Wednesday, February 25, 2015

What is Cancer?

I saw a disturbing story circulating on Facebook today about how a politician/ owner of a home health care business thought cancer was fungus.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-lawmaker-sees-cancer-fungus?cid=sm_fb_maddow

Sigh.  If it was even that, I would gladly take anti-fungal medication to make the cancer go away.  It really concerns me that even politicians are so ignorant about this disease that is impacting more and more people in this world.

Mike's 13-year-old son recently visited us.  Mike and I decided to be upfront with him about my cancer so he knows what to expect.  We asked him what he knows about cancer.  He said he learned in school that it's a growth of abnormal cells.  We were impressed.  Next, we talked about endometrial cancer and where it originates.

A 13-year-old boy knows more about cancer than this woman, Michelle Fiore.  What is this world coming to?

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