Celebrity deaths and cancer
Discussion
Alex@POD said:
They invent/discover a new type of cancer every week now, or so it seems. And more and more stuff "gives you cancer". I really feel that cancer is a generic disease that kills a lot of people, usually towards the end of their life. We're making progress towards curing it and making life better for those who have it, and that's great, but as long as someone is old enough, it's just a cause of death.
To me it's enough to know someone passed away.
Apparently every cell in our body is susceptible to cancer and it's present in all of us to a minute degree. It's when it overcomes the natural supression and the affected cells start to grow unchecked that it becomes serious.To me it's enough to know someone passed away.
My wife has literally - as in 4 days ago - finished radiotherapy for breast cancer and lymphoma aged 39. When first diagnosed she was mentally running through all the things that might have caused it: stress; diary products; alcohol.. there's more but I can't remember. There were so many variables in the end she shrugged it off as simply bad luck. There are a number of positives that have arisen from it though and from now on her life will definitely be better due to changes in attitude and health (not that she was unhealthy before).
As a footnote, we can't praise the NHS enough, they have been amazing from start to finish.
Edited by abitlikefiennes on Tuesday 9th February 18:07
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