Breast Cancer. Powerful Photography.

efeezy said:
I like boobs more than the next guy, but I dislike that breast cancer gets 99% of the "cancer publicity". Do we really need hundreds of millions of dollars raised for a cancer that can be found and properly treated if women were getting screened at an early age?

My wife's sister died of a horrible blood cancer probably none of you have heard of. Multiple Myeloma. At the age of 45 none the less. The same year she lost her brother, 46 to colon cancer. The next year my aunt died of lung cancer, non-smoker, at the age of 60. Yeah, all cancer sucks, but the favoritism toward a few types of cancer gets old after a while.

The photos are very saddening, and I feel horrible for her husband. I'm sure he feels differently about breast cancer than I, but the fact is that women shouldn't be dying from it these days. I don't see it as the priority cancer that needs a cure at this point.
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You really see this as publicity for breast cancer? I don't.

We're not talking about the government pumping X amount of money into a nationwide breast cancer awareness campaign here. We're talking about an average joe who documented his wife's battle with cancer through photography. It happened to be breast cancer this time, but it could have been any other type of cancer.

In fact none of the photos he took show breasts or a mammogram or anything like that. If you didn't read the title of the page you could have guessed any type of cancer. Amirite?

Watching this didn't make me think breast cancer was any worse than other type of cancer. It just made me want to increase my monthly donations to the Canadian Cancer Society.
 


Mom died of Lung Cancer. Chemo and radiation kept her alive for 5 yrs after being given less than 23% chance of survival. Once it took hold... she quit treatment...It lasted less than a month and she passed. If it were me.. I would fight. I would try anything. Chemo or not. After watching cancer ravage her...I would FIGHT.


Dr. Scientist said:
Guys...

I found out my mom may have lymphoma. The hematologist is 80% sure right now, and we'll get the complete confirmation on Tuesday after the bone marrow test comes in.

It's just now starting to hit me, though. I can handle the stress pretty well, but still feelsbadman. Will probably drop school and head home after I hear the diagnosis and treatment schedule.

... do you guys have any tips? On anything?
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Stay by her side. Don't show her anything but support, love, and confidence. Nothing else matters but that. She will take strength from you.
And enjoy every moment you have with her. No matter how small or big.
 
Dr. Scientist said:
Guys...

I found out my mom may have lymphoma. The hematologist is 80% sure right now, and we'll get the complete confirmation on Tuesday after the bone marrow test comes in.

It's just now starting to hit me, though. I can handle the stress pretty well, but still feelsbadman. Will probably drop school and head home after I hear the diagnosis and treatment schedule.

... do you guys have any tips? On anything?
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When my mom's close friend had breast cancer- had chemo, got better, and it came back, and she passed away two years ago- my mom went to help her out a lot. She said her friend wanted mostly little things, like my mom driving her to go shopping, which they had enjoyed for years when she was healthy- even if she was too tired to actually shop, getting out of the house and sitting next to her in the car was fine. My mom cooked meals for her kids and I helped teach them to drive so they'd be a little more independent when their mother got worse.
She was really sensitive to smells and was tired all the time, and in between treatments she said she was really grateful my mother was there to do little things that kept the house in order like making sure the bills got paid and the house was clean without very strong scents.
 
avatar33 said:
You really see this as publicity for breast cancer? I don't.

We're not talking about the government pumping X amount of money into a nationwide breast cancer awareness campaign here. We're talking about an average joe who documented his wife's battle with cancer through photography. It happened to be breast cancer this time, but it could have been any other type of cancer.

In fact none of the photos he took show breasts or a mammogram or anything like that. If you didn't read the title of the page you could have guessed any type of cancer. Amirite?

Watching this didn't make me think breast cancer was any worse than other type of cancer. It just made me want to increase my monthly donations to the Canadian Cancer Society.
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I didn't mean to imply that I thought this photo journal was publicity for breast cancer. It's extremely sad and moving. I'm saying that in the mainstream media, breast cancer awareness, research and fundraising takes a front seat to nearly all other types of cancer. You may see a little bit of lung cancer publicity, but you rarely see a fundraising walk for colon cancer, which about 1 in 20 people will get, and its estimated that 50k people will die from in 2013. But you do see a Susan G Komen for the Cure walk somewhere in the country all the time. Hey, cancer is cancer and I take nothing away from anyone with any type, but I'm for fighting cancer as a whole. I give to the American Cancer Society, so hopefully it goes to fund research for cures to all cancer types.
 
Mugshot said:
mom died of ovarian cancer, damn those pictures bring back memories.
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Yeah, same for me in terms of memories. My grandmother died of PPC last summer (similar to ovarian cancer), it's a rotten way to go. The pictures hit me quite hard. It's amazing how something can change someone so much in just a few months, and the last few weeks are just agonising to watch, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

To efeezy, the reason breast/prostate cancer get so much attention is they're the two most common cancers in men/women. All cancers are bad, but it makes sense to focus treatments/publicity on the cancers which kill the most people, surely?

I hear a lot about the main common cancers: lung, colon, breast, prostate, stomach, etc.. Certainly isn't the case here in the UK that prostate/breast get all the media attention.
 
A reminder, I'm sure all you gay webmasters have decent computers, download Folding@Home and run it. It'll use any empty core cycles to simulate protein folding, finding new ways to treat things like cancer.

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King. said:
What alternative route? if its true congrats but i have a hard time believing the shit that you post here.
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I wouldn't bother. This is the person that believes he has psychic powers, there's no point in separating the trolling from the truth.

Dr. Scientist said:
Guys...

I found out my mom may have lymphoma. The hematologist is 80% sure right now, and we'll get the complete confirmation on Tuesday after the bone marrow test comes in.

It's just now starting to hit me, though. I can handle the stress pretty well, but still feelsbadman. Will probably drop school and head home after I hear the diagnosis and treatment schedule.

... do you guys have any tips? On anything?
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I'm gonna quickly step in, and remind you that some people will give medical advice here. Please ignore them, for her sake. Listen to the doctor. Good ones, despite what people may tell you, don't buy into drug company hype and freebies, and prescribe generics/alternatives that do the exact same thing at 10% of the price where possible. And even the small percentage that do, have a much higher chance of giving good advice than some random WF member or MFA. Best of luck though.
 
A book on the connection between bras and breast cancer:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Dressed-To-Kill-between-Breast/dp/1930858051]Dressed To Kill: The Link between Breast Cancer and Bras: Sydney Ross Singer, Soma Grismaijer: 9781930858053: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]



Unleash the boobs!
 
Dr. Scientist said:
Guys...

I found out my mom may have lymphoma. The hematologist is 80% sure right now, and we'll get the complete confirmation on Tuesday after the bone marrow test comes in.

It's just now starting to hit me, though. I can handle the stress pretty well, but still feelsbadman. Will probably drop school and head home after I hear the diagnosis and treatment schedule.

... do you guys have any tips? On anything?
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Spend as much time with her as possible. Take time off from school and do what ever you have to do to help her. And tell her you love her every day.
 
More like "MY WIFES FIGHT WITH CHEMO" looks like that's what killed her so fast. Also looks like the husband is trying to bank off this.
 
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