HOPE

[jorbie]

I’m like most of you. I have my good days - I have my bad days. Today is a good day. And I wanted to share this with you.
upworthy.com/long-shot-docto … -amaze-you

Now - when I watch this video I get chills because of how far science has come in the past 20 years. I remember when Magic Johnson got HIV it was thought of as a death sentence. He is not only NOT dead, but is doing better than ever, and NOW they are using HIV to defeat cancer. Incredible.

I know cancer/HIV have had a lot of funding - but our problem is imminently fixable. It will take some time - but the ball is rolling. Continue to donate what you can, wait until the trials come and the juries force Merck to help find a cure - and in 5-10 years we will have an effective treatment, if not a cure.

I remember getting a splinter as a kid. My first one, deep into my hand. I was alone in the woods, and I cried and cried. I never thought it would come out - I had never had one before and I ran home thinking I was doomed to have a piece of wood in me forever. My mom took one look at my crying face, and pulled out a pair of tweezers. “What are those?” I said. “Just watch honey.” She gently grabbed my hand and asked me to open it, then she deftly took the tweezers and pulled out the splinter. “See, that wasn’t so bad, was it?”
I remember being so happy, so amazed - and I was never scared of splinters again. Our “tweezer” moment is coming. Science is now starting to look at our problem, and the “tweezers” for our problem are coming soon. Just be patient…and continue to donate.

[Finatruth]

Nice post Jorbie! I too feel our condition is at least treatable, just based on my own reaction with alcohol. Not to mention dr. Irwig’s study is creating quite a stir since it could potentially lead to a treatment for alcohol abuse, our salvation my just be a by-product of this. Very nice post Jorbie.

[billbo]

i also agree. here is another i saw last month that also gave me hope. the stem cell breakthrough, also in it’s infancy.

youtube.com/watch?v=wSpjcLlOKw8

there are many other articles about this, i choose this link out of laziness.

basically they discovered how to turn a humans skin cells into stem cells, and because it is from you there is no chance of rejection from your own body. until now the only way to get stem cells was from embryos, which was in many ways shunned and frowned upon around the world.

[A_Powerful_Drug]

A-yup. As long as studies take off and continue, I don’t see how our problems could not be resolved in due time. At some point enough men suffering from PFS will have been studied enough to form some sorts of patterns and that’s where it will get going. I just hope they don’t take too long

[D11]

@jorbie

I’m like most of you. I have my good days - I have my bad days. Today is a good day. And I wanted to share this with you.
upworthy.com/long-shot-docto … -amaze-you

Now - when I watch this video I get chills because of how far science has come in the past 20 years. I remember when Magic Johnson got HIV it was thought of as a death sentence. He is not only NOT dead, but is doing better than ever, and NOW they are using HIV to defeat cancer. Incredible.

I know cancer/HIV have had a lot of funding - but our problem is imminently fixable. It will take some time - but the ball is rolling. Continue to donate what you can, wait until the trials come and the juries force Merck to help find a cure - and in 5-10 years we will have an effective treatment, if not a cure.

I remember getting a splinter as a kid. My first one, deep into my hand. I was alone in the woods, and I cried and cried. I never thought it would come out - I had never had one before and I ran home thinking I was doomed to have a piece of wood in me forever. My mom took one look at my crying face, and pulled out a pair of tweezers. “What are those?” I said. “Just watch honey.” She gently grabbed my hand and asked me to open it, then she deftly took the tweezers and pulled out the splinter. “See, that wasn’t so bad, was it?”
I remember being so happy, so amazed - and I was never scared of splinters again. Our “tweezer” moment is coming. Science is now starting to look at our problem, and the “tweezers” for our problem are coming soon. Just be patient…and continue to donate.

i feel you

[THETIGERSHULL]

@jorbie

I’m like most of you. I have my good days - I have my bad days. Today is a good day. And I wanted to share this with you.
upworthy.com/long-shot-docto … -amaze-you

Now - when I watch this video I get chills because of how far science has come in the past 20 years. I remember when Magic Johnson got HIV it was thought of as a death sentence. He is not only NOT dead, but is doing better than ever, and NOW they are using HIV to defeat cancer. Incredible.

I know cancer/HIV have had a lot of funding - but our problem is imminently fixable. It will take some time - but the ball is rolling. Continue to donate what you can, wait until the trials come and the juries force Merck to help find a cure - and in 5-10 years we will have an effective treatment, if not a cure.

I remember getting a splinter as a kid. My first one, deep into my hand. I was alone in the woods, and I cried and cried. I never thought it would come out - I had never had one before and I ran home thinking I was doomed to have a piece of wood in me forever. My mom took one look at my crying face, and pulled out a pair of tweezers. “What are those?” I said. “Just watch honey.” She gently grabbed my hand and asked me to open it, then she deftly took the tweezers and pulled out the splinter. “See, that wasn’t so bad, was it?”
I remember being so happy, so amazed - and I was never scared of splinters again. Our “tweezer” moment is coming. Science is now starting to look at our problem, and the “tweezers” for our problem are coming soon. Just be patient…and continue to donate.

Do you think it will include a cure for shrinkage?

[Ctrlv]

I had total shrinkage however after a few months the size of the penis and testicles back to normal, only side effect that persists is erectile dysfunction.