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blur256

(979 posts)
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 08:23 PM Jul 2019

We lost my sweet Aunt Joyce to cancer today

She was only 60 years old. This was her second bout and she beat it the first time. Cancer sucks so bad. But I am glad she is at peace. According to my mom who was there the last few days were a heartbreaking struggle. I wish that Joe's moonshot with cancer would have come. And while I support other candidate at the moment, I still hope that happens. Cancer can be beaten. In our lifetime I feel. As long as the resources are there.

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We lost my sweet Aunt Joyce to cancer today (Original Post) blur256 Jul 2019 OP
Vibes to you and your family. applegrove Jul 2019 #1
I am so sorry for your loss of a beloved aunt. Please acceot my condolences. marble falls Jul 2019 #2
I'm sorry for your loss. onecaliberal Jul 2019 #3
Peace to all of you. Research gives hope but often too late for loved ones. IADEMO2004 Jul 2019 #4
-- sprinkleeninow Jul 2019 #5
I'm sorry for your loss. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2019 #6
The resources to beat cancer already exist... ADX Jul 2019 #7
Want to clarify what you said Lithos Jul 2019 #9
So sorry to hear - yes, if we would devote our resources to cancer instead of arms and war our world walkingman Jul 2019 #8
May she Rest In Peace and you may your wonderful memories of her remain vivid MLAA Jul 2019 #10
Very sorry for your loss. sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #11

IADEMO2004

(5,877 posts)
4. Peace to all of you. Research gives hope but often too late for loved ones.
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 08:32 PM
Jul 2019

Cancer took my wife at 60 too.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)
6. I'm sorry for your loss.
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 08:54 PM
Jul 2019


Hopeful breakthroughs are indeed on the horizon, and it is so very sad to lose family and friends because they are not available now.
 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
7. The resources to beat cancer already exist...
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 08:58 PM
Jul 2019

...but as long as Big Pharma continues to operate under the premise that there are vastly more profits to be made in the treatment than the cure, we will continue to lose loved ones to this insidious disease.

Rest in peace, Aunt Joyce...

Lithos

(26,452 posts)
9. Want to clarify what you said
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 10:01 PM
Jul 2019

Are you saying it's just Pharma?

To be honest, Cancer reflects more than one concern at play. Cancer is the product of bad lifestyle, bad environment, and stress. All of these have for-profit entities pushing for their self-concerns and using whatever means necessary to preserve their profit.

Insurance too also plays into this given their strong reactive and arbitrary stances to treatment.

Cancer is an output of many things, many of which are preventable. Cancer, once it happens, is often treatable with minimal effects if caught early and treated appropriately. All of this take priority.

walkingman

(8,332 posts)
8. So sorry to hear - yes, if we would devote our resources to cancer instead of arms and war our world
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 09:25 PM
Jul 2019

would be far better. I have been fighting bladder and nhl myself for the last 2+ years....exhausting.

MLAA

(18,598 posts)
10. May she Rest In Peace and you may your wonderful memories of her remain vivid
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 10:12 PM
Jul 2019

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