Does anything we do make a difference?

John23 said:

Notations from the peanut gallery -

Re:
"The difference is that 40-years ago, the average life expectancy
of a colorectal patients was just SEVEN MONTHS.....now through
treatments and improved surgery, we are seeing colorectal
patients EXTEND out to TEN YEARS and more..."

There was a Scandinavian study some years back, that summed it
up very nicely: People aren't living longer with cancer, they are
just being diagnosed earlier.

Being diagnosed with colon cancer when it's in it's later stages,
with perhaps months to live, is not any better than being diagnosed
earlier and having years to live. We know about it sooner, and
have more time to worry about it, ehh? Maybe that's a good thing?

Re:
"as Blake said, there are "diseases within the disease." For our
cancer, we've got good ol' fashioned Adeocarcinoma and then there
is Signet Ring Cell and Lynch Syndrome, which are very agressive
and of hereditary nature. "

The industry and it's brainy teams love to obfuscate the facts.

A cancer cell begins life, and remains alive, by the fermentation
process. It is the most basic of life support forms. It's method
of life support does not change over it's life, it remains using
glucose for fermentation, and ejects lactic acid as waste. The
lactic acid is converted into glucose by the liver, and helps support
those same cancer cells.

What any life form uses for it's basic life support is what should
be of the main concern. Trying to kill that life form by attacking
other elements of that life form will work, but the list can be endless
with new elements formed in response to an attack on it's life.

Being informed that there are hundreds of "strains" and "disease types"
of the basic cancer cell only confuses the issue and makes the
problem appear to be more complicated than it actually is.

Sure, the cancer cell can be killed by attacking a certain enzyme,
but the basic reason for it's mere existence is not being addressed.
That cell will live on, just as it had begun living.

Remember that old saying?

"If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullship"

Corporate obfuscation at it's finest.

Knowing the basics often leads to answers when problems arise.

Diluting those basics with confusing themes and explanations
only leads to more confusion and time wasted.

Of course, when we get paid for our time to solve a problem,
why wouldn't we want to make things sound confusing?

(just some idle thoughts from a rambling mind)

May we see great health for all,

John