Anyone here with a close family member struggling with cancer?

Are you guys doing okay? Do you feel like talking to anyone? A support group maybe?

This post has been edited by Underhill: Nov 23 2016, 11:01 PM

My friend's relative is struggling with cancer now.

Last time my uncle n auntie suffering from cancer.Pity them.now they pass away alr.

cancer benign or metastatic. benign ask them go remove it and stop sobbing la
if metastatic then ask them enjoy life and do what ever you wish u had done before your time expires. no use sobbing

Every 4 person in the world there will be one person getting cancer.

25% of the world population is most likely to get cancer but how many % is of 25% is going to die from it.

There are no sure fire way to cure cancer. Most therapies that kills cancer is just as harmful the healthy cells.

Even after sort of 'curing' cancer, they are bound by extremely strict diet and exercise constraint.

thats cause cancer cells are immortal cells. they multiply with no restrictions and just keep growing. thats y there is no cure to cancer only a way to kill it.
if youre able to cure cancer might as well induce cancer to your body and then cure it to live as an immortal.

since cancer cells are normal cells what ever kills the cancer cells does the same to the normal cells.

I wonder how others coping with their relative struggling with cancer especially someone close like their father or mother lying in bed suffering. How much does your life change? Are you able to bear it? How did you take the news? How are you coping with the possibility of losing your love one? Financially, how do you manage it? Does your life is all back and forth to hospital and work?

Do you talk to someone? Ain't easy finding someone who understand unless they are in the same shoes, isn't it? Is there any support group? If your struggle is over, do you think you are the same person as you were before? If not, how?

Please share if you're one.

This post has been edited by Underhill: Dec 28 2007, 06:55 PM

actually happened to my good friend once. his mom got breast cancer and is inoperable. so she went back home and died there.
my friend never cried but laughed. he tought his mom was just playing around. now 14 yrs later he still cant forget the fact that his mom died of cancer but he was glad that she died peacefully

well! i got a colleague who had colon cancer, he had part of his colon cut out, now shorten dunno by how many cm. But good thing is he's ok already, just have to avoid certain food only. And best part is insurance paid him his claims and i heard he's also getting abt 10K per year frm the insurance. Not so sad for him.

My aunt had breast cancer and died after five years suffering from it.

It was an interval of getting well and getting sick again and again.

First she was terminal stage => got well => occasionally come back pretty mild => terminal stage => died

I think she suffers the more compared to my other aunt and 2 friends who had leukemia and lung cancer from smoking.

my grandfather had cancer. now pass away d. I notice nowadays,a lot of people with vagina cancer. dono isit vagina(somewhere there)

Life is short.
Live fast die young.
Leave a beautiful corpse.
You've come a long way baby!

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wah, you say till very easy 1?? but the time we face it ourself we will lose control of what we think we should do

2 years ago my dad was havin some bad gastric pain in the stomach
when the problems become worst after a month he decided to go to the hospital
when they scan they could see its a tumor
when they operate and actually see it , was already to late
it has mature to stage4
when the signs show ur pretty much at stage 3/4 :\ chances are slim
pancreatic cancer btw its the same as pavarotti that died recent

i think high percentage of people around us being hit by cancer is bcoz of our unhealthy lifestyle
diet/exercise and fast foods together along with toxins that we consume

This post has been edited by aegis`-: Feb 8 2008, 01:35 PM

To sad to hear that... My father is died of cancer too.... Nose cancer from stage 2, then spread to brain, bone, lung ,liver in 4 years. Haih.....hate of cancer

yea once it spread the fate is pretty much known whats gonna happen

My aunt got cancer when she was 40. She's the one who take care of me since young. Cancer killer of life.
Too many chemicals in this life i guess

cancer patients they have to suffer a lot...
for the rest of us, take a good care of ourself,
as for those cancer patients, be strong and never give up...bless u...

I have a relative with prostate cncer that's completely metastasized, he sought a lot of dubious treatments for the past year finally going for chemo last month. He's around 55.

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Added on February 8, 2008, 5:42 pmIs sex allowed in such groups?

This post has been edited by Polaris: Feb 8 2008, 05:42 PM

Is there any problem of having sex with a cancer patient?
I never heard that it is not allowed.

I had just finished my PMR when my mom was diagnosed with colon cancer. I was pretty naive back then and once she came back from operation, I thought that everything would be back to normal.

In the span of 2 years, her condition got worse. She had to move around with a urine bag connected to her body. Not long after that, the pain was too unbearable that she had to be put under morphine all the time.

It was definitely heart-wrenching to see her in semi-conscious state. Sometimes she could not even recognise me. It was at that particular moment that I wished for her to pass away ASAP to release her of all the pain.

I was finally granted that wish on my 2nd day of SPM. Until today, I still can't imagine how it felt to put myself in my mom's shoe.

Anyway, just live life to the fullest as if everyday is your last day. I have been thanking God silently every time I woke up in the morning for giving me another day to look forward to.

Sad to hear that. My granny is ill now. I understand your situation.

my dad didnt lasted 2 years
just 6months when the cancer was notice
till the last 3months he needed morphine all the time
being all drowsy and weak thru out the day
he past away holding my hands on his bed during the last moments of his life breathing for air till it slow down to nothing

Condolence to you. Seriously, how long they lasted from the day the cancer was detected played no importance at all if they succumbed to the internal invasion at the end of the day.

Anyway, they moved on and our life goes on. Looking back, I guess most of the diseases today are in fact something that was started by human themselves. Human exterminating their own species, pretty ironic eh?

I just hope, really really hope that we will find the cure for cancer one day. it is just simply unbearable to see tons and tons of relatives, and very vlose friends perish fighting this deadly desease.

Statistics showed that one in four people get cancer.

my late grandmother died of womb cancer.
Countless people i know have died of cancer too. some as young as the age of 30+
Some get cured but it relapses.

Cancer can be cured.
However, once there is cancer cells in our body, the cancer cells will produce again.
If you are lucky, cancer cells won't replicate and harm your body.

personally, the closest relative that has cancer in my family is my aunt..
she has colon cancer and has part of her colon removed..
she's a firm believer in positive thinking and tries to eat mainly organic food..
she's quite well off, so she can afford all the organic stuff and she even has gone for treatment overseas..

about the support group questions..
i've yet to discover a support here in malaysia..
but us cousins have tried our best to support our aunt's children n grandchildren..
basically we just educate ourselves about colon cancer and i personally read up on what the things support groups in the states and other parts of the world do..
basically, we try to be there for our aunt and her kids/grandkids..

is that the equation now..? quality of life = rm10k a year?
correct me if i'm wrong, but if part of his colon is removed, then he should not be able to eat certain food right?
and do you seriously think that it's ok to lose a part of your internal organ just because your body can survive if that organ is removed?
i think your friend still has to undergo a lot of treatment, medication etc..
i just think that since he has insurance, then good for him.. at least the money can cover his medication needs etc.
but to say that it's "not so sad for him" is another thing altogether, imo.

i think you're talking about cancer of the cervix..
or cervical cancer.. a cancer on the female reproductive system..

cancer can be cured depending on the type of the cancer itself..
cancers like leukimia and hodgkin's disease can be cured..
breast cancer can also be cured if discovered early..

but of course, there is always the risk of the cancer recurring..

2 years ago my uncle died of lung cancer stage 4. he got it when he feel a little back ache. then went check up and comfirm its stage 4 cancer. done 8 times of chemo therapy and recover after 5 months. doctor say he can eat anything he wants like a normal human. Asam laksa , char kuay tiao , water melon juice and stuff.. 3 weeks after recover , cancer comes again. 2nd relaps. in 2 short weeks ... coma for 1 day and died

yes cancer can be cured.. but in a very complicated way...

most cancer patients have to suffer before they actually get cured..

chemotheraphy kills not only the cancer cells but the good body cells as well, thus making you weak.

what i meant is that i cant wait for the invention of a medicine that kills only cancer cells.

I understand how u felt that time. My father had the same situation too...semi-concious state when the cancer cell spread to his brain. My father had to take steroid to keep concious. You know, the feeling of looking at my father when he coundn't recognise me, hardly talk. He just responded to us with his eyes everytime we spoke with him. The tears coming down from his eye, i know he got a lot of things to say on the last day of him.........

I was passing by this big MLM conference in JW Marriott last week and saw a lot of members clad in black suits in the alleyway outside the hotel SMOKING!

What a bunch of hypocrites, selling antioxidant wonder pills while smoking like chimneys.

Hi! I'm a newbie here. I have a not so dubious solution to cancer. It's a theory from this website:

http://fusionexcel.com/BarronReport.pdf

It's on the 4th page, just scroll down to cancer section. After reading it, tell me your comments..
I believe that this theory can work. In fact, I can actually bring you to see an ex-throat cancer patient who had recovered.

Happy reading!

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Added on February 16, 2008, 9:53 amHi! I'm a newbie here. I have a not so dubious solution to cancer. It's a theory from this website:

http://fusionexcel.com/BarronReport.pdf

It's on the 4th page, just scroll down to cancer section. After reading it, tell me your comments..
I believe that this theory can work. In fact, I can actually bring you to see an ex-throat cancer patient who had recovered.

Anyway, it won't hurt to read it....the Barron Report, I mean...

Happy reading!

This post has been edited by tcboleh: Feb 16 2008, 09:53 AM

of course there is no problem but it will make the cancer patient more lethargic and tiredla...

my friend just got leukemia, however this is the first time I overcome this situation where I need my to do my part as a friend..so need suggestion, should I be with him?, comforting him?

I don't mind though..what the hardest part is, this guy won't meet anyone include his family/relative except his parent, he's just wanna be alone right now

the only thing that I did is made a new thread for him as a support, in playstation thread

This post has been edited by Bancho: Jan 4 2009, 04:30 PM

you re right, you should accompany him.. i feel sorry for your fren..

my aunt n uncle both died of cancer in the last 4 years ago.. auntie breast cancer, uncle liver... pity them, hopefully it doesnt runs in the family

sorry bout that

yea, so far no problem. and because of that, my grandpa passed away, he doesnt have cancer but because he miss my uncle n auntie too much d.

alot..sigh =(

many of my relatives died from cancer ...

my grandpa , all my uncles ( 4 in total) died from cancer ...

its not addicent but just time matters .. all of them are heavy drinker and heavy smoker .. and ate all those wild animals - waterfish, musang, bear meat, bat meats , monkey meats, armadillo meats ... which i believes that these kind of exotic animal food strongly contribute to cancer also ...

as for me i dont feel sad cuz half of them died before i was born ...

And how did this ex-throat cancer patient harness this scalar energy to cure his cancer. Wearing a pendent or eating scalar charged food?

This post has been edited by Ngto: Jan 6 2009, 04:37 AM

My bro passed away 2 years ago.. He was 18 and I was 17 when he was diagnosed with brain cancer, 3rd stage. He did not even made it for his 21st birthday...

The pain of losing a sibling is so intense that words are so hard to describe. I remember I was numb when my mom woke me up at 3am, choking from tears, tellin me that my bro was gone. I didn't cry, I drove to the hospital, my mind was blank. When I got there, the sight of his lifeless body on his bed made me released the tears that I had been holding back. When the nurses wrapped him up with white blanket, then I knew that I lost him for good. I broke down and cried my heart out.

Yes, my life revolved around hospitals and college. I flunk 2 subjects and had to attend counseling sessions. I did not discuss my bro's matter with my friends because yes, they wouldn't have understood what and how I felt so there was no need to elaborate. I remember that my parents would bring my brother to cancerlink, Its like a support group for these patients. He also attended a qigong class, most of the members in the class was cancer patients. I seriously thinks that qigong did help with his life because the bloody doctor told my family that my brother wouldn't last for 3 months and yet, he lived for 2 years.

Q) If your struggle is over, do you think you are the same person as you were before? If not, how?
I am certainly not the same person as I was before because now I learn how to care for others as I need to be strong because my parents are still very sad..They would cry when we talk about my bro and everytime when my dad saw cancer patients on tv or reality, he would turn his face away because he's afraid that he'll break down. I know that I have a big responsibility now that I'm the only child my parents have so I do my very best to not make them worry bout me..

This is all I can type as I'm not a very good "typer".. If anyone is facing the same issue like me and u feel like u nid someone to talk to, feel free to drop me a message. I will try my best to help.

This post has been edited by puppyee: Mar 17 2009, 11:07 AM

There isn't any lucky and unlucky in this kind of situation, it is the habits of human that bring cancer.

Not really, my mom always go to yoga, aerobic and exercise. She even take care of her foods.

And? She kena cancer.

awww.. how is she now?

actually the cancer cells had been in the body for a period of time (around 10-20years). They need time to be expanded and mature. Before that, anti-oxidant would stop it for expanding.

My mom now quite ok already. Have to do a lot of regular scans. My whole facing financial problem because of it. Insurance almost dry as well.

Good to hear that she is fine now. Scans are costy but if she doesn't have to take medication or therapies, it'll save your family a bundle. If your family is facing financial problem, u cld try askin help through newspaper.

Most important, tell her not to eat sugar and too much "bou ban" (like bird nest, dong guai, etc). These things encourage cancer cells to grow and expands, especially sugar. Preferably eat organic stuffs.

This post has been edited by puppyee: Mar 15 2009, 12:18 AM

yeah, agree with puppyee, do not consume high sugary food. Anti-oxidants (co-Q10, A,C,E) may help your mum too.

She's been taking organic stuffs since then. Kinda pity though.

My mom had went through chemotherapy a lot of times. Haiz.

Indeed the scans are expensive.

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Added on March 15, 2009, 12:25 amMy mom taking all those stuffs you mention too. She only take organic foods.


This post has been edited by Faith+1: Mar 15 2009, 12:25 AM

Cancer can happen anytime. Ladies please take note, if there is a history of breast cancer in your family, be extra cautious. Should there be any lumps, immediately go for a check up. My neighbour passed away because of this. She thought the lump was nothing and just left it alone and finally, it's too late for her.

Yeah, breast cancer is one of the most high rate killing cancer in the world.

Earlier medical check up as first step or precaution.

Yalo, organic food really .... uhrm..not tat nice to eat =/

Advisable try to avoid chemotherapy ba... it kills cancer cells but also kills ppl v fast because of radiation
Try qigong..don do strenuous exercise..

Those freakin scans, not only expensive but they hurt alot as well lorh..
I tried once n i was shoutin + cryin at the same time
Pity them who have to take those scans regularly.. my bro's hand were full of holes

Chemotherapy is the only way for my mom current stage, no choice.

My mom have a slow walk every morning as part of exercise.

The scans, really painful. Especially they can't find the right vein and keep on poking.

Cancer can be cure if it's detected in early stage. How to detect it? Frequent body check? lab test? IT's still missed out very easily.

For those rich and affordable people, PET Scan is a safe imaging technology that has very high sensitivity and specificity to detect existence of almost all type of cancers at any stage and localize it. Hmm i wonder if it's available in malaysia or not now, i knw there is in SG. But it's expensive...

Sigh..

This post has been edited by ivzh: Mar 15 2009, 12:59 AM

I thought cancer can't be cure but only can prevent it from spreading or expanding?

If it's in early stage, it is operable (can be cut and take out from body) then, can follow by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Cancer can be cured.

I don't really get it, you mean cut the organs out? Brb, do some research first.

mean operate la.. Wide excision the malignant tissue.

Forgot to mention, sugary food especially white rice, white noodle, white bread. Replace them with whole grain sources.

This post has been edited by basSist: Mar 15 2009, 01:25 AM

She only take whole grain bread and organic brown rice.

I see the organic foods, I also .

organic food ... tak sedap =x

That's why many people getting cancer nowadays

Yeah, after my mom get into this situation, I start to control my diet.

organic food so expensive.. and not easily available too.

Cancer has been known to have the tendency to occur within close family members signifying the presence of genetic component risk factor.

My own grandfather and my second uncle died of cancer. My uncle, a general medical practitioner, died of colorectal carcinoma which has metastasized to his liver four years ago.

It is likely that I too will get some from of cancer in the future (damn genes).....

Breast cancer is indeed a dangerous thing to have, finding it early WILL save your life. Just a few days ago I have had the chance to attend a surgical procedure during my clinical rotations.

The patient was an old lady of 72 years of age. She came to the outpatient department due to some cough problem when the doctor who examined her detected a hard mass within her right breast during auscultation. The right nipple appear retracted and deviated (picture below). There is even another hard lump detected in her armpit.

So, the doctor in outpatient department immediately refer her to the surgeon for further evaluation and finally decided to perform simple mastectomy with axillary clearance (the entire right breast was removed along with all the lymph nodes in her armpit).

Here are some pictures of that procedure and the excised breast

WARNING THE FOLLOWING PICTURES MAY BE DISTURBING











Females, be advised to always be concerned with the presence of any lump in your breasts. Immediately seek medical advice if they are present. Detection of breast cancer and its removal in its early stage WILL save your life.



This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Mar 27 2009, 02:31 PM

Not easy available? At my place, a lot of organic goods shop. Keep on opening everywhere.

Actually, all human is born with cancer gene (people with strong family history with cancer will have more ganas cancer gene). However, luckily we have a good gene call tumor suppressor genes (p53) to counter it. So an imbalence in Cancer gene Vs tumor suppresor genes will lead to development of cancer. Healthy lifestyle help maintain the the tumor suppresor gene.

If in big town, then it's a Yes. If stay far from town, then very difficult to reach the organic food la.. Eh, btw organic food define as fruit or vege that is fertilized w/o usage of any insecticide and processed w/o added chemical?

This post has been edited by ivzh: Mar 15 2009, 02:19 AM

This post has been edited by Faith+1: Mar 15 2009, 02:24 AM

I heard canser is a genetic problem.
My uncle died of canser.
I does attack very fast if it was not detected early.

Now I take dragon fruit every other day. They said it can cleanse the body from canser cells.

Cancer can't be cured (yes it cannot be cured) and can only be prevent from spreading. Even if u cut out the cancerous tumour at early stage, It'll encourage the cells to spread faster (a doctor once told me). Cancer at early stage is quite safe is safely measures are taken like controlling ur diet and stuff. Yalo, they say cancer is a genetic problem.. my grandpa died of cancer, so did my grandma and my aunt has breast cancer

A little info if there're someone who doesn't know this.. cancer on any part of the body can spread (eg: bone cancer, breast cancer, can spread to leg, blood ad stuff) .. only brain cancer will remain in brain n will not spread. But the catch is, brain cancer is dangerous because the tumours will block the veins in the brain and resulting in blurry of vision, speech, kenot walk straightly, vomitting, and even can paralyze the limbs.

The statement "cancer cannot be cured at any stage" mean direct give a death sentence to patient and is very unmotivating. Many records have shown human has win the war against cancer and live well after that. Well, my grandmother was diagnosed colorectal cancer at her age of 40+, she undergo operation (probably she was diagnose in very early stage those can be operated), she live well until age of 7x, having an usual people life style except she was diabetic. She pass away due to stroke, but not cancer.

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer, and many people has benefit from the early detection.
Blood cancer for example leukemia also can be cured, haha i think many people ever watching those asian drama, where the hero or heroine was tortured by the leukemia, the only solution is bone marrow transplantation. Although organ transplantation hold high chance of failure, and many complication, however there is still hope for cancer to be cured.

Well, patient with history of cancer has great chance for the cancer to relapse, may be the due to it's spread somewhere else (again because it is in advance stage) and genetically he/she is cancer prone. So they need to be monitor closely by the medical professional.

Stage of solid cancer is depend on the size, the lymph node involment, and spreading. Early stage cancer mean it didn't spread yet and quite relatively small size. The aggressiveness and tendency to spread is depend on the cancer type. Lung cancer (small cell cancer) and skin cancer like melanoma is very very aggressive, often it's diagnosed at very late stage.. So, the patient also didn't have so much alternative left in the list of treatment.. compare to those cancer patient that diagnosed at early stage when spreading is not happen yet.

Brain cancer spread too, however, no matter it is histopathologically classified as benigh or malignant, it's considered as "ganas" as it's a mass that occupy spaces within the brain, and compress the brain... imaging, a very small bleeding inside brain can already make people paralyse and complain this and that, while tumor is a mass within the brain. IF operate mean u might have risk to loose some of the brain function, depend on the extend and location of the bad cell the surgeon excise.

This is exactly what I heard and know so far, until ivzh said otherwise. What I know is, you can do your best to prevent it but can't be cured.

Yes, although it is very unmotivating, we cannot deny it. Yes human have win fights against cancer but that doesn't mean they have eliminated cancer once and for all in their body. If they do not take proper precaution in their diets as well as lifestyle, there will be high chances that the cells will erupt again. I did point out that cancer can be prevented from spreading with proper ways to look after oneself.

That was wat I was implying. Brain cancer will not spread to other parts of the body, it will only spread in within the brain.Duh. No offense or whatsoever but by saying that brain cancer spread too, u're giving some kind of wrong directions to ppl as if saying that they will run through the body as well.

This post has been edited by puppyee: Mar 15 2009, 03:05 PM

So the true fact is, cancer can't be cured YET. Am I right? You can only take an early prevention right?

Maybe not Cured, but treated.
I know ppl who were diagnosed with cancer now is free from cancer.
They can weaken the cancer cells and prevent new cells to spread.
The cells still in the body but not active.

http://www.healthsquare.com/fgwh/wh1ch36.htm
Breast Cancer: Great Odds of a Cure

http://www.springerlink.com/content/u064hr76rrm46867/
brain tumor is spreading outside the brain

The message i want to pass out is that prevention and early detection of cancer is equally important.

This post has been edited by ivzh: Mar 15 2009, 07:30 PM

Thanks for the article, useful information.

I see, I've read it and I have to say, thanks for the infor. U have my sincere apology. Its glad to know that cancer can be cured nowadays.

This post has been edited by puppyee: Mar 16 2009, 10:07 PM

one thing I read is antioxidants help prevent cancer

Should I start taking antioxidants product? I'm kinda worried for myself. I heard that my mom sis also going to face the same problem and doc keep advice her to do some operation.

suk..my aunt got cancer at her stomach and it's 4th phase....the doctor say must go through 6 kumon therapy startig from next week.....i can't imagine how she look like with all her hair loss...reli like my aunt..y good person have to suffer all this while bad guy can live long by stealing and make good guy suffer!!

A lot of ppl feel that way when they discovered their close ones is diagnosed with cancer...

The thing to remember is, don't be negative...Encourage her. U might not believe this but cancer feeds on negative thoughts too (indirectly).. I know its hard to maintain a positive mind but fight the bad thoughts. =)

Btw, i think u meant chemotherapy instead of kumon therapy.

Do u consume vitamins and stuff? Its better if u do..drink more vitagens and eat yogurts, they're good for health too =)
I'm takin Vitamin ACE,fish oil,vinegar,yogurts and vitagens everyday myself too.. I had a small tumor in my large intestine but luckily it wasn't cancerous, scared the hell out of me.
Better to be safe than riskin it if cancer are genetically active in ur family..

This post has been edited by puppyee: Mar 16 2009, 11:44 PM

4th phase, the last stage. I'm felt sorry for your aunt. Wish her all the best and may GOD bless her.

I didn't consume any vitamins and stuffs. Guess I must start taking some health supplements and more exercises.

4th stage... all treatment is paliative.. it's quite controverial to manage: either let them go home and enjoy the remaining time with family or undergo the painful chemo regime.

i didnt read the whole thread but would like to share this with TS and others.....a possible counselling place or a place that can provide you some information. I am staying with a cancer survivor.

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This post has been edited by tengster: Mar 18 2009, 01:32 PM

My mom was in 3rd stage, luckily everything is under control now.

@tengster

Can you please resize the picture? Or at least put it in spoiler.

no. antioxidants REDUCE THE CHANCE of getting cancer.

Might consider taking it. I wish there's a cure at least by the time we get old.

my cousin sis died of leukimia few years back... it was very hard on her family... i wasn't that close to her but i did visit her at the hospital...

I felt sorry for her, RIP.

For those wondering how they can 'defend' themselves against the threat of several types of cancer, I found this article to be most convincing.

http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/cance...ate-cancer.html

Be careful of taking too much anti-oxidant SUPPLEMENTS though, sometimes they can increase cancer risk. Our bodies need a balance of free radicals to scavenge harmful cells. Also hypothesized is that anti-oxidants protect cancer cells from being oxidised by radicals.

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Added on March 18, 2009, 1:07 pm
Want to share this - if u knw anyone having cancer & taking tons of supplements & other quack food, ask them to tone it down.. eat MOREE natural food rich in anti-oxidants.

http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseact...2/article_id/42

The word cancer gives me the shivers & i hope it is banished soon.. hopefully obama's stem cell policy can give some light.



This post has been edited by mrPOTATO: Mar 18 2009, 01:11 PM

Hey, thanks for the useful links.