FIGHTING CANCER – THE FEELING WITHIN

The National Cancer Institute is a Federally Funded agency responsible for various research programs, financing of centres, public information and funds a whole host of programs related to Cancer Research, Cancer Prevention and Treatment. It was founded in 1937 – and since then it has been battling this deadly illness.

Amongst hundreds of other grants that are given out by the National Cancer Institute, the Radiological Physics Center (RPC) in Houston, Texas and the Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC) in Providence, Rhode Island are financed each year to carry out their work. Information on all forms of Cancer, Treatment, Therapies and Preventions can be found on their website. The National Cancer Institute

I’m willing to wander till after I’m ill,
I’m willing to ponder the feeling within,
The Cancer controls me – it never gives in
The Cancer that causes my soul to feel ill.

The Cancer that never gives time to recall,
The Cancer that hurts me whenever I fall.
This Cancer is writing the words on the wall,
I’m willing to fight but never to crawl.

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CANCER IS THE ENEMY-CANCER IS NO FRIEND - WRITINGS ON CANCER

One has often heard the term Melanoma, especially since John Mcain ran for president and the issue of Skin Cancer and Melanoma kept cropping up. John McCain is a survivor of many things and one is Melanoma, a form of cancer that begins with Melanocytes(Cell that make pigment Melanin). It sometimes, but not always begins as a Mole – skin Melanoma – but can also start in other pigmented areas. There are over 60,000 new cases of Melanoma each year in the USA - with about 8,400 deaths. Melanoma is a very aggressive form of skin Cancer – for more information please go to the Melanoma Information Page of the National Cancer Institute.

Cancer is the enemy,
Cancer is no friend,
Cancer, Cancer smiles at me,
But it really wants my end,

Cancer came behind my back,
Reminding my of life,
Cancer is my enemy,
It fills my days with strife,

Cancer has to be annulled,
Cancer always lies.
Cancer, Cancer – stay away,
Your existence needs to die.

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I HIDE MYSELF FROM CANCER - FEAR OF SICKNESS

CANCER OF THE UTERUS
Approximately 6000 women in the UK develop endometrial cancer each year. The exact cause of womb cancer is not yet known. It most commonly occurs in women between the ages of 50 and 64 and after the menopause. Womb cancer rarely affects women under 40...to read more go to... Cancer Back-up

Hide away,
Hide away,
Hide away.

Run away,
Run away,
Run away.

Hide away,
Hide away,
Hide away.
It’s going to be ok.

WHAT IS CANCER - SIMPLE TERMS
Cancer is a term used to describe a group of illnesses all having certain common characteristics, including an over-growth of cells which forms a tumour. Tumours cause medical problems either directly by pressing on and damaging other nearby organs or indirectly by breaking off and invading other distant tissues and organs. Read more Cancer Writing - and go to our homepage.

DAFFODILS WITH INFORMATION ON BREAST CANCER

I love this poem, it always gives me a sense of ease.

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Looking for information on Breast Cancer - please go to - AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - Facts save lives.

I WISH I COULD HAVE YOU BACK

A DEFINITION OF PROSTATE CANCER FROM THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

Cancer that forms in tissues of the prostate (a gland in the male reproductive system found below the bladder and in front of the rectum). Prostate cancer usually occurs in older men, but this is not definate. There are about 190,000 new cases of Protate Cancer each year resulting in just under 30,000 deaths.

CANCER POETRY
I was sitting beside you bed,
For days on end,
Watching you fade away,
To another place and time,
Where we will be separated,
Possibly forever,
And I will never talk to you again,
Or make cheesecake with you,
The fire is going out,
Every moment could be the last,
There is a dark sky outside,
No lights in or out,
I chat with Cancer,
As I drink a sour cup of coffee,
I dream about my childhood,
I wish I could have you back,
But you are never coming back,
And now I must move forward in love,
Because it was you who gave me life.

CANCER FACTS
Aplastic anemia is a disorder in which the bone marrow fails to make enough blood cells. The bone marrow is the soft, inner part of bones where the 3 types of blood cells are made -

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CANCER MAKES ME MAD - HOSPITALS MAKE ME SICK

If I see another ward.
It will make me sick.

If I see another Doctor,
It will make me sicker.

If I see another hospital dinner,
It will make me hungry.

If I feel another needle,
It will make me mad,

Cancer makes me mad,
Hospitals make me sicker.

If I don’t see home soon,
I might never see it.

One of the best blogs around is one called Cancer-Sucks-Ass - a blog about a young woman suffering from stag 4 Colon Cancer. It is an amazing blog on how to live with Cancer and still remain happy. Cancer treatment and therapy can be very difficult, both on family, friends and on the patient. Its good to see a blog like this. There are funny videos and real write-ups from someone who is living through Cancer and keeping positive.

CANCER CANNOT CONTROL ME - NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE INFORMATION

Cancer cannot control me,
Cancer cannot kill me,
Cancer will not take me from my loved ones.
I am stronger than Cancer.

It has no right to make me Sad,
It has no right to make me cry
Cancer cannot control me,
I am stronger than Cancer.

I am made of flesh and bones,
I am God’s and God’s alone,
Cancer cannot call me home.
I am stronger than Cancer.

Written by - Anonymous

CANCER INFO FROM THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

BLADDER CANCER
Cancer that forms in tissues of the bladder (the organ that stores urine). Most bladder cancers are transitional cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in cells that normally make up the inner lining of the bladder). Other types include squamous cell carcinoma (cancer that begins in thin, flat cells) and adenocarcinoma (cancer that begins in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids). The cells that form squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma develop in the inner lining of the bladder as a result of chronic irritation and inflammation.

More information at
THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE WEBSITE