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    Building the Future of Cancer Care and Why I’m Launching Vital Roots

    July 11, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    From stage 4 survivor (TBD) to founder, my plan to create patient-first cancer centers in Jamaica, Thailand, and Germany using the Press-Pulse metabolic model.

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    we fucked like gods

    July 10, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    sex, sweat, and divine jealousy in a motel room lit by sin and stardust

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    Patient-Led “Press-Pulse” Metabolic Cancer Protocol

    July 9, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    So as a junior lab rat/researcher I have no idea how to validate my hypothesis other than lab ratting myself out, but I wanted to post this very detailed, very technical breakdown of my combined protocols that I have named “Kill Switch” I first heard that term in relation to fighting cancer listening to a speech by Dr.

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    Rise.

    July 8, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A poem about surviving darkness, facing death with courage, and finding strength in every scar left behind.

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    Facing the Death Sentence with No Silver Lining

    July 8, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A brutally honest reckoning with Stage 4 cancer, financial ruin, and the lack of alternative treatment in America.

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Stories

    No Rides Left in Kolkata a Trip Through Chaos, Chai, and Sound

    July 4, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    In 2016 I roamed the streets of Kolkata with a camera and a beat. No plan, just people, noise, and a track by Horrorshow that made it all feel cinematic.

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Poetry

    Good Things Happen When You Smile, or When You’re Naked (The Gods Are Still High)

    July 4, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A goddess once worshiped for wisdom shows up barefoot, high, and half-naked, here to remind you truth isn’t polite, it’s primal.

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Technology

    Why Your Substack Posts Aren’t Showing Up in Google (and How to Fix It)

    July 2, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    You’re writing great stuff on Substack, so where are the search results? Here’s how we solved the indexing problem, step-by-step.

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Stories

    Naked, Tripping, and Hunting Stars in the Oregon Woods

    July 2, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A surreal descent into primal madness, brotherhood, psychedelics, and the holy absurdity of freedom.

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  • Notes From The Fire Escape - Stories

    Trestles and Ghosts

    June 29, 2025 - By Duane Cummins

    A lyrical ride through Southern California’s iconic break, where memory, solitude, and the sea crash together.

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