--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "mpetersen123" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Mark,
What an interesting story!!! What are the odds of working for a firm in which you may have triggered CML and then have that company be part of the cure! Thanks for sharing! Peace, Love and Light, Christine dx 11/98 > > > Hi Christine, > > Thanks for reposting this very well written summary. I hadn't read > it before and found it really interesting and right on the money. > I've often wondered where my CML came from but I wouldn't say that > I'm worried or overly concerned about it. I do have an > interesting, "what if" story to share about it though. > > I'm one of the few people on this list that has been exposed to > ionizing radiation (above the natural background level) of the type > known to cause leukemia. 10 years ago I did some research on the > effects of high dose gamma radiation on specialty semiconductors used > in the aerospace industry as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative > (SDI), commonly called "Star Wars". As part of this research we > routinely worked around a Gammacell which contained Cobalt60, a very > high energy radiation source that simulates the environment found in > an atomic blast. > > The time between exposure and onset of Leukemia is supposed to be > around 7-10 years. My exposure occurred about 10 years before I was > diagnosed, which is one of the reasons that I think that my CML may > have been caused by radiation. > > As Richard points out though, there are many other causations for > CML, many of which are not even related to external/environmental > effects. So who knows if this caused my cancer. But what makes this > story interesting is that the exposure I received was done when I > worked for Hughes Aircraft company. > > For those who don't know, Hughes Aircraft was founded by Howard > Hughes and was owned for many decades by the Hughes Medical > Foundation, a small, shell of a company which was set up by Howard > Hughes primarily as a tax shelter. During the 1980's the IRS forced > the Hughes Medical Foundation to fix this obvious tax shelter and > divest themselves of the company. Hughes was sold to General Motors > in the mid-1980's for something like $5B all of which went back to > the Hughes Medical Foundation, making it the richest non-profit > medical foundation in the country. > > Where things start to get interesting is that both Dr. Druker and Dr. > Sawyers are HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) fellows that have > been funded in part by what was previously known as the Hughes > Medical Foundation. > > So in my case it's possible, but far from definite, that the company > that I worked for may have inadvertently both given me cancer and > financed the development of an effective treatment. In fact if a > cure is ever forthcoming for CML, I'm sure that the HHMI will be in > the thick of it. > > Today, the HHMI is the second largest non-profit philantropic > organization in the country with assets of somewhere around $10B- $15B. > > Here are a few links that might be of interest... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Aircraft_Company > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes_Medical_Institute > > Regards, > Mark > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/8zSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
