17 Years Later, Stage 4 Survivor Is Savoring a Life Well Lived

Doctors told Katherine Russell Rich 17 years ago that because of her Stage 4 breast cancer, she had a year or two left to live. Today, she’s still proving them wrong.

Eternal Life

From the very beginning there was something uncanny about the cancer cells on Henrietta Lacks’s cervix. Even before killing Lacks herself in 1951, they took on a life of their own. Removed during a biopsy and cultured without her permission, the H...

But only for the cancer cells.

Tellomiers are real and do limit. There are some very clever experimental treatments for cancer along that line.

Her cancer was estrogen negative. Stage 4 was not even approached. The medication for the iatrogenic heart damage should be changed as it is causing memory problems.

At this point I am in no rush. I will respond to your direct and confirmed invitation.

My attention and time will be devoted to local projects for the next few days. Bloging will be limited at best.