Some thoughts on our purpose

I have been thinking about some of the recent postings and have decided that maybe I have lost sight of what this Board is all about. I had thought it was an avenue to offer support and encouragement to other women dealing with uterine cancer, to share new ideas about treatment options, to learn about cutting edge research and the possibilities that offers. But alas, it appears that I have been mistaken!

I do ponder the idea that just maybe there is more than chemo and radiation when dealing with cancer (and I not saying chemo, radiation, etc are wrong...I went that route and I do not regret that decision). What leads me to this thought is that one of our main front-line drugs is a drug that has been on the market for many decades and yet, we are not seeing great advancement in curing this silent killer. Surely there are more hopeful, effective possibilities. With all the new drugs found to treat various types of cancer, it seems that uterine cancer remains in the shadows. SO, if Universities are not going to do new research on this topic, then why not learn about cancer research in other areas that just might be applicable to us?

When I signed on to this site, I had no expectations, other than learning more about uterine cancer and receiving and offering support for fellow sisters. I didn't know there was a requirement to agree with every individual's posting or that we should only read those posts that agree with our own thinking. That seems rather limiting to me.

I have enjoyed so many of the women have I met here and have learned SOOOO much. But attacks on those who are merely trying to share information that may be of interest and/or helpful to others is simply unacceptable to me. We must look at new possibilities! I believe it was Einstein who defined insanity as: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Sometimes it feels like that here!

I will continue to cursor through some messages more quickly that don't seem relevant or interesting to me, and linger a bit more over something that intrigues me. No one tells me what I need to focus on; I make that decision for myself. Nor should I censor what others may want to say or read.

I am not aware that anyone here has come up with the magic formula to cure uterine cancer. There is no right way and no wrong way, but let us be open minded to the possibilities. We are all just trying to continue this journey as best we can and hopefully we will each find support among our fellow sisters and also discover a few nuggets of information that we find interesting and/or helpful.

Wishing all of you a very long, happy and meaningful life! And I thank you each for sharing the information that you find interesting, helpful and hopeful! I am so much more informed than I was 3 years ago!

The best to each of you!

Karen