TONY' THOUGHT JOURNAL 2.0

[Tony Page]

I'd like to pick up where I left off on the last forum. I did save some of the post, and most likely will revert back to some of them when needed.

I just posted on the Hobbies thread that I like to write poems. I can't understand why this is because if I had to pick one subject I was not good at or disliked, it would be learning about adjectives, adverbs, sentences, in other words, proper English.

I get lots of ideas some of them come in rhyme. When that happens, I will record it so I don't lose it and continue writing until it's finished.
As an example, one Monday, while at work, and acquaintance of mine was telling me about his weekend camping with the Boy Scouts. Apparently, thinking about camping stayed with me because on the 20-minute drive home, I wrote a poem I called "Camp Fire Story." I'm told it was used at some of their meetings.

I wonder how many people out there get an idea and feel compelled to do it?

In my opinion, you should do it Even if you're not the greatest at it will give you a satisfaction And that's what counts.

 

[Tony Page]

I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, at 81 years old, with terrible eating habits, I guess something was bound to catch up to me.
I haven't found an oncologist yet, so I don't know what my treatment plan is going to be. In the meantime, I have been researching online an alternate approach using food, drink, herbs, chemicals, and vitamins. Nothing I have found will kill the cancer, but there are a lot of suggestions on how to slow its growth. So I am in the process of compiling this information so I can put an order out for the materials I'll need.
If any of you have heard of any success stories, about slowing the growth, or killing the cancer, obviously, I'd be interested in hearing it.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

There have been people who had success with natural treatments, and different ones seem to work for different people; probably depending on what kind of cancer they have and what has caused it to begin with.
I remember reading that if it is located in one spot/tumor, and then they do a biopsy, it releases the cancer to travel to more places; but I do not know if that is always true, either.

Many years ago, there was a book by Adelle Davis about stopping cancer by eliminating sugar from the diet and taking massive amounts of vitamin C. My mom had the book, and I remember reading it, but not more than just the basic gist of her ideas.
I remember she said that the cancer fed on sugar , and if you stop eating foods with sugar, it could help starve the cancer. She also said that the vitamin C would kill it, but you had to start with smaller doses and work up so you did not release too many toxins into your system at once as the vitamin C killed the cancer cells.
The book is still probably available if you are interested, but i do not remember what the exact title was anymore, just the author’s name.

Most of the people i read about today are using the ivermectin treatment, which is now being released in human-sized tablet on OTC medicine in some states.
Before, people were getting the livestock version and self-dosing, and even that had people reporting cancer being cured, and there are YT videos about that which can be researched. With more information coming out that some cancers are caused by parasites, I can see why ivermectin would be beneficial.

 

[Tony Page]

Yvonne,
Thank you, I am a fan of Adelle Davis, I had/read some of her books. I will look into her cancer treatments suggestions.

Ivermectin sound interesting, I will check it out also.

I am a "book nut", especially reference books, I had a nice collection of natural health books, all lost in the fire.

 

[Don Alaska]

Yvonne,
Thank you, I am a fan of Adelle Davis, I had/read some of her books. I will look into her cancer treatments suggestions.

Ivermectin sound interesting, I will check it out also.

I am a "book nut", especially reference books, I had a nice collection of natural health books, all lost in the fire.

Ivermectin has shown some success with some forms of cancer, but most of the stuff on prostate cancer is about prevention, not cure as the blood supply to the prostate restricts access. Guys here seem to have good success with Cyberknife therapy. Reportedly, it is 5 days of directed therapy on 5 consecutive days and they are done. I have heard very few reports of side effects either. Other radiation treatments are spread out over a longer period and are not as precise. Look into it. You should have access to some of the finest therapy around with KC Medical and New York Cancer on Long Island and of course Sloan-Kettering.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

Yvonne,
Thank you, I am a fan of Adelle Davis, I had/read some of her books. I will look into her cancer treatments suggestions.

Ivermectin sound interesting, I will check it out also.

I am a "book nut", especially reference books, I had a nice collection of natural health books, all lost in the fire.

I have been a vagabond for most of my adult life, and also a book lover. Every single time we moved, I had to pack up all those heavy boxes of books and move them to the new place we rented.
Gradually, more and more got left behind, or weeded out, or just loaned to someone and never got them back.

I still have some books in the back room, but now it is harder for me to read the smaller print that books have, and I have moved almost completely to online books, which I read on the iPad.
I can set the print to any size I need, and no matter how large the book is, it is just the size of my iPad.
I used to use a Kindle for reading, but i found that I just like the iPad Mini better.

I belong to bookgorilla, and they send me lists of books on sale, plus I follow on amazon my favorite authors, and when they have a book on sale, I grab it quick before it goes off sale.
Now , I have several hundred books in my library, and I never have to box them up again.
You can probably replace at least some of your books from Amazon. Besides the ebooks, they also carry used books and new ones, of course. I check both amazon and eBay if I am looking for an actual paper book for some reason.

I also have Amazon Kindle Unlimited, which is like a library service for thousands of books to read as long as you want to keep them. Since I read both for education and for entertainment, this is worth the subscription price to me. You can usually get the first 3 months free to see if you like it. I now pay for mine annually because they sometimes have a half-price subscription.

 

[Smithy]

Sorry to hear about the diagnosis of prostate cancer, hope you heal soon! @Tony Page

 

[Tony Page]

Sorry to hear about the diagnosis of prostate cancer, hope you heal soon! @Tony Page

Smithy,
Thank you, I'm so happy to be on your site.

 

[Tony Page]

I have been a vagabond for most of my adult life, and also a book lover. Every single time we moved, I had to pack up all those heavy boxes of books and move them to the new place we rented.
Gradually, more and more got left behind, or weeded out, or just loaned to someone and never got them back.

I still have some books in the back room, but now it is harder for me to read the smaller print that books have, and I have moved almost completely to online books, which I read on the iPad.
I can set the print to any size I need, and no matter how large the book is, it is just the size of my iPad.
I used to use a Kindle for reading, but i found that I just like the iPad Mini better.

I belong to bookgorilla, and they send me lists of books on sale, plus I follow on amazon my favorite authors, and when they have a book on sale, I grab it quick before it goes off sale.
Now , I have several hundred books in my library, and I never have to box them up again.
You can probably replace at least some of your books from Amazon. Besides the ebooks, they also carry used books and new ones, of course. I check both amazon and eBay if I am looking for an actual paper book for some reason.

I also have Amazon Kindle Unlimited, which is like a library service for thousands of books to read as long as you want to keep them. Since I read both for education and for entertainment, this is worth the subscription price to me. You can usually get the first 3 months free to see if you like it. I now pay for mine annually because they sometimes have a half-price subscription.

Right after I retired about 19 years ago, at least once a month I would make my "book rounds". I Would visit libraries in my town and the surrounding towns. Each of them allocated an area for donated books that were for sale. Most of them were ten cents for a paperback And 25 cents for a hard cover. I would buy them by the shopping bagful.
I also belong to few different book clubs, the cookbook guild, paranormal, gardening to name a few. They had sign up deals, like buy 2 now an 5 more within the following year and get 12 free.
I now buy my books still from the library Donations but also from thrift stores. Online I get my books from hamilton bookseller, And thrift books.

I had over a 100 cookbooks.I won't replace them because now We get a lot of our recipes online for free. The same goes for my gardening books, I had one bookcase filled.

I still go to the libraries and thrift stores looking through there books, however I mostly pickup books for my grandkids.
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Ivermectin has shown some success with some forms of cancer, but most of the stuff on prostate cancer is about prevention, not cure as the blood supply to the prostate restricts access. Guys here seem to have good success with Cyberknife therapy. Reportedly, it is 5 days of directed therapy on 5 consecutive days and they are done. I have heard very few reports of side effects either. Other radiation treatments are spread out over a longer period and are not as precise. Look into it. You should have access to some of the finest therapy around with KC Medical and New York Cancer on Long Island and of course Sloan-Kettering.

Thanks Don,
My cousin had cyber knife, he said it was great 5 days and it's done.
My Urologist wouldn't recommend it, maybe he sees something in the biopsy report. That's why I want to talk to an oncologist from MSK.

 

[Don Alaska]

Right after I retired about 19 years ago, at least once a month I would make my "book rounds". I Would visit libraries in my town and the surrounding towns. Each of them allocated an area for donated books that were for sale. Most of them were ten cents for a paperback And 25 cents for a hard cover. I would buy them by the shopping bagful.
I also belong to few different book clubs, the cookbook guild, paranormal, gardening to name a few. They had sign up deals, like buy 2 now an 5 more within the following year and get 12 free.
I now buy my books still from the library Donations but also from thrift stores. Online I get my books from hamilton bookseller, And thrift books.

I had over a 100 cookbooks.I won't replace them because now We get a lot of our recipes online for free. The same goes for my gardening books, I had one bookcase filled.

I still go to the libraries and thrift stores looking through there books, however I mostly pickup books for my grandkids.
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Thanks Don,
My cousin had cyber knife, he said it was great 5 days and it's done.
My Urologist wouldn't recommend it, maybe he sees something in the biopsy report. That's why I want to talk to an oncologist from MSK.

The oncologist will make the recommendations, probably not your urologist. It is, after all, what they do, and the oncologist should be good at making the recommendations. Of course it will be ultimately up to you what course you choose to take.

 

[Tony Page]

My new bird feeder with the built-in camera has had some activity, mostly from a male and female Cardinal. I'm not too happy with the quality of the photos. Many are out of focus. I'm not sure if this is caused by movement. Below is an example of one of the better photos.
There were also two mystery photos taking at night of some kind of flash or bright spot. We have not been able to determine what caused it.
It's fun going through the photos at night and seeing if a different bird shows up.

If you look closely at the glass sliding door on the house, you can see me standing looking out at the bird.

 

[Tony Page]

I contacted Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) on March 28th, asking for an appointment with one of their oncologist to discuss my prostate cancer. They said they needed my biopsy report and they would request it from my urologist. After 3 days of not hearing from them, I called my urologist office and they said they sent the report. I could not make a connection with MSK to check the status. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, they called me back yesterday. They scheduled an appointment for April 25th.

After spending 2 days researching what I may be able to take to slow the growth of the cancer cells, I came up with a list of vitamins, herbs, and minerals. I put an order in yesterday for pills and drink to Swanson, who I buy my vitamins and minerals from. Hopefully, they will slow the cancer growth. I plan on selecting the dose and schedule for taking these pills, I'll make a chart.

I put myself in the category of a collector. In my lifetime, I've collected many different things, from baseball cards, comic books, to stones I find on a beach. There are many people who are collectors but stick to one item like a stamp collector.
I remember when I got the gardening bug, I purchased every gardening book I could afford. Before long, I was proud of my gardening book collection. After a while, you have your favorites they are your go to books.
I wonder how many people out there are obsessed with collecting something.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

It sounds like you are making progress with the cancer treatment, and i am glad to hear that ! Anything you can do to help fight against the cancer , along with whatever medical treatment you get, is beneficial, I believe. Prayers for your recovery !

I really like your bird feeder with the camera ! It looks like that is a great way to enjoy watching the birds up close, without scaring them.

I do not think that i have ever been just a collector, for the purpose of having a collection; but I have gone overboard on collecting something that I had a use for. For me, it was horse tack; so I had more bridles , saddle blankets and halters than I ever needed. But I loved auction sales, and yard sales, and any kind of sales; so when I found a good deal on something I liked (and could afford) I got it.

Now that i no longer have horses, there really is nothing that I want to collect anymore; but I think that it is good that you had interests and were able to collect and save them over the years, @Tony Page .

 

[Tony Page]

My appointment with the oncologist on April 25th is a telconference. They will send me a link to connect with the doctor. I would have preferred a person to person meeting. I have been making a list of questions, Including the location, where I will be Treated. MSK has multiple locations, when I first called I requested a location that's about 20 minutes away. The doctor I was appointed is located in NY city, I told the person who setup the appointment that I will not travel to the city. We'll see how it goes. Getting a little frustrating, I'm probably over thinking about this.

I got an email from swanson that my order for vitamins, herbs, etc. has been shipped.
My two grandsons have there little league opening day ceremony today, rain is predicted, hope they get the fanfair in.

I Haven't been getting any photos from my new bird feeder, Because I disconnected it from the solar power source to clean it. Apparently when you remove the power, You have to reset everything, It's been raining, as soon as the weather is favorable I'll get it up and running again.

 

[Joe Riley]

I Haven't been getting any photos from my new bird feeder, Because I disconnected it from the solar power source to clean it. Apparently when you remove the power, You have to reset everything, It's been raining, as soon as the weather is favorable I'll get it up and running again.

Maybe your birds have changed their privacy policy?

 

[Tony Page]

Maybe your birds have changed their privacy policy?

They should get some clothes on Do they think I'm running a nudist colony.

 

[Tony Page]

This morning, I was inside looking through my rear patio door, observing birds on my bird feeder, when a very large black bird flew by it circled and went over my fence to the shopping center next door. At first, I thought it might be some kind of black eagle or Hawk it was that large. But it had the feather outline of a crow, with twice the wingspan. I suspected it was a raven after a little research found that they do have a wingspan of up to 48 in, and crows are a little over 2 ft.
Ravens are not generally found in this area, however apparently there have been numerous sightings recently. It was an exciting morning for me. Anytime I see a new bird or creature, it makes my day.
I just hope if it hangs around here, it doesn't attack the birds on my feeder, I wouldn't like that.