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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: It seems very doubtful that I will live three more months
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:19:47 -0600
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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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