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Seems like CANCER doesn't discriminate
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No it doesn't discriminate at all. My family on my mothers side is riddled with cancer. Her father died of pancreatic cancer, her mother had breast cancer. Her older sister had breast cancer and rectal cancer, another sister passed away from colon cancer. My mother two weeks ago was diagnosed with breast cancer. Thankfully it was caught in time,..but none the less there. It doesn't matter what you do, what you eat,...genes,..your enviroment,...it is something that is not in our control and I hate to hear someone blame themself for "getting cancer". It is hard enough without the blame.
Heavy genetic cancer in my family as well. Although they say it can be contributed to other things I believe genetics play a huge roll in gene mutation ( what cancer actually is). Although I read recently, because we really screwed up our environment, by 2032 everyone will have some form, (sorry.....for being such a ray of sunshine
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My heart goes out to all of you who are battling it now or have had to watch a love one with it. I have lost many family members to it too and it is extremely heart breaking. We don't even like to say the 'C' word at our house. Hang in there!!!! I know the cure is just around the corner (or at least a preventative...) After all Mareks disease is a poultry cancer and they created a vaccine for that. I heard they are using some of that information for new human research.
My heart goes out to all of you who are battling it now or have had to watch a love one with it. I have lost many family members to it too and it is extremely heart breaking. We don't even like to say the 'C' word at our house. Hang in there!!!! I know the cure is just around the corner (or at least a preventative...) After all Mareks disease is a poultry cancer and they created a vaccine for that. I heard they are using some of that information for new human research.
deerman
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Sorry know what you mean..lost brother and mother..........have to watch a body go down to bones within a few months , my biggest fear , broken down body laying in a hospice bed ,just waiting to die.......not a way to have love one watch you go......
yes i hate it...
Sorry know what you mean..lost brother and mother..........have to watch a body go down to bones within a few months , my biggest fear , broken down body laying in a hospice bed ,just waiting to die.......not a way to have love one watch you go......
yes i hate it...
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Rarely are more truer words spoken. Hoping all the best for your mom.
Because I am the "baby" of the family and was the youngest and healthiest, yet still got cancers, many in my family (and friends) are obsessed now with crazy eating habits and other things. They feel if I got it then anyone could get it...and that part's very true...but since then they've been driving themselves almost to the point of being OC in trying to be sure to eat this and that, or not eat this and that, in order to prevent it from happening to them. I tell them to be sure to get regular screening tests for pre or early detection, but that's too "scary" to do for most of them, although it could very well be the thing that could be the difference between a longer life and an early death.
No screening existed for my cancer, but getting screened for the most common ones is always a good idea.
Rarely are more truer words spoken. Hoping all the best for your mom.
Because I am the "baby" of the family and was the youngest and healthiest, yet still got cancers, many in my family (and friends) are obsessed now with crazy eating habits and other things. They feel if I got it then anyone could get it...and that part's very true...but since then they've been driving themselves almost to the point of being OC in trying to be sure to eat this and that, or not eat this and that, in order to prevent it from happening to them. I tell them to be sure to get regular screening tests for pre or early detection, but that's too "scary" to do for most of them, although it could very well be the thing that could be the difference between a longer life and an early death.
No screening existed for my cancer, but getting screened for the most common ones is always a good idea.
Thank you.
Screening is the most important thing anyone can do,..that is what saved my mother and her older sister. I am the baby of our family too and it is very scary to think about having to be screened and thinking what if,...but you must do it. No amount of wishful thinking or green tea,..or whatever magical food,.. can do so much for you than being screened regularly.
Screening is the most important thing anyone can do,..that is what saved my mother and her older sister. I am the baby of our family too and it is very scary to think about having to be screened and thinking what if,...but you must do it. No amount of wishful thinking or green tea,..or whatever magical food,.. can do so much for you than being screened regularly.
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It has saved members of my family too! We have a strong tendency towards melanoma and we get screened once a year. Every year I have something that needs to be biopsied (I'm not even 30 yet, never "tanned"). It usually comes back as "atypical" (which usually means the whole area of skin has to be removed, it's somewhere between benign and malignant). I used to get so embarrassed because cancer screening can seem so invasive. Now that I've gotten used to the routine, it's not scary anymore. I want to see my kids grow up, I'm not banking on fad diets. Catch it early!
It has saved members of my family too! We have a strong tendency towards melanoma and we get screened once a year. Every year I have something that needs to be biopsied (I'm not even 30 yet, never "tanned"). It usually comes back as "atypical" (which usually means the whole area of skin has to be removed, it's somewhere between benign and malignant). I used to get so embarrassed because cancer screening can seem so invasive. Now that I've gotten used to the routine, it's not scary anymore. I want to see my kids grow up, I'm not banking on fad diets. Catch it early!
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Aww, you're welcome.
And that's also so very true.
Family babies unite!
How truly fortunate for your mom and aunt! So glad to hear that!
You are being very brave, and wise. Way to go for you!
One of my sisters was having some very slight issues and didn't want to have it rechecked out of fear and really a sense of denial that it couldn't really happen. After many calls to me she was finally convinced to get the screening done. Her lightbulb moment, after asking me 200 questions about her fears of tests and doctors, was when I finally told her that something she should ponder is that if she feared simple tests that are, admittedly, no fun, that she should consider that there is no screening test on this earth that can compare to the agonies of finding advanced cancer of that type and enduring its treatment.
That finally convinced her and she got screened the next appt the specialist had...they found and removed 6 areas that had the most aggressive form of pre-cancerous polyp...the type that always eventually invades with a very poor outcome when not detected and removed early. She's a believer in screening now and says I saved her life. I didn't but her overcoming those fears and some denial and finding it early did. I was so proud of her.
She was one of the lucky ones regarding that type of cancer.
I completely agree that early and regular screening can make a difference. I'm glad you are being wise and brave and facing it head on.
My teen daughter is pre-cancerous and words do not even exist that can convey how that feels to me after fighting so hard to try to stay alive until she was 18 and in the meantime being so sick but teaching her things to survive in this world that a 13-14 year old should not have to consider, only to think that maybe I won't be around when she'll need me the most. Screening that I pushed for from when she was young detected it and may be the thing that gives her a wonderful life ahead.
So many cancers have no readily available or advanced screening techniques, and they also can have very vague symptoms that are often chalked up by us or doctors as other things, so screening is not a cure all, and I would never want anyone to feel guilty or look back in hindsight with "if only's" because we do the best we do at the time and life is played out in us all.
Aww, you're welcome.
Family babies unite!
How truly fortunate for your mom and aunt! So glad to hear that!
You are being very brave, and wise. Way to go for you!
One of my sisters was having some very slight issues and didn't want to have it rechecked out of fear and really a sense of denial that it couldn't really happen. After many calls to me she was finally convinced to get the screening done. Her lightbulb moment, after asking me 200 questions about her fears of tests and doctors, was when I finally told her that something she should ponder is that if she feared simple tests that are, admittedly, no fun, that she should consider that there is no screening test on this earth that can compare to the agonies of finding advanced cancer of that type and enduring its treatment.
That finally convinced her and she got screened the next appt the specialist had...they found and removed 6 areas that had the most aggressive form of pre-cancerous polyp...the type that always eventually invades with a very poor outcome when not detected and removed early. She's a believer in screening now and says I saved her life. I didn't but her overcoming those fears and some denial and finding it early did. I was so proud of her.
I completely agree that early and regular screening can make a difference. I'm glad you are being wise and brave and facing it head on.
My teen daughter is pre-cancerous and words do not even exist that can convey how that feels to me after fighting so hard to try to stay alive until she was 18 and in the meantime being so sick but teaching her things to survive in this world that a 13-14 year old should not have to consider, only to think that maybe I won't be around when she'll need me the most. Screening that I pushed for from when she was young detected it and may be the thing that gives her a wonderful life ahead.
So many cancers have no readily available or advanced screening techniques, and they also can have very vague symptoms that are often chalked up by us or doctors as other things, so screening is not a cure all, and I would never want anyone to feel guilty or look back in hindsight with "if only's" because we do the best we do at the time and life is played out in us all.
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Sorry know what you mean..lost brother and mother..........have to watch a body go down to bones within a few months , my biggest fear , broken down body laying in a hospice bed ,just waiting to die.......not a way to have love one watch you go......
yes i hate it...
Oh, Deerman..
My thoughts are always with you too...
Sorry know what you mean..lost brother and mother..........have to watch a body go down to bones within a few months , my biggest fear , broken down body laying in a hospice bed ,just waiting to die.......not a way to have love one watch you go......
yes i hate it...
Oh, Deerman..
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After watching family and friends, this is one of my greatest fears, also. My heart goes out to you, deerman.
After watching family and friends, this is one of my greatest fears, also. My heart goes out to you, deerman.
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