Professor Randy Pausch's Last Lecture (on Oprah)

[Samuel2003]

I don't watch Oprah but I would have watched this episode...


Subject: Professor Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

http://www2.oprah.com/health/oz/oz_2...promocode=HP13

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Randy says his speech is mostly about achieving childhood dreams—and living your life. "Any professor will tell you there's some lectures you have to pull them out of yourself, and there's some that just pour. This talk wrote itself," he says.

While Randy has known about his cancer for a year, he says he learned six or seven weeks ago that he might only have months to live. "One person says three to six months, and another one says, 'Yeah, three to six months, but only because three's in that range.' So you sort of get some shading of it," he says.

Randy isn't giving in to the prognosis—he is continuing his medical treatment in the hope of prolonging his life. "[Somebody said], 'You've become so famous for dying, what's going to happen if you're alive in a year or two?'" Randy says. "I said, 'Give me the problem! I'd like to work on that one.'"

[gewf631]

The full lecture is so much better.

Info found here.

And if you look here, you'll see that...
Oct 19 , 2007: Palliative Chemo is WORKING!!!!
On Oct 1st, I had a CT-scan, and a follow-up PET-CT scan on Oct 13th. Both confirmed that we are willing: The tumors in my spleen are now gone, and the dozen or so tumors in my liver are all either stable or slightly smaller.

This doesn't mean he's cured, but it should postpone...

[Samuel2003]

Thanks for the added info. Good to hear!