StandUp2Cancer

Cynthia
I'm watching SU2C also. I made a donation last year as well. This year my brother-in-law did the Relay for Life and my son-in-law rode 100 miles in the Lance Armstrong fundraiser. Every little bit helps.
Char

carkris said:

watched and started to cry
watched and started to cry when they showed people shaving their heads. weird how things strike you , because I didnt cry when I buzzed my own.

stand up
My son and I watched together. Looks like they're doing great things. Particularly interesting to me was the statement that new "targeted therapies" will be available
within 12-18 months. I believe (as I must) that good things are on the horizon. I
too made a small donation, guess the small ones add up!
Marsha

elm3544 said:

Watched it too. I am on
Watched it too. I am on unemployment and funds are tight, but have still managed to donate a bit this year to some of the organizations. Every little bit helps!

Just sobbed my way through it...
...here on the West Coast.

But I stopped crying long enough to laugh out loud at the quote, "Chemotherapy is like trying to turn off the lights in your kitchen...by nuking your house."

Yep, that's a pretty good description of what it feels like!

:-)

carkris said:

I agree napalm for the body!
I agree napalm for the body! Isnt it funny how you can be so calm and then something like that comes on and the tears are right there. My husband said havent you had enough of cancer?? In the past I would have been mad, but I know that its been his disease along with mine, and he is verbalizing his feeling. I might get one of those tee shirts. But yes I have had enough of cancer but ..... It was gratifying to see they are working on this sometimes the progress seems so slow.

progress
You know, the progress does seem slow sometimes but look how far they've come in just the last 5 - 10 years. They WILL get there! Remember POLIO? My fingers are crossed. God bless the scientists.
Marsha

RE said:

emotions
I started to watch it but my emotions went awry and when I started to cry I changed the channel. I consider myself a strong person, but sometimes things just dredge it all up and my emotions cannot handle it. It's a good thing indeed, I just could not sit through it.

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I hear ya, RE
I started crying about 60 seconds into it, with the "Cancer doesn't care if..." segment. You and Penny are right -- sometimes the littlest things just dredge it all up.

I was watching by myself, which was good, because I kept thinking -- geez, what would my girlfriend say about my sitting here just sobbing my way through a TV show without changing the channel? But I knew the show was only an hour, so I figured just an hour of catharsis wasn't a bad thing for me.

All cried out now -- onto my weekend!

Traci

Heatherbelle said:

watch online?
Does anyone know of a website where I can watch this in it's entirety? I was at the hospital with my mom last night & didnt' see any of it, but I'd really like to watch it!
*hugs*
Heather

Heather
I am watching this now. It sounds like the entire show. Try: http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/09/10/stand-up-to-cancer-2010-watch-online-tonight/

Cindy

Snowkitty said:

Heather
I am watching this now. It sounds like the entire show. Try: http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/09/10/stand-up-to-cancer-2010-watch-online-tonight/

Cindy

Thank you for this post, Cypress
This probably sounds terrible to say...but it really does make me feel better to know that I wasn't the only one bawling over a telethon last night!

:-) Traci

roseann4 said:

Very inspirational show!!
I cried my way through the show but couldn't get through on the phone or internet to make my donation. I'm going to try it today. Having the researchers work together has created so much new information. I think this is very hopeful for all cancer patients. 100% going directly to research really impresses me.

Roseann

I also cried throughout the
I also cried throughout the show. I was thrilled when I saw Dr. Dennis Slamon (developer of Herceptin) talk about target treatments. If it wasn't for him all of us HER2+ survivors would have a death sentence. Very glad the researchers are working together so drugs can be approved faster.

Sher

natly15 said:

Had it on but felt the
Had it on but felt the emotions creeping up on me, so checked my emails and the boards for a diversion. I'm more emotional now that treatment is over. I'm still tired and cant do what I used to do and that makes me sad. Trying to find that new normal everyone talks about. I'm not very motivated.

remember that the new normal takes time.. be patient with yourself.

carkris said:

remember that the new normal takes time.. be patient with yourself. </p>

I just followed Cindy's website and wound up
on Hulu Live Streaming and saw the entire hour plus the half hour pre-show and the half hour after show. It was truly amazing. The stats of 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be dx with cancer in their lifetime blew me away. It gave great info on what research is being done. It was well done and it doesn't hurt to shed a few tears, we've earned that right.....

Hugs, Judy :-)

P.S. Natly you are still just barely out of treatment, give yourself more time. It's a gradual process to begin really seeing progress and feeling more like yourself again. My breakthru came almost 6 mo out of treatment when I changed my bed by myself...you'll get there. You've been such an inspiration all these months, be gentle with yourself, any day now you'll see some improvement but it doesn't happen overnite, it sneaks up on you!