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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
|    Re: It seems very doubtful that I will l    |
|    28 Nov 24 11:19:47    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, comp.lang.c       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 11/28/2024 11:12 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 11/28/24 11:30 AM, olcott wrote:       >> 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*       >>       >       > He may have just put the pieces together and decided that you are       > effectively DEAD now, and just waiting for it to happen.       >       > The surgery might be impractical, and maybe 60 days until it kills you       > is better that dying on the table now.              His nurse says that he continues to disagree       with with 8th grade arithmetic. I have a backup       plan already taking place.                     --       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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