WHAT IS CANCER, AND WHY DOES IT EVENTUALLY KILL?

WHAT IS CANCER, AND WHY DOES IT EVENTUALLY KILL?

WHAT IS CANCER, AND WHY DOES IT EVENTUALLY KILL?

Cancer is a “selfish,” invasive type of tissue that develops within an organ of the body. It breaks the natural boundaries of the mother organ, and eventually spreads rapidly, disproportionately, and invasively, resulting in fatal disruption of normal body functions, to the point of exhaustion and death.

What is the difference between cancer cells and other ordinary healthy cells in the same organ?

The natural characteristics of cancer cells.
1- Primitive & Genetically Selfish.
2- Anaerobic – Low Oxygen Needs.
3. Reveal Stem Cell Characteristics in some Cell Culture Media.

As the cells in the body mature, they develop sophisticated communication skills. They develop all kinds of receivers and sensors on their membranes. These sensors are needed to coordinate the cell’s activity with the rest of the body. They integrate the cell and its specialized activity into the larger scheme of body physiology. One class of sensors on the cell membrane controls the boundaries up to which the cell will grow and not beyond. These sensors feel the presence of the other cells in their proximity. They maintain a safe distance from neighboring cells via the messaging system between the membrane receptors and the DNA mechanisms of the cell that control its growth and reproduction.

In this mode of their “socially sophisticated” life, the cells of the body are normally respectful of the other cells and are not “selfish.”  They do not encroach on the rights of the other cells in their vicinity. Cancer cells have lost these social skills, however. Such cells grow into a mass that breaks boundaries and encroaches on the space normally allocated to neighboring tissues. The process in which the efficiency of these sensors is reduced and eventually lost, to the point of forming cancerous growths, is called receptor down-regulation.

I will later explain why this kind of receptor loss from the cell membrane is another complication of unintentional dehydration.

In Memory of our Family Very Dear Close Friend and sister-in-Christ, Lucy U Po

I first met sister Lucy U Po in a Christian fellowship,  way back in 1988.
Through the years, she has been a very close friendly-sister to our family. She attended my wedding; she always asked about my son's well being ; and she also visited us when my son was born. She nicknamed him as JJ. 

Today, at 21:21:51, i received a sms : Bro & Sis, bro Alan's wife (i.e. sister Lucy U Po) passed away today. Alan's HP is ********. Wake at Block 536A Multi-Purpose Hall, Woodlands Dr 14. Monday is the funeral, 10am leaving Block 536A for Mandai Crematorium.

I was shocked to learn this news. 

My son said, " I am devastated. Hope mommy doesn't cry too much." 

Lucy U Po facebook : https://www.facebook.com/po.lucy
(Born on September 18, 1956 -  Passed Away on November 9, 2012)





Patricia Lin(daughter) posted this last photo of Mother and Daughter

Patricia Lin

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Cancer is a destructive disease that breaks down the human body completelyBut one thing it cannot break is the spirit. https://www.facebook.com/patricialin86/posts/10151314729335953

 What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.


 Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.


 A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.


 The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

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WHAT IS CANCER, AND WHY DOES IT EVENTUALLY KILL? 

Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012, 12:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: Eulogy - Tribute to Mummy

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift. that's why it's called the Present." Thank you everyone for being here. It's the best present you have brought along for my family today. To my relatives who travelled from overseas to make it for today, thank you very much. 

My name is Patricia, and I'm the only daughter of Lucy. I know you all know my mum personally in one way or another. It could be at school, at work, it could be in the neighbourhood or probably, simply because she's my mum, or an aunt or cousin to you. But there's only one way I know her. To me, she's my dearest mother. The mum that I couldn't have chosen but the mum whom I would choose again if I could. 

My mum is an incredibly kind, helpful and generous person. She never fails to lend a helping hand to friends, family and even strangers. She makes the effort to know the bus 900 bus drivers, the cashiers at Shop & Save, the neighbour who just moved in and the child sitting across her in the MRT.

Her smile is ever radiant and genuine that it warms even the coldest person in the room.

That's how she stole my dad's heart.

My mum is originally from the Philippines. She's the baby of the Po family who grew up as a young, intelligent woman who later went to medical school with the plan of becoming a doctor. However, little did she know, my dad, her penpal for 14 years from Singapore, was to be her soulmate and life partner.

The first time my dad went to the Philippines was for a practical reason, to go on a holiday. He was choosing between the USA and Philippines but figured Philippines was nearer and cheaper. And he had a penpal who was excited to meet him for the very first time. 

My dad and mum always recall the faithful day with laughter. She was so excited about his arrival that she was jumping in the crowded airport to catch his attention and welcomed him with a beautiful smile.

That is the smile that stole my dad's heart.

And that smile continued to radiate in so many people's lives. 

The friends, family, neighbours and colleagues who have stepped forth during the past few months to comfort her, console her and even care for her.. are the fruits of the seeds she has sowed in their lives over the past 56 years of her life.

When she was first diagnosed with cancer, she told the doctor, "I have no regrets. I think I have lived my life well." Now I can't help but agree. 

As my father and I experience the love, care and concern from everyone during this journey, we truly understood the unconditional love my mother gave out of herself to those who crossed paths with her. 

Today, in the presence of everyone, we want to say we are very proud of her - of the many things she's done in her life, big and small. 

And ... 

We thank God for being with her in this ardous battle against cancer.

We thank God for the victory she has had. 

We thank God for making her a blessing in so many people's lives.

We thank God that He has received her with open arms. 

She fought a good fight in her battle with cancer and remained faithful of God's love and grace. 

What holds for us tomorrow is a mystery. But my mum always says, Trust in the Lord. And in the Lord we will trust. 

We will dearly miss Lucy, a great mother, a loving wife and a faithful child of God. We will always love her and remember her for who she is and she will always be in our hearts. 

Before I end, I'll like to share with you an SMS my mum sent me on Valentines' Day. It goes like this, "Love is d greatest Healing Power - at d end of our lives after all our successes n failures the value of our lives is determined by how much we have loved - :-)"

I hope we'll always remember her unconditional love for us and remember to love as well. 

Thank you. 

- Patricia

 

Nitrate and human health

People are worried because of what they are told nitrate can do to them or their children. There are two(2) commonly cited ways in which nitrate is said to pose a threat to humans : blue-baby syndrome and stomach cancer.

Blue-baby syndrome
It takes a lot of nitrate to poison a baby. Even if babies were fed water with 100 ppm (parts per million) of nitrate - twice the recommended limit - they would come to no harm. So why has there been concern over nitrate and babies?

In fact nitrate has caused the deaths of babies who were fed on milk powder made up with water from wells that had very high levels of nitrate. The circumstances were rather exceptional. The babies turned blue and died because of excess nitrate.

The last case of blue-baby syndrome in Britain was in 1972, and the baby's life was saved. (Note:Blue-baby syndrome is known as well-water methaemoglobinaemia in the USA). The last fatal case of the disease was in the 1950s. Those at risk were babies in rural areas whose feed was made with water from wells where it was later discovered the level of nitrate could be as high as 500 ppm, ten(10) times the level set by the World Health Organization.

In addition the water-from-well was contaminated with bacteria which could have exacerbated the problem by causing more nitrate to be produced in the baby's physiology intestines.

If we follow the fate of a nitrate ion when it enters the human body we can understand why babies were at risk. The nitrate itself is harmless, and most nitrate passes easily through.

It is the nitrate that undergoes a chemical change, chemistry reaction with well-water, which does the damage. Bacteria are to be blame, and these remove one of the nitrate's oxygen atoms and so turn NO3 into nitrite, NO2.

Bacteria in our gut produce about 5 mg of nitrite each day. Microbes in our mouths begin the process, which is continued in our stomach and intestines. White blood cells, which engulf and break down invading organisms, also make nitrate and nitrite.

They use the amino acid L-arginine as their source of nitrogen, and they are stimulated to make nitrate by carbohydrate from bacteria.

White blood cells are thought to produce nitrate and nitrite as inter-mediates in their production of nitric oxide. This molecule (combination of few atoms is called molecule) has several uses in human body, from relaxing muscles in our arteries to causing erections of penis in men.

It may also be used in the fight against infection. But there can be too much of a good thing, in turn cause toxins, and this is true of nitrite. This delicate balance can be easily maintained by the organicity of the nutrients and the presence of distilled water.

Human first line of defence to cope with a surplus of nitrite since it could occur quite naturally is vitamin C, which can snatch another oxygen-atom from nitrite and so convert it into nitric oxide. With this understanding, all of us, adults and babies should have many kinds of fresh fruits which are naturally come with sufficient various vitamins (vitamin C being one of them) , and minerals and natural enzymes and distilled water.

We cannot destroy all the nitrite in this way, and some escapes.It then targets certain of the human body's metals, indeed it positively seeks them out and clings to them very strongly. In our bloodstream nitrite attach to the iron atoms at the heart of haemoglobin, the molecule which carries oxygen atom from the lungs to where it is needed to generate energy.

When nitrite meets haemoglobin it blocks its active iron site and turns it into methaemoglobin. Still we need not worry because we have enzymes to deal with this, and these remove the nitrite and so free the haemoglobin.

All these things and process happen in babies as well, but in relation to their fluid intake, water, a baby's blood volume is much smaller that that of an adult. Now I hope you see the point of the water-cure protocol have to use each individual body weight (every 1 kilogram need at least 31.42 ml of water)to decide the amount of daily water-quota intake. An excess of nitrate, and the nitrite that is formed from it, will stress their metabolism much more severely. And water shortage in the baby's daily diet will worsen this condition further and faster.

Up to 2% of a normal person's blood may be in the methaemoglobin form. If the level of methaemoglobin exceeds 10% we begin to suffer, and our skin turns a blue-grey. This is what happened with some babies, and hence the name 'blue baby' for those suffering this condition.

When the level reaches 40% the baby's life is in danger,and there have been a few rare cases of bottle-fed babies dying. Boiling the water to make up a formula feed does not remove the nitrate, but concentrate it.

Breast-feeding is still the best way to nourish and protect a baby, but there is no threat to babies fed on formula foods if the level of nitrate in the water used to make them up is below 50 ppm, the legal limit. WE need nitrate-free water to put an end to all worries about blue babies, but until then, let's do our part for the babies, encouraging mother breast-feeding the nature way.


Stomach Cancer The threat comes not from nitrate itself, which is not a cancer-forming chemical on its own, nor from nitrite which is also not a carcinogen.

The real threat comes from nitrosamines, which are a group of known potent carcinogens.Dimethylnitrosamine is the most common nitrosamine and is a powerful carcinogen. It is detectable in several foods, although levels vary :
Food (Nitrosamine/ppb, parts per billion,which is the same as millionths of a gram per kilogram )

Hot dog (0-84);
Salami(10-80);
Bacon (1-60);
Smoked fish (4-26);
Fried fish (1-9);
Cheese (1-4).

Nitrosamines are extremely reactive and will attack almost any other molecule, including DNA, and this is why they are so dangerous.

Nitrosamines are very reactive molecules and the danger is that they will reach the heart of a living cell and attack the DNA. If this happen the damage has to be repaired. This is a relatively simple job for the cell, compared to damage done by more dangerous chemicals - free radicals.

If the cell's defences are overwhelmed, then the repair job may not be perfect. If this happens we have a potentially cancerous cell. Once this cell starts replicate itself, and not to be recognized as alien, we are in trouble. Fresh fruits and fresh green vegetables quickly rendered harmless by molecules such as vitamin C and E, and these also protect us against nitrosamines.

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