Liz, this is so true; but government is talking about cutting back on
testings for cancer.... Wonders never cease. It does have to be realized
that many cancers are not able to be detected by the individual
themselves. One friend with lung cancer kept going to her doctor about an
itch on her back, after many visits it was discovered it was lung cancer.
I whole heartidly believe in prevention, it would save lives and money.
Your friend, lillian -
>>Sandy's friend has cancer and Sandy's little
guy who has MD is having >>problems.....your friend,
- > >Lillian >You know what amazes me is how unaware I was of
the number of people >suffering with cancer and other major illnesses
before I was diagnosed with >cancer myself. Since that time I have met and
talked to many cancer >patients/survivors. My awareness of the extent and
seriousness of this >problem has expanded immeasurably. It was dumb luck
that I was diagnosed >early enough to get by with a lumpectomy. The thing
that concerns me is the >number of people out there who do not have the
problem detected early >enough for a "cure" because they hate
having mammograms or going to the >doctor with their aches and pains, so
they put it off until the pain >becomes so unbearable they have to take
care of it. By that time, things >are so much worse. In the long run it
would be so much better for people if >they had their annual physical
exams, and problems caught early would be so >much less expensive for
insurance companies. You would think the companies >would require their
insured's to have the annual physicals. > >As expensive as my
surgery and radiation was, I can only imagine what it >would have
cost if the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes and I had had >to have
chemo. When the cancer is in more advanced stages, it is very >costly in
both pain and suffering and money. I think we need more
agressive >preventive/early detection programs in every city and town in
the world. > >Love, Liz > > >Liz
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