Hi Colin!

There sure are lots of possibilities there that could contribute.

I have a friend right now who has done all the most healthy things all her
life, but cnacer has been detected in her liver, which isn't as promising as
Alan's prognosis seems. No one deserves it; that is certain.

73,
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
Sent: Monday, 22 June 2015 8:37 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Health Update On Our Friend Alan, N7MIT

And even more interesting is how many people do you know that smoked for
decades and never got lung or throat or any kkind of cancer?
I'm not totally convinced that smoking causes lung cancer...though it is
somewhat unhealthy.
If smoking causes cancer, then shouldn't every smoker get it eventually?
And if non-smokers get lung cancer then what causes it...I think we, as a
society conclude, erroniously that smoking cigarettes causes cancer...it can
I think, but it isn't like you will automatically get it, or, if you are an
x smoker, and get cancer, that it was the smoking that caused it.
And the whole concept of second hand smoke is also one of those erronious
assumptions touted by media.  I expect diet and chemical laced environment
have a whole lot more to do with cancer than smoking or inhailing second
hand smoke does.
If you look at countries like say Greece...the highest smoking rate among
adults in the world...something like 80 percent of adults smoke.  Yet, they
consistently, as a country, rate among the healthiest population in the
world.  Why? diet and environment.
America has the highest cancer rates in the world...why? Diet and
environment.
China has one of the highest rates of smoking for a countries population as
well...yet cancer rates are no where near what they are per capita in the
US.
Anyway, I say all this because I see people jumping to the conclusion that
you must have smoked or been around allot of smokers if you get lung
cancer...there are lots and lots of chemicals and environmental conditions
that, if exposed to over years, can cause it far more surely than smoking
might.
The problem of course is that we are exposed to far too many of these things
so it's impossible to point at any cause...it just happens and I'm not sure
anything we do in our lives can really prevent it.
And it really sucks when it happens to anyone.

Hang in there Alan and posative thoughts are coming your way from the great
white north.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
-----Original Message-----
From: John Miller
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 5:32 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Health Update On Our Friend Alan, N7MIT

It's not the first time I've heard of that though. I have another couple
friends who have had lung and throat cancers commonly associated with
smoking though they never have in their lives. It's just a strange thing.
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From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: Health Update On Our Friend Alan, N7MIT


>I have never smoked in my life, so it is kind of odd thatI got cancer in my
> lungs.
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> Alan - N7MIT
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> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Eric Oyen
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 9:51 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Health Update On Our Friend Alan, N7MIT
>
> ouch! I had a relative that passed away from that specific cancer. He =
> probably would still be alive if the VA hadn't misdiagnosed it as =
> emphysema. Alan caught it early, so the chances are fairly good.
>
> -eric
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> On Jun 20, 2015, at 4:13 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
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>> Unfortunately, the news is not very good.
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>> Let's all continue to keep Alan in our thoughts and prayers.
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>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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