From: f@f.com   
      
   Reprinted from Babylon 5 moderated group;   
      
      
   I'm posting this both as a new thread and a follow-up to an existing   
   thread to make sure it gets through in a timely fashion.   
      
   A while back, I'd asked for cancer information on behalf of a friend.   
   Now I need some real serious help here as the situation has escalated.   
      
   The father of a friend in Ottawa, Ontario Canada underwent surgery for   
   lung cancer which had a good result for a time, but things have   
   unexpectedly gone sideways.  There is now a problem with the cancer   
   moving toward the brain.  Left unchecked, it will be fatal.   
      
   There is treatment which can help immensely even at this   
   stage...however, he is caught up in gears of the medical bureaucracy   
   there and as things stand now, won't be able to get to the treatment   
   until it's too late to do any good.  I need someone who can break him   
   out of the gears and get him into treatment asap and in general be of   
   help to the family.   
      
   So I turn to the Canadian B5 fans and anyone with connections up there.   
      
   Let me be clear: DO NOT EMAIL ME UNLESS YOU FIT THE CRITERIA BELOW.   
   The family does not have much time before the treatment becomes   
   unhelpful, so therefore neither do I.  I can't put in time poring over   
   ten thousand emails fishing for the right ones.   
      
   So reply ONLY IF you are a) someone who can help them break out of the   
   gears and get the treatment needed, or b) you know such an individual   
   personally.  An oncologist, a hospital administrator, an   
   obuds...somebody who can DO something, preferably in the Ottawa area,   
   but they can go elsewhere if necessary.  Do NOT send emails to   
   recomment web sites, pass along pesonal stories, or suggest places   
   you've heard about.  I appreciate the concern and the advice, but this   
   isn't the time.  This is, very literally, a matter of life and death   
   and time is of the essence.   
      
   I know there are a lot of Canadian B5 fans out there, and somewhere in   
   your ranks I know there is somebody who can help here.  Raise your hand   
   and let me know who you are and what you can do.   
      
   jms   
      
   jmsatb5@aol.com   
      
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