CANCER HAS IT TOUCHED YOUR LIFE? (12)

Hello Kiddywinks!
Last night I got some more bad news of this thing called CANCER!
I work every year for Cancer UK, and its hard being a Volunteer for all the Race for Life events.
I lost my Mum at 44 to it, Dad at 64, and so many friends close to me. Now facing another one.
I should be long dead as it tried to get me too, but here I am today.
Do we do enough for this charity.
Is there ever to be a cure?
Anyone this has touched wish to add.

Yes, my ex-mother-in-law. She had her uterus removed because of cancer, then she got breast cancer and had her lymph nodes removed and had to have chemotherapy and radiotherapy. She is recovering still from these and only recently had her last dose of radiotherapy. Her hair is finaly beginning to grow back and her fingernails too. I don't know for sure but she may have many tests to undergo before she is given the all clear.

I lost a close freind to testicular cancer 5 years ago, this is an awful diesease. If they spent as much moey on research for a cure as they do for weapons of war we might have more loved ones your in my prayers V

I lost my beautiful friend to cancer a couple of weeks ago..

Evening Sailfree, and yes, I have lost family and friends to
cancer.

One week ago my mum told me of a cousin that had
passed away so quickly after living with cancer for a year longer than the doctors had thought he would..... his name is Roger, we as childen played manopoloy together with other family members...

And I am going to take ths oportunity to say, my heart goes out to your family Roger You caried so much pain and grief, now, your can let is go....may your god go with you, big love, from cousin K

Yes.....last weekend in fact, my friend lost her husband to cancer.....the sad part was that it was only in the last 12 days of his life that he got in to a hospice where he could receive pain controlling medication.......

For alcoholics,drug users,smokers,substance abusers who end up addicted....for them,treatment is readily available.

The thing that rankles me is if you live in certain areas, some cancer treating drugs are not available to you by your area health authority.....


Just a little story here....related to cancer treatment.....

3yrs ago my daughter was seriously ill with Crohns Disease......for months she had to spend a few hours on a hospital ward every six weeks or so to have a drug intraveniously......this drug is used for cancer patients and costs the hospital £4,000 for each treatment,the drug is effective in some cases of Crohns Disease. The specialists treating my daughter had to argue the case on my daughters behalf to be allowed this particular drug........it should be readily available to every cancer patient who needs it.

Yes its touching me now...my closest friend

Thank you all for posts!
Not reply individually to this one sorry.
Its too painful.
I feel the pain you all suffered and are
suffering. God Bless you, your family and
your friends! Sail.