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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
What did you do to your JK today?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dirty Dog" data-source="post: 453767" data-attributes="member: 24042"><p>Thank you. It's incurable, but slow growing and the chemo slows it down even more. And as far as chemo goes, it's not bad. It's once a month, I feel like crap for a couple days, then it gets better. When I was diagnosed, I was told to expect about 5 years. That was twelve years ago, and I was even able to keep working and teaching up until this year. So I'm on the right side of the bell curve. During that 12 years, I was also diagnosed with throat cancer. After a radical neck dissection, weekly (different) chemo, and daily radiation, that one is gone. That treatment was <strong>MUCH</strong> harsher, so I can't complain too much about the stuff I still have.</p><p></p><p>Soap box time...</p><p>That throat cancer is caused by HPV. HPV causes 70% of throat cancers and 90% of cervical cancers. HPV is found in virtually 100% of the population that was either too old to get the HPV vaccine when it was released, or chose not to. On average, 13,000 people a year are diagnosed with throat cancers and another 13,000 with cervical cancer. 80% of those 26,000, or 20,800 people, have cancer because of HPV. The vaccine is 86% effective. That means that 17,888 of those cases are completely preventable.</p><p>Get your kids vaccinated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dirty Dog, post: 453767, member: 24042"] Thank you. It's incurable, but slow growing and the chemo slows it down even more. And as far as chemo goes, it's not bad. It's once a month, I feel like crap for a couple days, then it gets better. When I was diagnosed, I was told to expect about 5 years. That was twelve years ago, and I was even able to keep working and teaching up until this year. So I'm on the right side of the bell curve. During that 12 years, I was also diagnosed with throat cancer. After a radical neck dissection, weekly (different) chemo, and daily radiation, that one is gone. That treatment was [B]MUCH[/B] harsher, so I can't complain too much about the stuff I still have. Soap box time... That throat cancer is caused by HPV. HPV causes 70% of throat cancers and 90% of cervical cancers. HPV is found in virtually 100% of the population that was either too old to get the HPV vaccine when it was released, or chose not to. On average, 13,000 people a year are diagnosed with throat cancers and another 13,000 with cervical cancer. 80% of those 26,000, or 20,800 people, have cancer because of HPV. The vaccine is 86% effective. That means that 17,888 of those cases are completely preventable. Get your kids vaccinated. [/QUOTE]
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Jeep Wrangler JK
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