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|    olcott to joes    |
|    Re: It seems very doubtful that I will l    |
|    28 Nov 24 10:30:19    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, comp.lang.c       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 11/28/2024 8:53 AM, joes wrote:       > Am Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:17:53 -0600 schrieb olcott:       >> On 11/27/2024 8:34 PM, olcott wrote:       >>> On 11/27/2024 7:16 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>> Unless proton beam therapy prevents this my Right paracaval lymph node       >>>> will soon close off my superior vena cava (all blood flow to the       >>>> heart). This lymph node has been growing at a rate of 3.84%       >>>> per day for the 68 days between PET scans.       >>>> 1.0384 ^ 90 = 29.7-fold increase every 90 days. The R2 cancer       >>>> treatment that I just started takes 90 days to begin to take effect.       >>>>       >> I just figured out what could save me.       >> I simply have the dangerous Right paracaval lymph node surgically       >> removed before it gets much bigger and could block off my inferior vena       >> cava very much.       > Aw man, don't get my hopes up like that. (As if anybody believed your       > cancer.)       >              *My own doctor is clueless on this*       He didn't bother to notice the 8th grade arithmetic.       of volume of a cylender and compound interest.              -Right paracaval lymph node       (fused image 232): 3.5 x 2.3 cm with SUV max 12.0        That is growing at a daily rate of 3.815 percent       will have to be removed long before it cuts off the       blood flow through the inferior vena cava.               From page 17 of the PDF        -Right paracaval lymph node (fused image 232):       3.5 x 2.3 cm with SUV max 12.0. Previously 1.2 x 1.1 cm       with SUV max 10. (also referenced on page 71 of the PDF)              Volume of a Cylender = π r² h       (as a proxy for actual shape of the lymph node)       Right paracaval lymph node 2024-09-13       volume of 1.2(L) x 1.1D = 1.14cc              Right paracaval lymph node 2024-11-20       volume of 3.5(L) x 2.3(D) = 14.54cc              14.54 / 1.14 = 12.75-fold increase derives a 3.815% per day       for 68 days. computing the same rate for the future cuts off       all blood supply from the inferior vena cava very quickly.              Days from 2024-11-20       (dimensions assume currect 1.5 to 1.0 ratio this may change)       30 days after --- 1.03815 ^ 30 =       3.07-fold increase 5.10 x 3.40 = 46 cc              60 days after --- 1.03815 ^ 60 =       9.45-fold increase 7.35 x 4.90 = 139 cc              90 days after --- 1.03815 ^ 90 =       29.1-fold increase 10.80 x 7.20 bigger than a softball              Without surgery the blood flow though my inferior vena       cava (from the lower half of my body) would be entirely       cut off very soon. *My own doctor did not notice this*              --       Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius       hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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