We always try to figure out what caused this cancer.... Could be many things or all the things together...industrial food, medications, x-ray,cosmetics, radiation, cigarretes, etc... could be even something that our parents did...who knows??? I think that this will not help us - there are already too many scientists studyng and researching this.
The rule is *"we are what we eat, drink and breath"* - so, try to eat, drink or breath only natural things . I just gave up to think about the causes and I'm just thinking about what we have to do to have a better quality of life. It is as simple as that. Keep going, Ricardo On 7/28/08, kellyelise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There was no history of cancer, either, in my family until my parent's > generation. My mother's 2 brothers have had colon cancer and my > father's sister had lung cancer and my father succumbed to pancreatic > cancer. I was dx with CML at the end stages of my father's pancreatic > Ca. Discussing this with an acquaintance, she informed me that her ex- > husband's brother died of pancreatic Ca and her ex-husband then was > dx'd with leukemia (not sure which one) which he died from several > years later. Made me wonder if there was any connection between the > pancreatic Ca and leukemia - onc says no. I would have to admit it was > probably the damn cigarettes that caused my CML (all of my relatives > that contracted cancer smoked - one uncle smoked a pipe and chewed > tobacco). The lung cancer isn't what did my aunt in - it was a > multitude of other problems - they found the lung Ca by accident (she > had quit smoking several years prior to her death). My father quit > smoking at least 6 months before he got the pancreatic Ca - and once > diagnosed and told he was terminal - he resumed smoking (a lot of > cancer patient's will do this as it is the only thing they have > "control" over). One uncle never quit smoking and he beat the colon > cancer (and....he has a weird blood dyscrasia that is severely > impacting his health). The other uncle who smoked a pipe ended up with > lung metastases several years after the colon cancer was "cured." He > has since beat the lung Ca and is still smoking his pipe. He is also > 87 years old and has more energy than I do. I am ashamed of the fact > that I still smoke and have a hard time with facing the fact I > "caused" my cancer due to my addiction to cigarettes. But, then, I > also have to realize there are many people with cancer who have never > smoked nor have been exposed to second-hand smoke. > > My 2 cents, > Kelly > > On Jul 25, 7:25 am, ANGELYN ESDERS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think that we are all in contact with benzene to some extent, whether > we realize it or not, > > http://www.eco-usa.net/toxics/benzene.shtml > > As some plants and some animals have a proclivity toward certain > diseases or a weakness in some area of their health, it is not unrealistic > to believe that humans do too. For example, one person's medicine may be > deadly poison to another person. We are all different and vulnerable to > different things. I remember reading a poll once that showed that a VERY > high percentage of CML sufferers had once been smokers. (A high source of > benzene) This could also apply to second hand smoke. Some of us can take it, > and some cannot. One tree will die from a blight, and the next tree can be > impervious to it. Benzene is also found in Javex bleach and hair colorants. > Some may be affected....some not. > > > > Vivi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Not everyone with CML owns granite countertops although that is an > > interesting news item. Benzene is also thought to cause leukemia but > > not everyone is in contact with it, either. Like everyone else in our > > tribe, I, too, tried to figure out what could have caused my CML and > > the easiest thing to think of was that for four years, I lived about > > twenty miles from Three Mile Island, just before the news of the > > radiation leak there was reported. But really, who knows what > > triggers this disease in any one of us? Vivi > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
