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    john fleishman posted an update 5 years ago

    I tried to contact you about 4 years ago to start a dialogue regarding my experience as a physician in dayton ohio. I believe that this forum did not exist at that time.
    Shortly after you responded my wife, also a physician, was diagnosed with lung cancer and I never followed up. She passed 3 months later.
    Her lung cancer was not diagnosed until it had advanced to an late stage.
    Jill smoked for 30 pack years and quit 6 years prior to her diagnosis.
    Three years prior to her diagnosis she requested to be screened for lung cancer and was told that ‘there is no reason to screen for lung cancer.’
    This lead me to do a little investigation into lung cancer and tobacco usage.
    I wrote a 2500 word editorial entitled “LUNG CANCER AND TOBACCO: AN ADDICTION TO MONEY.”
    This was published in the June 2019 issue of ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY.
    You smoked during one of your podcasts.
    You need to read this article. It may save your life.
    I have been investigating ‘things’ over the past 35 years and have put many pieces of the puzzle together. I am amazed by your ability to do same.
    I have, by serendipity, luck (or unluck), and tenacity, developed deep ties into
    these subjects.
    All things seem connected.
    At some point I would like to pass on my knowledge to you.
    You have an amazing ability to see big picture.
    First off, get a low dose chest CT as soon as is possible and get one every year henceforth so that you do not suffer the same fate as my late pathologist wife, Jill.
    You are a valuable asset and I don’t want to lose you.
    Best to you,
    John A Fleishman, MD

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      ML light replied 5 years ago

      I’m suddenly reminded of old dogs and wrong trees.

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        R. L. S. replied 5 years ago

        You are wasting your time DR.

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          FiatLux replied 5 years ago

          I think people should respect others’ right to decide for themselves how to live their lives, whether you agree with their decision or not. And society needs to respect individuals’ right to decide for themselves what level of risk they’re willing to accept from any potential hazard — whether it’s tobacco, a virus, or a vaccine.

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              Wlfgang replied 5 years ago

              Sorry for your loss Dr Fleishman and can relate. I lost both my mother and uncle to Lung Cancer so far. Also good advice as I fear as a child I had a lot of second hand smoke as my mother smoked during pregnancy for which I was then born premature with all kinds of trouble….had to stay in the hospital for weeks but finally made it. She still didn’t quit and I went to school with smoke smell all over my clothes each day and was sick with Pneumonia several times a year – scarring my lungs. Our family doc begged her to quit and or at least smoke outside for the kids and she refused. My health only improved once I got old enough to begin spending most of my time away from the house and the smoke. As an adult, I never touched the stuff because of my childhood.

              I think the Good Doc buys high quality, organic Tobacco with much less chemical junk and rolls his own w/better filtration or something to that effect. I won’t speak for him and I do respect his privacy and choices on this one though I understand the terrible pain of losing a loved one to this. It’s a painful way to go and I know we would all love to have the Good doc around for many years to come.