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Relay For Life - End cancer in our lifetime
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Silas (son of Silas):
For all of those who have experienced this disease themselves or who have lost a loved one to it, my heart truly goes out to you.

My best friend has spent his life battling Hodgkin's disease (cancer of the lymphatic system). My mother (rest in peace) had non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (another cancer of the lymphatic system) and my father currently has an inoperable tumor of the prostate (prostate being the number one cause of death of men in his age group in the UK.) Fortunately (and this is kind of weird to say) a heart attack killed my mother before the cancer did, so her suffering was shortened.

Here in the UK 1 in 3 of us will be diagnosed with cancer, 1 in 4 of us will die from it. I take every opportunity to bang the 'please donate' drum because I know first hand the world of hurt this disease causes.

Silas
denmiclaw:
Both me and my wife have lost family to cancer.  Lung, breast, heart.. you name it.

My wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer 2 years ago, in Jan 07.  Luckily, they caught and removed it before it spread further.  She still had to go through Chemo, and radiation.  Because it was a particularly aggressive cancer, they hit her with the drugs and radiation faster than they normally do.  She had some fairly bad burns from the radiation you can still see today, and of course she lost her hair.  She was 28.  She hasn't had a re-occurance yet, but it's something that goes through your mind every day, with every new test, with every new mammogram.

She now has a condition called dermatomyacitis, which basically is a skin/muscle condition that was either brought on by the cancer, or is a pre-cursor to the cancer coming back.

Obviously, the doctors can't tell which.

Anyway, we sign up every year for the local Relay for Life.. I recommend it for people even if they don't know someone with cancer.. chances are at some point in your life.. you will.

As people have said before me, it is an atrocious disease.
HaRuMaN:
My wife's mother passed away from cancer.  I did the Relay for Life this year with my wife.
Blanka:
They recently identified enzym's that are responsible for the spreading of cancer. Maybe in a couple of years they can deal with them, so that cancer can stay a local phenomena in most cases. It was really a very important discovery in health science.
loess:
I'm worry about my parents? So many peple nowadays has died in cancer. 
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