Cancer is at the front of my thoughts right now. There are FOUR people in my network of friends at the moment who are undergoing treatment for cancer, not to mention cancer survivors who've come into my life recently. Gosh, what the hell is going on?? Why are relatively young, relatively healthy people getting this disease that's really "supposed" to be for old people??
I want to share with you all some blogs by some of the people I know who are currently undergoing cancer treatment.
Peter-Vampire (he calls himself a vampire because of all the blood transfusions, huh huh) - http://peter-vampire.blogspot.com/
Wendy - the vampire's wife - http://www.wendy-thevampireswife.blogspot.com/
The Cancer Blogs (this is George) - http://mycancerchronicles.blogspot.com/
Next, I want to ask you all, what are good organizations out there working to fight cancer in meaningful ways? I know a few, but I'd like to find out about more.
The American Cancer Society (of course)
The Breast Cancer Fund (very prevention-oriented, which I like)
What else is out there that you guys like?
2 comments:
girl, i feel you. i love breast cancer action. their motto is "do something besides worry: educate, agitate, organize!" http://www.bcaction.org/
I'd like to plug the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society... I present to you two factoids: 1) Hodgkin Lymphoma is now the most curable childhood cancer, 2)There has been an apparent increase in non-Hodgkin lymphoma incidence in farming communities. Studies point to specific ingredients -- such as organochlorine, organophosphate and phenoxyacid compounds -- in herbicides and pesticides as being associated with lymphoma.
www.lls.org
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