[HRH1948]

Bummer Batffink,

I would normally include this in a PM, but it might have some value to other members here.

About 18 years ago, I was facing major surgery for a bleeding ulcer. At the time, the "accepted" method of treatment for the condition was surgery. I learned of a pair of doctors in Australian (Warren and Marshall). I found a doctor here that had served her residency with them. She supplied me quarts of an extremely nasty tasting liquid antibiotic. After one month of treatment, I no longer had an ulcer.

Last year, I made an acquaintance in an on going cancer prevention program. He was a survivor of pancreatic cancer. He had researched, sought out and entered a treatment program that consisted of taking sodium bicarbonate intravenously.

Okay, baking soda sounds fucking weird. Antibiotics for ulcers used to sound weird. But hell, they worked.

The moral of the story is not to give up. If the angel of death shows up at the end of your bed, kick his ass and then proceed to shoot your entire flock. In any event, every one knows that sheep are all pathological liars.

As for me, I'll mourn your passing only after I receive news that you were shot by a jealous husband while climbing out of his wife's bedroom window with a satisfied smile on your face.

Take care old friend...