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KILLING CANCER STEP BY STEP: #1

December 2, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Killing cancer starts the same for everyone. It’s a new mole, a lump, a bump, a new ache and pain. You wonder what’s up, get checked out, and forget about it. After that it’s an appointment, or a phone call, and your life, your future, your plans, hits the fan and splatters all over. At […]

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NIKE CANCER TEAM TRAINING CAMP REVIEW

May 15, 2018 by David Gillaspie

After a diagnosis for hpv throat cancer I found a cancer team. An Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist, a radiation oncologist, and a chemo-therapy oncologist, all gathered data for my best outcome. That was the shared goal. I had a couple of others I shared with them, like avoiding opioid addiction and secondary […]

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HPV16 TONGUE CANCER HARD TO UNDERSTAND? HOLD MY BEER

March 1, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Hpv16 tongue cancer is hard to understand, but only if you look at the numbers. From cbsnews.com: Eleven million American men are infected with oral human papillomavirus (HPV), which can lead to cancers of the head, neck and throat, a new study reports. That equates to 1 in 9 […]

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HPV16 Cancer Side Effects Include Blogs And Memoirs

October 4, 2017 by David Gillaspie

If you chose to be ‘The Face’ of anything, few would choose cancer of any kind. Be the face of something grand, something happy, something exciting. But cancer? Add ‘The Face’ of an STD that leads to cancer and you’ve got HPV16 cancer. The same culprit for cervical cancer in women leads […]

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HEALTHCARE BULLY PREYS ON THE WEAKEST

July 22, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Any coherent healthcare bully debate needs to go beyond the numbers, the insurance companies. Beyond drug company research and development that puts the BIG in Big Pharma. It’s about who the healthcare bully reaches for in the debate. The most vulnerable, of course. The population currently undergoing severe medical treatment. I’ll use cancer treatment […]

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