Showing posts with label Cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cancer. Show all posts

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Foreclosed On Homeowner Wanted Cops To Kill Him

foreclosureSign2AZCentral.com


As officers closed in, Kurt Aho drank his beer, ignoring commands to drop his gun. Before police arrived he told neighbors he refused to surrender himself or the home he lived in for nearly 30 years. Faced with foreclosure and stacks of medical bills to treat a recurring battle with cancer, the 64-year-old squared off Tuesday against a team of Phoenix police sharpshooters moments after he shot out the tires of two trucks parked on his cul-de-sac near Bell Road and 31st Avenue.

Aho opened fire on the vehicles when the drivers, who earlier in the day had bought his home at a foreclosure auction, showed up to ask Aho when he planned to vacate the property.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

The Cure for Cancer: Clean Up Your Act!

© 2009 John August




[caption id="attachment_1561" align="alignleft" width="378" caption="Whole Earth Catalog circa 1988"]Whole Earth Catalog circa 1988[/caption]

A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with neck cancer - squamous cell carcinoma. By the time I went under the knife six months later (I’ll save my medical horror story for another time) my surgeon told me that not only was the disease at stage 4, but that if I didn’t undergo radiation and chemotherapy, I’d be dead in a year. Well guess what? Not only did I not follow the doctor’s orders, but I’m alive, well, and fit to be tied. So I thought I’d share my experience with others so they don’t have to learn the hard way like I did. What happened to me, could happen to anyone.