Greg, it is with tears in my eyes I have read this and now reply. I love you man! You know that. Cancer is no respector of persons and can strike anyone. I love your outlook on the big picture and totally respect you living life to the fullest and not doing the chemo route. Whether you have six months or 60 years left, the key is to have things right with the man upstairs. I hope this thread goes viral and it helps many others. If the good Lord had not had a reason for this plant, he would not have created it and put it on this earth. I don't know all the answers but I do know he is still in charge and he has a plan for each of us.
I look forward to spending time with you at SEMA my friend.

AND YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU RIGHT BACK!


We have had good times!


I WILL see you at SEMA -- and WE will break some bread if at all possible.... it's been too long since I've sat down and just chatted with ya. Flip Yancy off for me!

I rode a mountain bike yesterday for a few miles -- and today I went to the gym! I'm not f'n dead yet!

That's what I like to hear!

Greg keep up the good fight, your read was very encouraging for anyone that has been diagnosed with cancer.

It was a pleasure to meet you at Spring Sprint and your hospitality for the entire group was over the top. I wasnt able to make Mini-Nats we welcomed baby #2 but I will be at Thunderhill with the club in October? Are you planning on going?

Thank you! And this is NOT the end all be all cures to cancer -- but if it helps ONE person manage this the way it has helped me - then that's success!


HELL YES I'll see you at Thunderhill in October! I'll be running the Lotus for that one!

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Greg............Myself and I'm sure others here have no words to express our feelings about your situation.........I can do nothing but admire your determination to deal with the options available to combat this disease.....looking forward to the Good-Guys Road Tour


Ken

Interesting... I just returned from DC and on the flight I listen to various pod casts. One was by John Stossel and his discussion about the FDA approval of drugs and the approach taken by the federal government. One case study presented was a kid who could not get treatment for cancer (what they tried failed and were out of options) when they heard about something offered in Europe (don't remember the drug name). Long story short, the whole family moved to London for nine months so they could try the drug. Now the kid is cancer free.

If you look at the whole of the aids epidemic, people were experimenting on themselves. This is how they figured out the current treatment.

As I understand it, the current system was borne out of the '60's and thalidomide and the resulting phocomelia. It seems, though, we have really thrown the baby out with the bathwater on our current system and not letting the individual make the choices ON THEIR OWN BODY, especially in cases such as presented in this thread.

It makes you wonder if the government should be doing it at all. Freedom, especially for the adult populace, sometimes requires risk that you may or may not be successful. In this case, taking the risk to improve your quality and / or length of life.

Sure, people ought to be accountable for their actions - you harm someone else (even if you are on drugs), you go to jail (or worse). Of course, I strongly recommend working with a doctor.

It makes you wonder why innovation is not happening significantly more and what could be done to improve the competition between pharmaceutical vendors. Clearly there is a market.

I'll keep you in prayer!

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Greg you are a remarkable human being ..full of inspiration...Living life on your terms....thank you for the insight