[pct-l] Postholer PCT-L -Forum

John Casterline tnx4asking at gmail.com
Wed Jan 11 15:44:54 CST 2012


A little over 5 years ago, I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer and
not given long to live. In 2010, I was diagnosed with prostate and throat
cancer.   I had chemo and radiation and hiked 1000 miles of the trail last
year and plan on hiking the remaining 1656 this year.

. . . and now you know the other side of the story.

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:23 PM, James Vesely <JVesely at edmsupply.com> wrote:

> Good article, my wife is a surgical nurse and she all too often sees
> surgical procedures done at a huge costs to patients and there families
> only to prolong life (or suffering) by a few days or months.
>
> Thanks to the Republican's we will most likely never have a serious
> discussion about the subject for a long time to come.  No sooner then it
> is brought up the "Death Panel" brigade will march out.   Remember the
> Terri Schiavo case?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net
> [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Shian Sung
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:26 AM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net; kmurray at pol.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Postholer PCT-L -Forum
>
> I believe you're the same Ken Murray that wrote the "How Doctors Die"
> article that has been making the rounds everywhere.
>
> (and I do mean everywhere, NY Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post,
> front
> page of Slashdot and Reddit, etc.)
>
> If so, congratulations on an excellently written article. My roommate is
> a
> second year resident and she said it was a great explanation of how she
> felt and she was felt relieved to read it because it gave voice to a lot
> of
> things she's been feeling (having been on rotation just recently in the
> ICU).
>
> http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2011/11/30/how-doctors-die
> /read/nexus/
>
> Sorry for the somewhat OT post but i'd like to recommend that people
> check
> out the article, as it is written by a member of this wonderful
> community.
>
> Glad to hear you're rejoining the discussion on PCT-L.
>
> -Shian / Barrel Roll
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