wow ... congrats on your

Deadman — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:19:14 +0000

wow ... congrats on your successful fight. your odds were long indeed at stage 4. Skin cancer does happen to be one of those cancer battles we're generally 'winning' - and the main reason is early detection - people are much more educated about what to look for, and it's an obviously easier process to find and diagnose external abnormalities.

btw, your experience with your clients' 'long, lingering and painful deaths' reminds me of a couple blog posts i wrote a while ago about how I think the way we handle death and dying borders on the barbaric (Here's part I and part II) ... i totally agree that it seems unnecessary in this day and age.

Dman. In the year past I

Bluesplashy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:18:58 +0000

In reply to Cancer: Early diagnosis and the Canary Foundation ...

Dman. In the year past I watched two clients that live a few houses from me go through long, lingering and painful deaths. Pharma provides drugs to prolong the life of cancer patients. I am still stunned by the misery they went through. In this day and time I find it really hard that anyone had to suffer like that. They both had all the medical help available (one was a doctor himself) and all the pain meds they needed, what I don't understand is why they couldn't be cured.

Twenty six years ago I was diagosed with stage 4 melanoma. After surgery and an experimental immunilogical therapy I beat the odds and lived. I understand the therapy I went through has now become standard and has helped save lives, but melanoma is still rather deadly. It wasn't until this summer did I understand how very lucky I was.

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wow ... congrats on your

Dman. In the year past I