X-Message-Number: 6008 From: Randy Smith <> Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: One more reason to sign up for cryonics... Date: 28 Mar 1996 09:44:58 GMT Message-ID: <4jdn2q$> I was watching the local news here in Houston a few minutes ago. They did a very interesting segment on a former local newscaster/anchorperson; I say former because she had recently retired due to having developed widespread, and apparently terminal, cancer. Since she was no longer able to work, she was allowing her station to tell the story of her ongoing battle in chronological sequence, with interviews of her and video footage of her as they received the results of each test. One last news story, as it were. As the story unfolded, it turned out that after removal of the original cancer, they had hoped she was cured, but as later tests showed, the cancer had spread to first her lungs and then into her brain. When they showed the shots of her lungs, she explained that at this point it was probably terminal and she had a certain amount of time to live. Then the brain tumor appeared and it was a much more immediate threat. The most interesting part was the interviews with her as she came to face the reality of impending death. It was very hard on her. Her emotions showed plainly on her face. She turned to a religous faith--what else did she have? And I suspect it was a deathbed conversion. She was looking into the abyss, and I'm not sure any human can look into that abyss without some crutch. We may not be that strong. When my time comes to look into that abyss, I want my crutch to be a bit more solid than hers. I'm not saying that I'll go smiling, and I may reach for the that same crutch as well, but I'll have something else. Something real. Randy Smith Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6008