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   Message 57,433 of 59,235   
   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.   
      
      
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