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Teddi Mellencamp’s dad, John, is already planning her burial as she battles stage 4 cancer
nypost.com ^ | April 10, 2025 | Eric Todisco

Posted on 04/10/2025 6:03:51 AM PDT by V_TWIN

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To: Seruzawa

Natalie Woods of the Dixie Chicks also has that diarrhea of the mouth problem.


41 posted on 04/10/2025 8:33:42 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: V_TWIN

Sometimes you just dont know what to do.

Been there, done that.


42 posted on 04/10/2025 8:47:15 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: T.B. Yoits

My wife passed from melanoma 12 years ago. I think I know quite a bit about that evil.


43 posted on 04/10/2025 9:02:57 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: V_TWIN

This is very sad. Her children are still young. I hope she somehow survives and the cancer goes into remission. A small percentage of people do survive stage 4 melanoma.


44 posted on 04/10/2025 9:11:12 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: pburiak

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Star Trek - Small Town (McCoy)
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45 posted on 04/10/2025 9:15:03 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: GMThrust

“why does anyone post their personal issues on any social media?”

Oh I agree with that.....a number of times I’ve seen people that just experienced a tragedy like the loss of a family member give an interview on local or even national television within 24 hours of the event......never understood that either....but that’s the way people are these days I guess.


46 posted on 04/10/2025 9:28:04 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: xkaydet65
What does taking tge vaxx have to do with stage 4 melanoma?

The vaxx causes lots of spike protein to be generated. Part of the effects of the spike protein is suppression of the p53 gene responsible for correcting DNA defects that often become the genesis of cancer.

47 posted on 04/10/2025 9:28:39 AM PDT by Myrddin
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Terrible....


48 posted on 04/10/2025 9:49:16 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Spacetrucker

There sure were plenty of people with that attitude back then. When they won’t even accept the fact that a surgical mask will not stop a microscopic airborne virus you know they’re delusional.


49 posted on 04/10/2025 10:18:03 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: GMThrust

Psychologists started promoting this crap as some kickedinthehead sort of “therapy” decades ago. Daytime talk is full of people barfing their personal issues to everyone who might be listening. “Yak yak yak look what they all did to me” ad nauseum ad infinitum.


50 posted on 04/10/2025 11:02:15 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Myrddin

You speak as if there is one cancer. Melanoma is a skin cancer but one that kills. Longterm exposure to sunlight is one cause. My wife was a beach gal and when she couldnt get to the beach the chaise lounge in the backyard would do. She was also Irish and German. I likely know as much about melanoma as most GPs and I wish I didnt, but Teddi Mellankampf’s melaoma is very unlikely to arise from her being vaxxed.


51 posted on 04/10/2025 11:46:06 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: xkaydet65
You speak as if there is one cancer.

No. Every cell (with an intact nucleus) has the p53 mechanism to correct DNA defects. That can be disabled if the spike protein is present due to transfection with the double-stranded DNA plasmid from the COVID vaxx. Each injection was contaminated with roughly 1 billion plasmids due to a short cut taken in the mass production of that vaxx. Once disabled, it is just a matter of time before a defect turns to cancer. It can occur in a wide variety of cells.

I'm keenly aware of the range of cancers. I survived my first malignant seminoma in 1985 by virtue of surgery and 3000 RADs of radiation through my gut. 2024 introduced me to an adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater. Today, April 10, 2025 is the first anniversary of that diagnosis via an ERCP. A Whipple procedure removed my duodenum (exclusive of the pyloric valve), removed the head of the pancreas, stitched the jujenum to the head of the pancreas, connected the common bile duct to an anastamosis on the side of the jejunum, then my pyloric valve to another anastamosis on the side of the jejunum. It's a fascinating surgery to watch. Roughly 4 to 12 hours depending on what is encountered.

I'm also well acquainted with the consequences of sun exposure. My background is Scot/Welsh/Irish. Burn and peel. Never much of a tan. My Irish co-worker fought quite a battle against melanoma that started on his arms. It metastasized to his spine in Sept 2009. I attended his funeral in January 2010.

52 posted on 04/10/2025 12:31:10 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

And did any of your encounters involve covid vaxx?


53 posted on 04/10/2025 12:35:56 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: xkaydet65
And did any of your encounters involve covid vaxx?

No. I avoided it. I wrote up a detailed medical exemption. My doctor read and agreed. I passed that to HR at my employer.

In spite of my care to avoid the vaxx, my renal artery was nicked during the Whipple procedure on June 25, 2024. By July 2nd, I had bled enough to fill my abdomen and cause me to pass out. Off to ICU. A mainline was installed and 10 units of blood was needed to recover the lost volume. The potentially bad news is the blood wasn't screened to exclude blood from donors who took the mRNA vaxx.

At this point I just have to deal with the real health daemons. A supraceliac abdominal aortic aneurysm, the distal end of my pancreatic duct is now 5mm..an increase since the Whipple and the unknown from the blood transfusions listed in decreasing order of concern.

Amidst all of that mess, the day has gone well for my software engineering tasks. My customers will be happy campers.

54 posted on 04/10/2025 3:32:15 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

I can go one better vis a vis the aorta. 4.2cm ascending aortic aneurysm. Just awaiting latest CT results.


55 posted on 04/10/2025 4:25:22 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: smokingfrog

Yeah, had one of them living in my house before she passed - DEMANDED i use a mask and get the jab ... told her where she could go in NO uncertain terms. Still feel bad about the way I talked to her.


56 posted on 04/10/2025 5:58:35 PM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: xkaydet65

Good luck with your CT. That lovely sword of Damocles. When they rupture your last ten seconds of conscious life counts down.


57 posted on 04/10/2025 6:39:37 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: T.B. Yoits

Actually it’s because Trump isn’t a fool. He’s always had a Best Practices policy, and he has listened to people who actually know what they are talking about.

He questions them to learn why they think what they do and learns for himself. The alternative of taking advice from charlatans and crackpots doesn’t have an appeal for him.


58 posted on 04/10/2025 6:58:38 PM PDT by Pelham (President Eisenhower. Operation Wetback 1953-54)
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To: Myrddin

So they tell me though my cardio does not look to scare me. He’s been watching it for 2 and a half years. It’s still well below the threshold and it’s grown 1mm in the previous two years. BP is running 100/70 with the meds so I’m pretty hopeful.
Thanks for your scary last line


59 posted on 04/10/2025 7:50:43 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: xkaydet65
The vascular surgeon looked at my saccular aortic aneurysm near the celiac artery. He consulted with the company that makes the necessary "snorkel stent". His honest opinion is the corrective surgery is very difficult, very high risk. I would probably die on the table. He recommended just doing regular surveillance. My boss lost his brother to the same kind of aneurysm. He was found sitting on his couch with a popsicle stick in his hand. He died right there. The popsicle melted leaving only the stick. He had been "gone" for many hours. Not a bad way to go unless you're driving on a busy freeway when it happens.

Keeping BP in check is important. Mine runs 105/53 at rest and 114/70 sitting up. Standing up can be a problem. My pulse pops into the low 100s and BP drops to 105/53 with a brief "dizzy" spell. It's not new. I've had low BP since I was a teen.

I figure that I'm enjoying the eye of the storm now. Make the best of the good times. My classmate with the stage 4 pancreatic cancer is feeling physically Ok even with metastasis to his lungs. He intends to make the very best of life while he has the strength to do so. He is well beyond any treatment that would prolong life. It's a quality of life issue now. Both of us will be 69 this year.

60 posted on 04/10/2025 8:11:23 PM PDT by Myrddin
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