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13/2/2025 hi Brett from Kay in New Zealand. Sorry to hear of your cancer diagnosis. But glad to hear from you after losing touch with your and your great articles of recent years. I've become involved in writing about wars and conflicts in the world, largely generated by the US/NATO war machine.

I myself was diagnosed with cancer in 2024 and underwent radiation and chemo-therapy, followed several weeks later, with an operation mid-October 2024 to remove a tumour in my bowel. I knew something was wrong by end of 2023, finding i had lost 2 stone in weight and my bowel being hyper-active. My doctor sent me to the public hospital experts for a scan and they diagnosed it. I was lucky to get all treatment free in our hospital system here in NZ... Like you i didn't find chemo or radiation fun, losing sense of taste for food. But i kept on working even to the last hour before my operation. Tomorrow it will be 4 months since my op. I still get tired and need to rest regularly,

but i am 78, 79 in july. But i am still working, getting on with things. Sometimes i feel now i would like to stop writing on political things, because it requires high concentration and one thing leads to another, endlessly. But that's life! Sometime i think i would like to stop all this work and relax, enjoy like, go for walks, meet up with people and socialise more, rest much more! ... So my cancer story is different from your's, because i had free treatment in our great public hospital system here. Whereas you see cancer as a money-making business in the west. I am interested to hear why you have a better view of alternative treatment from China and other places. And i hope you find a wonderful solution to your condition. Thanks so much for your great work!.. - Kay

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