cancer so SUCKS

venting is okay
Venting is definitely okay here, Beth.
The WHY question is one we all are asking! I think it's probably a direct result of what we now have in our environment and what's in the food we eat- all the hormones, additives, preservatives, dyes, etc, etc! Some people in the oncology world are starting to wake up to this, but most still are not, it seems. They're pouring a lot of money into new treatments and cures, which is definitely needed, BUT they need to wake up and realize and alert everyone to stop buying food with all the crap in it. Maybe if it came from American Cancer Society, American Medical Society, etc., people would really listen and then the food manufacturers would be hurt in the pocketbook and would be forced to change and get rid of all the stuff the harmful additives in our food, which I think is killing us!

Sadly, I'd be very surprised if the ACS or the AMA actually came out and said these are the things that are causing cancer. I guess they feel they can't because they don't have "hard and fast evidence" of it. It just seems to be common sense, though! Until it comes from a major source who is considered "highly respectable in the medical world", most people will just go on eating and buying things that are awful to put into a human body. I think a lot of people think like I used to- that it wouldn't be approved for sale and/or consumption if it were really harmful, so it must not be that bad.

I always also wonder about all the radiowaves and other type of "waves" we're surrounded by and that are constantly going at and through our bodies. Think of it- cell phones by our heads (and now the blue tooth hands free setups make our heads into antenna picking up signals constantly). I've got just a simple wire going from my phone to an ear bud & I don't leave it in my ear unless when I'm actually talking. I don't really know, but I'm hoping that's better than the blue tooth. I think of all the wireless everything we have in our houses- routers, wireless mouse/keypads on the computers, wireless printers. I don't know, but I worry that all those extra "waves" are not good. I don't even know how far of a radius is around. I know sometimes my laptop will pick up my neighbor's wireless network- so there's more that our bodies are being constantly bombarded by. I've not read any articles or studies on that, but I imagine it's a lot worse for us than ever will be let on. Will they tell us if it's found out? No way- no one would buy those expensive electronic products anymore & we've all become dependent on them.

Those are my thoughts. I guess we can't control the "waves" we're exposed to, but we can reduce what we create in our house and we can definitely try to control what we eat.

With all that said, I know there's people on this board who were already living healthy lifestyles and still got cancer. So, there has to be more reason than just this, but I guess we can only do something about what we CAN control.

Beth- take care- just be determined to take charge of what you can. Sometimes it's less stressful in life to just accept what you can't change (stress doesn't help cancer), but I think we CAN change a lot more than we sometimes think we can.

Lisa

For what it is worth...
I fricken HATE cancer too. I get so mad thinking about how my 5 year old has to see her mom go through this crap and how my husband has to endure my crying spells. How my body has had to be altered because of a stoma and colostomy. How my 70 year old parents drive me to my appointments and give up their time because their daughter has to endure this. Nobody deserves this crap.

With that said.....I love my husband and daughter more than anything and appreciate every second with them. I am closer to my parents than I have ever been in 38 years. Because of them and all the prayers of family and friends I will not give into this beast.

It sucks...and I have read articles about the 'gift of cancer'. I am not there yet. I appreciate things more but I don't see this as a gift. Someday, maybe....but not yet.

Thanks for letting me get my 2 cents of venting in today....