Archive for December, 2008
« Previous EntriesMerry New Year!
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Well, here we are and 2009 is just 1 day away. Evidently the most wonderful time of the year is behind us and all we have to look forward to is the regular wonderful time of the year. I, for one, am just happy that I won’t be hearing “Feliz [...]
Infections that cause cancer
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
Recently I learned my college roommate died of liver cancer. It was caused by an infection, in his case, the Hepatitis C virus. Several viruses can cause cancer, years after they first invaded us. That’s what happened to Mannie. After college, he also went to medical school and became an anesthesiologist. [...]
“Will you come into my parlor?” said the spider to the fly
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Charlcie Steuble
Young Adult Survivor
Thyroid Cancer, Dx. July 2008
Shots at a local bar with friends, one more slice of pizza, cookies hot out of the oven, all irresistible, right? Apparently leukemia cells also make it impossible for healthy cells to resist their lure.
MSNBC spoke with Dr. Dorothy Sipkins from the University [...]
Doctors To Teens With Cancer: Bleh!
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
REUTERS - Physicians are not engaging in conversations with adolescents about health behaviors as often as recommended, according to results of a study published online by the Journal of Adolescent Health.
“Preventive care is a crucial element of quality primary care for adolescents,” Dr. Sally Adams, of the University of California, [...]
New Year, New Leaf
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
As 2009 draws ever closer, I’m calling my fellow cancer patients to action.
You have cancer. Blows doesn’t it. Don’t feel like interacting with the world because you’re sick and tired of explaining it. And you’re sick of feeling sick. And you’re sick of complaining, to the point where you annoy [...]
A poor solution.
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
Years ago I had a patient with a rectal cancer that couldn’t be cured. It came back in spite of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. His main problem was pain as the cancer attacked the nerves and tissues surrounding his rectal area. A colostomy allowed him to avoid using his rectum for [...]
US Government, Devoid And Bankrupt Of Ideas, Turns To Joe America On How To Fix Broken Healthcare System
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Study finds that a public health insurance plan that competes directly with private insurers is essential to controlling health care costs, potentially saving the nation $1 trillion over ten years and improving the quality of care.
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Leading US Economist Publishes Story of Heartache and Healing, As a Gift to His Young Daughter, Dr. Chad Moutray Chronicles Life with his Late Wife
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Chad Moutray, the Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research for the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration, has written a memoir of the five years that he spent with his late wife, who died from triple negative breast cancer in 2007. Part of the motivation for [...]
Lance Armstrong’s Nads Prove Skeptics Wrong
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Lance Armstrong, girlfriend expecting baby in June
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13 YEARS CANCER FREE, BEOTCH!
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The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Matthew Zachary
13-Year Young Adult Survivor
Founder/CEO
I’m Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation
http://StupidCancer.org
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Chemo bells, Chemo bells, Chemo all the way!
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Mistletoe Meds Fight Cancer, Studies Show
Dec. 24, 2008 — Another reason to celebrate under the mistletoe this holiday season is that researchers have just determined a medicine made out of fermented mistletoe may prolong the lives of cancer patients. The plant is Viscum album, the most common holiday mistletoe of [...]
Stop Curing Cancer!!!
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Well, Wired Magazine just arrived yesterday and I am eager to dig in tomorrow. Their cover article is entitled “The Truth About Cancer: Don’t Try To Cure It, Just Find It. – Inside the Science of Early Detection”
And, to say the least, it speaks volumes about our perceptions of my [...]
Cellphone Users May Be 50% More Likely To Get Brain Tumors
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
The most definitive study yet could finally determine whether cellphone use causes cancer. No links to actual studies but, as a brain tumor survivor already, I, for one, welcome my new brain tumor overlord, Verizon Wireless.
Israeli researchers in the study found that regular cellphones users are a whopping 50 percent [...]
Etsy Cancer
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
By Kairol Rosenthal
Sign Of The Times
It is not often you read an article in the New York Times about crafting. The thrust of it is that with the economic down turn, more people are making handmade gifts and craft stores are seeing as much as a 33% spike in sales [...]
If You Don’t Stand Up For Yourself, Who Will?
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
By Juliana Carvatt
Young Adult Survivor
Malignant Melanoma
Diagnosed 06/06/06
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I immediately began researching my condition on the internet. I looked for facts, support, and hope, but all I found were grim statistics and sites requesting my financial support, as if I had any money to give as [...]
Unexpected Gift under the Cancer Community’s Tree
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Unexpected Gift
Cathy Crenshaw Doheny
Freelance Writer
Co-survivor Spouse
Stage 4 Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Husband Dx, 2007
As many individuals and organizations struggle with the ill effects of our current economy this holiday season, the cancer community is still awe-struck by the enormous gift generously bestowed this year by pharmaceutical giant, Glaxo Smith Kline. The company [...]
Cancer and Distraction
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By Kairol Rosenthal
Real Estate
I don’t have a barn in my backyard, a house in Maine with a pre-hiking room, or a Connecticut home with a peony garden. The only space I technically own is my dog hair laden station wagon. But this doesn’t hinder me from slipping into my Ina [...]
F@#%king Insurance Companies
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F@#%king Insurance Companies
By Donald A. Wilhelm
4x Young Adult Survivor
One of the unexpected joys of having cancer is you get to deal with your health insurance company on a monthly basis. That’s assuming you have insurance. God help you if you don’t.
The first thing you need to understand is that [...]
Candy Canes, Murder, and My Cancer
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By Kairol Rosenthal
Sexy
Church sex scandals, a mom-and-pop candy cane business, and a twenty-nine year old murder story. At best these tales make for good check out counter reading, however, these are headline stories that graced the front pages of three major media and broadcast outlets today.
Today is no different from [...]
Believe It Or Not Its Just Me
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Believe It Or Not Its Just Me
By Mel Majoros
Young Adult Survivor
Breast Cancer, Dx 09/07
Why can’t cancer come with a manual? Maybe it does and someone just lost it, like that guy in the tv show from the eighties “The Greatest American Hero.” If you don’t remember the show it is [...]
FINALLY! SOME YOUNG ADULT CANCER RESEARCH!
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
Lance Armstrong Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million With 11 Grants to Leading Research Institutions in the U.S. and Australia
Grantees Are From Los Angeles, CA; Storrs, CT; Washington, DC; Indianapolis, IN; Boston, MA; Bozeman, MT; New York, NY; Columbus, OH and Sydney, Australia
AUSTIN, TX, Dec 16, 2008 – Today [...]
I am Ripley
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I Am Ripley
By Mel Majoros
Young Adult Survivor
Breast Cancer, Dx 09/07
I am a fan of movies, tv, sports and popular culture. My head is filled with useless information that would only be good if we were playing trivial pursuit (Do people still play that anymore?). I suppose you are wondering what [...]
Killing Me Softly?
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By Kairol Rosenthal
On The Wire
This week Reuters news service wrote a release about a study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The study analyzed 16 different topical moisturizers whose ingredient list did not include estrogen, yet when tested many actually did contain the hormone.
This article ran in Scientific [...]
Can’t We All Just Get Along? Let’s Find Out…
Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
OK - for the record, I’ve probably been told a thousand times, that you get more bees with honey than with vinegar. “Can’t we all just get along?” Over and over, it’s drilled into our heads. We have to work together to achieve the same thing. It makes me sick [...]
What now?
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By Kelly Bergin
Young Adult Survivor
Papillary Carcinoma
Diagnosed, January 2008
What now? So you¹ve had the surgery, you¹ve done the treatment; it¹s too early for your one-year scans. Now what?
I¹ve found myself pondering this question lately. Am I a survivor? Survivor seems so grand and serious; it¹s not like I survived the Dresden [...]
