Discussions regarding views, treatments, news and thoughts on cancer, its types and effects.
THE WAVE OF GRIEF Am I relieved or shocked; neither. I expected it; there was no time for the normal sequence of grief to occur. Events, rolling in, like waves, rolling in and crashing, one upon another; rising up for a deep breath only to have another rollover and...
Am I relieved or shocked; neither. I expected it; there was no time for the normal sequence of grief to occur. Events, rolling in, like waves, rolling in and crashing, one upon another; rising up for a deep breath only to have another rollover and I gasp, wanting it...
I was talking to a doctor a few days ago, and should not have been surprised to hear the cavalier mention of throwing chemo at a patient with no real regard if that was over treating when the prognosis was poor. ‘The tumor was quite large and he was...
THEY IMAGINED THE UNIMAGINABLE Where has all the knowledge gone? When we ever learn? Someday soon they say but it never ends; fear and greed keeps on going on and on. Will the people ever open their eyes and see the truth or always will they be enslaved through...
A diagnosis of cancer creates a sudden altering change. Is life the same? The sun still rises and sets, the moon still cycles, the world still spins and yet there seems to be an unidentifiable shift within you. The perspective of life changes and through a new window...
I HATE PINK – I hate all the money spent advertising and fundraising at the expense of others; enough money is raised to not only find a cure for breast cancer but find cures for every disease on earth! And they have found NOTHING! People running these organizations are rich...
Bone loss causes more spontaneous fractures in men and women alike that are being treated for cancer. So what is bone loss exactly? It is a disruption in the normal remodeling activity, with an increase in the breakdown of bone without replacement rebuilding. Normally bone is constantly being broke...
The doctor with his crisp white coat buttoned in the middle, enough to show off the 200-dollar silk tie his wife bought him, sits just on the edge of the finely polished mahogany desk to be a bit closer to Jane in a gesture of concern. “Don’t worry, the...
Men in white coats, they come with an air of authority. With scans in hand to tell you of your fate —-CANCER. With a manner of compassion, they lean forward and in a slow soft voice give your orders. You dare not challenge them. Their wisdom they tell you...
The Cancer Gated Community – is guarded against the intrusion of the immune system. The guards – appear as normal guards, in this case a protein so sticky that it adheres to the cancer cells making them virtually invisible to the immune system. So what goes on inside this...