......

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6 posted 2001-03-28 05:45 PM


come on up to the Mayo clinic, we will have coffee and I'll be there to support ya...you know I love ya, and you are always in my prayers....big, big hugs....


Lauren

"Within you I lose myself
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again."
-Unknown



Panne415
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7 posted 2001-03-28 06:20 PM


Wil, Everyone seems to think this is really happening to you - I hope not - but my first inclination is towards this is just a piece written from this angle. In that case, my one suggestion is to keep the ist person singular throughout for more power amd impact
Take out the 3rd person plural in this line
But hey – once one has accepted
They have Cancer

why not try -
But hey – once you have accepted
you have Cancer etc etc.

See if that gives it more power from your pov... I hope that at least gives you some food for thought.  I liked the relaxed tone you took with this - as tho muttering to yourself, writing in your own diary or just chatting with a close friend...
And I think the end question is one asked by many who have any disease that attracts millions in funding and advertising - diabetes, cancer etc... and yet doesn't seem to be aiding and abetting our particular circumstances.
A very valid point.   Thanks for the read. Panne

kcsgrandma
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8 posted 2001-03-28 06:48 PM


If this is not autobiographical, you have done a remarkable job of describing the feelings one must have. If it is autobiographical, you have still done a remarkable job, but I wish the best for you. It sounds as if you still have a bit of fight left in you. Do what your heart tells you.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

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9 posted 2001-03-28 07:01 PM


If this is from personal experience, Bill, please look into clinical trials. Let me know and I'll send you the latest listing for all sorts and all locations.
Prayers and warm wishes your way,
Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau


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10 posted 2001-03-28 07:27 PM


Wilfred~
I lift you in strong spiritual prayer.
Bless you.
Stay strong and fight this beast !
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~


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Wilfred Yeats
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11 posted 2001-03-29 11:30 AM


inot2b-
I hear - I'm fighting - make no mistake - thanks for your thoughts

Karilea-
I'll check out anderson - i'm ready to try anything - thank you

Martie-
trust me as long as I've life - I won't stop fighting Thank you

Kathleen-
If I can get there - I will - i'll try most anything right noow

Doreen-
I'll definitely look into it - and keep you posted - i won't give up

Panne-
Yep it's real alright - thank you - but i'm still fighting -

Marilyn-
I've got a lot of fight still in me I hope I can afford what I need -

Claire-
I've checkerd out clinical trials - there's none local - if i can find one that sounds good and not too far - that's what I need ...
Thanks

Marge
I'll take all the prayers I can get - no one believes in prayer more than I
thank you

inot2B
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12 posted 2001-03-29 05:36 PM


Friends are always there!!!!!!

Mabel A. Dilley
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13 posted 2001-03-29 06:48 PM


This is unfortunatley out of my area of expertise; however, have you contacted Cancer Treatments of America. I understand they have perfected a holistic outlook based on a wide variety of factors. You are in my prayers.
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14 posted 2001-03-30 09:36 AM


Wilfred: I'm in Houston... If you decide to give M.D. Anderson a try, let me know and I'll help anyway I can. Meanwhile... you've written well with calmness and grace... an incredible feat under the circumstances. *S* You are in my prayers.
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15 posted 2001-03-30 02:29 PM


Wilfred,

You are also in my prayers and I wish you well.  From personal experience I can tell you to never give up hope and never surrender.  

My best,
Michael  

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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16 posted 2001-03-31 12:08 PM



Bill, you will be in my prayers. And tell the doctors what you are telling us about critiques: "If it's constructive - G - I accept any and all"

Wilfred Yeats
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17 posted 2001-04-02 10:44 AM


A new week - and a new beginning
Had my first radiation treatment this AM - (#1 of 15 - they take just a moment -last expected on the 23rd)

More significantly  - in addition to checking out the great references (thank you so much) I've gone back to some things I learned many years ago: self-administered bio-feedback - -visualizing my cancer being starved into withering away - -
those of you not familiar with "Mind Control" - should know - it's been around for over 30 years - and I can't explain how it "got away" from me - I used to heal not only myself - but others with it -

Again - let me say - I AM a fighter - and I'm not done yet -  

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