Why is Cancer so difficult to treat?

[Fat Chance]

Sometimes in a game balance isnt needed ..an avalanche becomes the m.o.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

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[Fat Chance]

Laughing All the Way

Author and scholar Norman Cousins’ pioneering research on the impact of humor on health continues through the center that bears his name.

newsroom.ucla.edu

 

[Fat Chance]

Youtube videos selected by bluemoon contributors are not a reliable source of information on health issues!

Is that ^ a uefa rule?

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

Mum died of cancer at 42.
Both maternal grandparents had cancer, different types.
Uncle died of cancer at 60.
Best friend died of cancer at 50.
Dad had a brain tumour, but thankfully survived.
Mother in law died of cancer.
I fundraise for cancer research and Willow Wood.
I pray for a cure but in the meantime I’ll keep fundraising to try and help others.

 

[Fat Chance]

Laughing Away Cancer

[NCSD guest blog post by Mack Dryden] Mack Dryden I’m a professional comedian and a two-time cancer survivor, and I make people laugh about my cancer journey until their faces hurt. That might sound counter-intuitive,

ncsd.org

 

[BimboBob]

Mum died of cancer at 42.
Both maternal grandparents had cancer, different types.
Uncle died of cancer at 60.
Best friend died of cancer at 50.
Dad had a brain tumour, but thankfully survived.
Mother in law died of cancer.
I fundraise for cancer research and Willow Wood.
I pray for a cure but in the meantime I’ll keep fundraising to try and help others.

According to a couple of buffoons on this thread I wouldn't bother mate. Just buy them an industrial size vat of tumeric.

 

[Fat Chance]

I asked my vet what his opinion was of treating bladder cancer with animal worming tablets..his answer with regard to human medicine being seriously 4th division when compared to costly animal medicine..didnt shock me..it married with what the bladder/worming/remission kid had implied and what the brazilian specialist implied about treating characterful patients down a more costly route.

 

[Bluesince1979]

To take this on a tangent…

As a cancer survivor, ive found it doesnt just end with the ‘all clear’.

I had testicular cancer 13 years ago, caught it early, bollock gone, blast of chemo and regular checks over 5 years to put my mind at rest.

In theory that should have been the end of that, no more cancer, forget about it, move on.

Ive found that nigh on impossible to do. The cancer I had would have spread VERY quickly to my stomach, chest then brain. I think the same as john hartson had?
Catching it early saved me from either a shit load of treatment or ultimately death. That thought did me in a bit. It was the second ‘brush with death’ id had in my life and it quite literally affected my noggin.

Also, going to christies every month for 5 years , and to be told im cancer free each time, put my mind totally at rest.
At the end of that 5 years, the feeling of being signed off should be one of happiness, instead i found it to be one of worry. That safety net was whipped away and now every ailment i have ….cancer.

Lingering chesty cough - lung cancer
Bit of a spot that takes ages to go - skin cancer.
Etc etc.
didnt help losing my mum at 70 to lung cancer and a brother on law at 42 to cancer. Dad and sister have also had very minor skin cancers.

So ive found a cancer diagnosis that is beaten is still ultimately a life of worry.

Sorry to waffle.