In the 15 years
that I have been dealing with my son's cancers (yes that's plural) I have
distilled a lot of medical science into a really simple equation:
- the reality is
that cellular mutations happen every day in everyone of us
-
normally our bodies natural defences take care of the aberrations and we
never know the difference
- occasionally
one of those mutations escapes the surveillance mechanisms and grows
uncontrolled into one of hundreds of different types of
cancers
- what triggers
the successful mutation is often unknown, and can vary based on everyone's
unique genetic predisposition. One size does not fit all (for example why
some life-long smokers never get lung cancer)
- based on the
correlation between some factors (smoking, diet, exercise, etc) and
frequent forms of cancer, we can possibly prevent some cancers through
lifestyle changes.
- worrying about
the rest of the unknown factors will raise your stress level, drive
you crazy, and accomplish nothing. Just live your life and deal with what
comes.
As an adult you
can "what if" yourself to death about things you maybe should have done
differently throughout your life. But once you've had a child diagnosed at
age 2 you realize that were weren't many lifestyle influences
involved. Bigger issues are at play that are out of our control.
Not a very scientific explanation, but it allows me to
sleep and night.
Cheers
Allen
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From: jennifer g [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: September 26, 2004 10:46 AM
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Subject: RE: [CML] Re: Stress and lifestyle factors in cancerThese kinds of "shared risk factor" posts for CML come up periodically here. Someone says they had stress and got CML, and the next thing you know, 97 other people say they had stress and also got CML. Or someone says they sat too close to the TV and got CML. And 33 other people suddenly say that *they* sat too close to the TV and *they* got CML! Or someone says they ate farm-raised salmon and got CML and 45 other people say, what a coincidence, they ate farm-raised salmon and they also got CML!I don't think stress causes cancer, either. Nearly every single person in the world would be running around with some form of cancer. And it doesn't explain why babies get cancer.I suppose it's fun to speculate and swap war stories. But as I've said for years, I wish there was some sort of *scientific* database to track the potential origins of CML, which allowed people to input real risk factors and then mined the data for clues.CML may be the child star of ongoing research into treatment, but when it comes to prevention and screening, it's the neglected stepchild (no offense to stepchildren) --- unlike with breast cancer, colon cancer and other solid tumors.jennifer g.=======================================
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Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:14 AM
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Subject: [CML] Re: Stress and lifestyle factors in cancerAs logical as this correlation may seem, I can't help but disagree.
The reason is this: I have seen too many people deal with
extraordinary stress levels and yet not develop cancer.<snip>
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