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To: ManyMoose who wrote (160493)	3/9/2008 2:11:47 PM
From: PatiBob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

I'm fine, but thank you! I so sorry for your loss. It's hard to watch someone go through something like that. It does make you a different person. J's passing hit my son very hard, not as hard as it hit his family. My son is still wondering how this could have happened. You see, both my husband and my son are pilots. For their job, they are require to get first class medicals every year. Because my husband lost both his parents to cancer when they were both 65, my husband goes a step further and gets a more rigorous physical every other year on top of getting the suggested screenings for cancer. My son is turning 31 next month and is looking at starting his more frequent in between physicals when he's 35. It was just so very hard for him to comprehend why people don't get yearly physicals whether they feel bad or not.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (160493)	3/9/2008 2:22:00 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

A comment about liver cancer, a most horrible disease. A decent segment of the population (1 in 300-400) has a condition known as hemochromatosis. It is a genetic disease that results in iron overload. Put simply, the body does not metabolize iron. Rather, the iron accumulates in the liver and ultimately can cause cancer. Many people do not know they have this condition. It is what caused my father-in-law's liver cancer. The treatment is quite simple - keep iron deposits low by way of phlebotomies. In short, bleeding oneself. My wife does this to keep her iron levels down. en.wikipedia.org