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Questions and Answers About Cancer, Its Causes and Its Treatments. -
 - Alan-nz (20)   
Alan-nz   
We don't have cancer prevention today and nearly everyone is ignorant about its causes. People are faced with so many distorted facts about cancer and too many just accept what's on offer. Here are some common questions I've been asked about cancer so you can gain a little knowledge about the... ( added 12 days 10 hours ago.) |
Breast Cancer Scare- "We Found Something-" A Story of Gratitude and a Warning -
Ken McCreless (1,693)   
Ken McCreless
Greetings Fellow Travelers
In August my wife and I will be going to the Def Leppard concert in the Woodlands Pavilion near Houston . I realize that in today's tight economy that seems to be a bit of a luxury, and that's probably right. Our original plan was to save money and pay off debts and... ( added 236 days 18 hours ago.) |
National Coalition of Cleaning Services Helps Women Undergoing Cancer Treatment -
J. Louise Larson (1,140) 
J. Louise Larson
When one of her customers began cancer treatments, Debbie Sardone offered to clean her house for free.
She had no idea what she was starting.
The result years later is Cleaning For A Reason, a Lewisville-based coalition of cleaning services across the country that helps women undergoing... ( added 1 year 167 days ago.) |
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Save My Breast! -
Ronyae (4,519) 
Breast Cancer ... sure, I can say it without flinching on the outside. But, the mental pictures and movies replaying from my past scars left by the deadly visitor, will surely shake me tremendously; being a journalist, I have been face-to-face with breast cancer. Needless to say being in a small... ( added 24 days 17 hours ago.) |
New Meaning To In Sickness and In Health -
Asher Ricard (14,077)  
Asher Ricard
Researchers at the Indiana University has released some interesting facts concerning marriage and its effect on beating cancer. It can be a nightmare to hear the diagnosis Cancer. But for those in a happy marriage, it can mean a supportive fight to beating the disease. For those facing the... ( added 76 days 4 hours ago.) |
Cancer Screening: I Don't Want To Be An Inspirational Story! -
- Jon Searles (2,108) 
Jon Searles
Those of you who are over 35 years old may have noticed that cancer is more prevalent in your lives. Now, I do not know if cancers are stronger and more rampant today than they were possibly 20 years ago, I just know that I hear more about them from friends and family. The peripheral edges of my... ( added 119 days 7 hours ago.) |
Coping With Loved Ones Diagnosis of Lung Cancer -
- Johnnie Belinda Ramey (32) 
In July of 2008 my Mother was diagnosised with stage four lung cancer. Given only four weeks to live she vowed to fight this dreaded disease which took her Father in 1983 and her Brother in 2006, Yes they where all heavy smokers, two packs a day. You would think when her Father was diagnosised... ( added 158 days 19 hours ago.) |
Breast Cancer Awareness Guide - If You Find Breast Lumps and Nipple Discharge Do This -
Kacycarr (271,142)  
Kacycarr
It comes as no surprise that nearly fifty percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer undergo a considerable amount of emotional distress which is quite understandable. You wouldn`t be human if you didn`t feel at an all time low after being delivered such a blow. We women were built to cope... ( added 242 days 21 hours ago.) |
Gentlemen, Do not Ignore Your Prostate -
- Dianne Lehmann (5,182)  
Dianne Lehmann
Yes. I am female. So why am I writing about prostate glands. Well, for one, I have a husband and for two and three, my father-in-law died as a result of ignoring his prostate and my step-dad was recently in the hospital because of his prostate.
In my father-in-law's case, he had an enlarged... ( added 362 days 21 hours ago.) |
Saint Christopher (from the Cancer Cantos) -
Tex Norman (4,200) 
Tex Norman
Saint Christopher
In 1958 I had this friend named Christopher Moribundi
He was the first Catholic kid
I'd ever known personally,
which made him rare and exotic to me,
like a glass of bird's milk,
or a fur sink.
Christopher was as pale as butter-less grits
and so thin... ( added 1 year 37 days ago.) |
Two Poems from The Cancer Cantos -
Tex Norman (4,200)
Tex Norman
www. lungcancer.. SOL (This is not a real web address)
Twenty years, or so
ago, if you suspected
you might have cancer,
you would try to ask a few
quick questions of the
doctor, or, if you needed
the illusion of control,
you might attempt to take an active
role... ( added 1 year 37 days ago.) |
The Shadow (from the Cancer Cantos) -
Tex Norman (4,200)
Tex Norman
"Doctor Libowitz would like you to make an appointment and come in to discuss your chest x-ray." ~A Message left on my answering machine.
"The radiologist reports
that he has seen a suspicious shadow
in your lungs.
The difference in density
... ( added 1 year 37 days ago.) |
“How Do You Feel?” (a poem from the Cancer Cantos) -
Tex Norman (4,200)
Tex Norman
It is a question I have come to hate.
A peer, a colleague, a casual
acquaintance, a family member,
a friend will pause, look sincerely,
at your shoes, and asks,
"How are you?"
( added 1 year 37 days ago.) |
Waiting (a poem from the Cancer Cantos) By tex norman -
Tex Norman (4,200)
Tex Norman
Waiting
After suspected, but before diagnosed you get to do a lot of waiting.
The Doctor's voice mail system voice
tries to convince me, unconvincingly, that,
"Your [meaning my]
call is very important to us."
I doubt this very much. "Please stay on the line
for the next... ( added 1 year 37 days ago.) |
Drinking Water May Be Hazardous to Your Health -
Roschelle Nelson (505) 
Roschelle Nelson
I hate receiving those chain text messages and emails. They usually having something either very informative or very spiritual to say...But in the end you wind up feeling like you've been had. The messages I'm referring to always end by telling you to pass them on or you'll be cursed and life as... ( added 1 year 84 days ago.) |
The Knitted Breast -
Sandra E. Graham (7,883)  
Sandra E. Graham
Breast cancer has been and still is always in the limelight of today's major medical issues that all women may have to one day face. Not only is it a death-threat, it is also an emotional path to destruction. Not only do we-as women-have to go through the discomfort of a breast exam; we also have... ( added 1 year 87 days ago.) |
Christina Applegate Battles Breast Cancer -
Asher Ricard (14,077)
Asher Ricard
As you get older, it seems everywhere you turn someone is being diagnosed with breast cancer. From kindergarten teachers to celebrities, this disease does not discriminate. Actress Christina Applegate is now added to that list of women battling the disease. FoxNews reports, Ame Van Iden... ( added 1 year 96 days ago.) |
Why Eat Apricot Seeds -
Jonathan Bell (53)
Apricot seeds are, like most nuts and seeds, very nutritious. Among the nutrients they contain is one called amygdalin, which is also known as vitamin B17. This attacks cancer cells, and thus can help prevent cancer from breaking out in our bodies.
Amygdalin (vitamin B17) is contained in many... ( added 1 year 129 days ago.) |
The Truth About Sunscreens -
Cynthia McMurray (1,879) 
Cynthia McMurray
Summer is finally here! While this glorious season may only last a few months, for sunworshippers, it is undoubtedly the best 94 days of the entire year. Unfortunately, as satisfying as our beach-filled memories can be, it is still possible (and likely in this case) to get too much of a good... ( added 1 year 135 days ago.) |
Bone Cancer Types, Symptoms and Treatment -
Jonathan Bell (53)
Cancer of the bone or bone cancer is a general term used when cancer cells are seen in the bone. Cancer that begins in the bone is called primary bone cancer. It is found most often in the arms and legs but it can occur in any bone in the body. Children and young people are more likely than... ( added 1 year 138 days ago.) |
What I Learned About Surviving Cancer -
- Steve Kovacs (4,545) 
Steve Kovacs
I recently talked to two women who have cancer. While we talked I made the mistake of referring to them as cancer victims. Politely and with a seemingly deep down calm and non-judgmental manner, they told me they do not consider themselves victims, but cancer survivors.
We talked more about... ( added 1 year 201 days ago.) |
The U.N. W.H.O. Estimates One Billion Deaths From Tobacco By 2100 -
- Joel Hendon (16,285) 
Joel Hendon
A United Nations report issued on February 7, 2008 by the World Health Organization warns that unless world governments act decisively there may be as many as one billion tobacco related deaths in this century. That is a lot. A sad testimony to our intelligence and willpower.
Whereas... ( added 1 year 274 days ago.) |
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The Dying Patient: Why Choose Hospice -
- Charlene Collins (187) 
Charlene Collins
This article is dedicated to Thomas J. Snow, also known as TJ. He was born September 18, 1971 and passed away on September 29, 2003. He was lovingly cared for by his family and United Hospice of Athens Georgia. The word "hospice" comes from the word "hospitality" and hospice workers have been... ( added 1 year 288 days ago.) |
A Brief History of the Oleander Plant -
- Tony Isaacs (962) 
Tony Isaacs
In the Bible, the oleander plant is referred to as "the desert rose". Perhaps the name given this remarkable plant was no coincidence. Those of you who have read Dan Brown's entertaining combination of fact and fiction, "The Davinci Code", or who otherwise know a bit about pagan and early... ( added 1 year 293 days ago.) |
"Cancer...It Won't Get The Breast of Me" -
Linda Coffman (16)
In 2005 I was diagnosed with an aggressive and invasive form of Breast Cancer. Even at age 52 it was a shock to me. An even greater shock was finding out through researching Breast Cancer that 1 in 8 women would, at sometime in their lifetime, be diagnosed with Breast Cancer. This statistic... ( added 2 years 132 days ago.) |
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