I have enjoyed watching Rove - an Australian TV show. His wife, [age 32], who I'd never heard of, died the other day. Nobody here has probably seen the news as it's local. The family released her song for free download. "Less than Perfect". who.com
Having had a son and daughter with malignant growths, both survived, [non Hodgkins lymphoma and a cervical ganglion neurofibroma], I feel some empathy with the song.
"Less than Perfect" = recommended by Mq. Click on the little pink ODEO box in the middle.
Meanwhile, here's a happy lady, with cancer treated with Tarceva. At NZ$4500 per month the shareholders should be happy too. nzherald.co.nz
<...Mrs Owen, who turns 56 this week, was lucky enough to be able to try a relatively new drug, Tarceva, one that costs her $4500 a month as it is not state-funded.
She said that for her, Tarceva was a miracle drug. Soon after starting it, an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan showed no trace of cancer.
"It's a tablet you have to take forever. You take it as long as it's working for you. Hopefully for me that's another 20 or 30 years."
She started Tarceva in September while in Auckland City Hospital. Her cancer had been diagnosed in March 2004 after she noticed breathlessness when walking uphill.
She had surgery to drain and close up the membrane sac around her lungs. Two courses of chemotherapy followed. They drove the cancer into remission for several months each time, but it came back.
"She got started on Tarceva as a last-ditch attempt," said Dr Richard Sullivan, the clinical director of medical oncology at the Auckland District Health Board, who suggested she try the drug. "Within days her tumour melted away.
"She went from being wheelchair-bound, confused, hospital-bound for six weeks; she walked out of hospital independent, asymptomatic, 11 days after starting her drug. She had a Lazarus response." ....continued... >
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