I think as a society, we are a little bit hypocritical. Alcohol is legal, in spite of all the problems it causes. Marijuana is bad, it spite of the fact that there are proven medical uses of marijuana. Our reponse in fact as a people, is not backed up by this. I would suggest that it is very similar to the time of prohibition, when alcohol was made illegal, thus fueling the crime syndicates who found a way to provide it. I don't drink often. I don't at this point in my life, smoke anything. I have never smoked cigarettes and I have seen much more damage from cigarettes than pot. Any drug can be abused: an example would be caffeine. People take huge amounts to stay awake while driving long distances. It really bothers me that researchers are hindered in their efforts to develop medicines that could help many people because of concerns that are fueled more by propaganda that facts. By the way, the University of Mississippi has a legal marijuana field for the purpose of research.
Leslie
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Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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