Here's Teresa (The Cheeky Librarian) on the topic of truth and cancer:
The truth that I have learned:
There is a lot of money being made on this illness;
Those caring for the sick are way too relaxed, considering treatment and not cure is the expectation (not sure if that reads right--the health professionals are way too used to only treating, and have stopped considering cures);
People in power look the other way UNTIL they catch it, then they want everything to be dropped to seek a cure;
Manufacturers suck off of those good-hearted people who think they are helping finance a cure, when in reality there is not much curing being sought with the money;
Any 'lessons' that cancer is supposed to teach could be taught other ways and a whole lot cheaper in both money and emotion;
I am not 'brave' nor 'awesome' for enduring the treatment and its lifelong effects while trying drastic measures to save my own life;
My friends and family, who I knew were golden, turned out to really be platinum;
Cancer will not take away my tomorrows, but it has hit my dreams pretty hard.
I actually heard someone compare getting a cancer diagnosis--saying it is the same as being laid off. I could recover from a job loss EVER so much better than having cancer, folks.
True to my librarian gene, I searched 'truth cancer' in the literature (and on Google, but oh my gosh, don't do that if you are early in treatment!! Your post shows up in the early screens, though.), and located this oddity from 1925:
Kind of sad, really, that they thought they had it all whipped.
Thanks, Teresa (AKA, Teri).
Read more: The Truth About Cancer
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