X-Message-Number: 19987 From: Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 00:46:07 EDT Subject: Low sign-up rate --part1_194.c9bb9c1.2aa83b8f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit One of the problems that has delayed me signing up is that by the time of cyropreservation, the brain has already been seriously damaged. We (MD intensivests) are exceptionally good at keeping the heart-lung machine pumping. What usually leads to ultimate demise is prolonged hypotension, which kills the brain (and kidneys) long before death is admitted to. There should be an avenue for direct escape from this doom to a cyropreserved state, before the irreversible damage is acquired. Obviously this will be a huge social hurdle to cross. Live, Love and Learn Long, Hard and Well James R Hughes, MD 13 Yorkshire Dr Hilton Head, SC 29928-3368 fax 843-686-6896 843-290-2418 --part1_194.c9bb9c1.2aa83b8f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19987