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Skriven 2012-08-20 18:41:14 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
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Hi Michael!

->  -> When I concentrate really hard, I might - and this
->  -> happens very seldom - be able to convince my head
->  -> that there is a smell outside my envelope, detected
->  -> by my nose and retransmitted to my head and I
->  -> presume reprocessed as though it were real. This
->  -> is really a sort of self-induced hallucination
-> ...
->  HN> That I have never done (or conciously
->  HN> tried to do). I have had smells trigger
->  HN> memories of other things (smells) but not
->  HN> quite to the scale you describe. 
-> 
-> This requires a lot of effort and is very transitory.
-> It's got little to do with my admittedly pretty good
-> sensory memory but more bordering up against the loony.
-> Just now I tried to conjure up various foods that I
-> thought would be fairly elementary - fried chicken,
-> broiled sirloin, vanilla, etc. -, without success. But
-> during the exercise I got a sudden unbidden whiff of
-> nonexistent braunschweiger, after which I was able to
-> summon a fleeting olfactory image of broiled steak.
->
As long as you can come "back" from the 
edge of Loony, I guess it's ok!

-> Edited to add: Just did it again, five minutes later. I
-> wonder if there's any danger in this kind of self-abuse
-> or if it's just a harmless pastime.
->
They tell me you'll go blind if 
you keep doing it...so stop if
you find you need glasses...oh!
(grin)
 
->  -> there - this is also hallucinatory but not induced by
->  -> my own consciousness. Writing about it, oddly, caused
->  -> one just now, just a whiff of some cheap Rioja.
->  HN> The only time I know of that 
->  HN> happening was when brain tumors
->  HN> or injury were involved.
-> 
-> I know - and it kind of scared me at first, but then I
-> recalled that a few years I was in fact brain-damaged, and
-> it's entirely possible there's some residual effect.
->
Within the realm of possible, sure!
-> --
-> 
->  HN> condition. The additional factor about
->  HN> the minolta that brings down it's value
->  HN> is that it was so popular that many 
->  HN> thousands of them were made and sold.
->  HN> Rarity would have been a benefit for
->  HN> value. 
-> 
-> I didn't really care about the value - if it was
-> worth my lugging it to the west coast, I'd give
-> it to you. Otherwise, I'll just put it in the
-> trash or a Goodwill bin.
->
You might find a school to donate it
to, or put it on craigslist for 
someone to learn with..although
finding places to process film
is actually getting harder!
-> --
-> 
->  HN> I might encourage Annie to look at
->  HN> http://www.colon-cancer-law.com/ 
->  HN> if all you're saying is accurate
->  HN> she might have a case.
-> 
-> Against whom? The government? I doubt it, though
-> the ultimate blame lies there. The drug company?
-> I doubt it, though it's bad bad bad. The doc? Nah.
-> Anyhow, that site is a bit of a troll.
->
Perhaps, but as long as it's a freakshow
and all the chips are on the Dr's side
it will continue. Hitting them where
it hurts (them), is likely the only 
way to change the status quo.

-> Everyone who takes Erbitux for colon should have
-> had an action, were an action takable.
->
We do after all, live in America...where
everything is up for  litigation  
As long as it does not cost Annie 
anything out of pocket it might be
worth the shot. Most certainly if it
can be proven that the therapy is not
feasible, and can be infact harmful.
chat with you soon!
ha
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