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by dhughes 5128 days ago
Sorry to hear about your family's health, it certainly is humbling as a human to hear that news.

My Mom was nearly diagnosed with lung cancer but it turned out to be scarring from pneumonia. My Dad may have lung cancer and does have IPF either of which will kill him in six month to a few years.

I don't think people realize that people who are critically ill don't care if it's "Big Pharma" or some weed from China, if it works they'll try it and hope it helps even to live a few more months.

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Thanks, and the same to you, IPF isn't fun and neither is lung cancer.

That's one of the reasons something like this is important, it's a life extending drug that's from legitimate sources, which means it's thoroughly tested and isn't some weed from China. The extra time this will give to a lot of people shouldn't be overlooked.