Help Us Support Breast Cancer Awareness

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  Posted by Ashley Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:59pm PDT

  i know people who have breast cancer and it's a heartbreaking thing to see. to watch your friend die slowly.i felt so helpless because there's nothing i could do and know i am deticated to help everyone fight this big battle against breast cancer.

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  Posted by dolphin™ Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:39pm PDT

  Brenda & Shine Staff,

  A Wonderful Post to have another resource for awareness of this cause.

  I have been fortunate to have been healthy in this area.

  Regular Mammagrams are vital.

  My Mother is a survivor of Breast Cancer.

  She is an active member of several functions in Maui, Hi.

  That support and raise money for Breast Cancer.

  Will look for the URL.

  Thanks so much for giving these Informational Posts.

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  Posted by dolphin™ Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:44pm PDT

  In 2005 (the most recent year numbers are available)—

  186,467 women and 1,764 men were diagnosed with breast cancer.*†

  41,116 women and 375 men died from breast cancer.*†

  Not enough information I've seen about MEN also having Breast Cancer.

  Thanks Shine Staff

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  Posted by PoetWithCancer Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:27pm PDT

  I was going to let everyone know that breast cancer can also attack men, but I see that Dolphin has beat me to it. Good work on that info, Dolphin.

  Brenda, every time I hear about someone who fought hard to live against some kind of cancer, but died just the same, it makes me so very sad. And it scares me. My heart sinks, because I can see by these stories my own almost certain future (now that I am probably going to lose my health care insurance).

  Your aunt's fate moves me to tears and fears. Also, the deaths of that lovely sweet woman, Farrah Faucett, and that good kind man, Patrick Swayze, are wake-up calls to me, that I had better milk every moment of whatever I can get out of my remaining time, because my days and my moments are numbered.

  Now, I have some comments on breat cancer.

  Breast cancer is commonly caused by gene mutations:

  BRCA-1 and BRCA-2.

  (The mutations in turn are caused by a host of factors, some known, and some unknown.)

  The same mutations cause ovarian cancer.

  It has now been learned that these mutations also cause men's prostate cancer to be very agressive and highly malignant; they do not seem to be the cause of the prostate cancer; but when there is prostate cancer, they cause it to be agressive.

  There are clinical trials going on right now for breast cancer victims, using something called PARP-1 inhibitors which can greatly enhance the effects of radiation and chemotherapy and bring about many more permanent cures.

  The last I heard, they are denying this life-saving new adjuvant modality to ovarian cancer victims and to prostate cancer victims. People are being treated like lab rats.

  In other words, if you have breast cancer, then are the lab rat they want to experiment with right now, by providing you with this treament that so often turns into a complete cure. But if you have ovarian or prostate cancer, then you are among the lab rats that they have decided to let die now. When they get around to having clinical trials for ovarian and prostate cancer victims, though many of those alive now will be dead then, there will be fresh new human lab rats developing these cancers, for them to experiment on by giving them this wonderufly life-saving modality.

  At some point in time, PARP-1 inhibitors will be available to prostate cancer victims and ovarian cancer victims, but I don't know when. Anyone who has those kinds of cancer should ask their doctors about PARP-1 inhibitors right away, and ask to be kept posted about it. And then, keep asking from time to time, in case they fail to keep you posted.

  PARP-1 is the little b------ that brings cancer cells, dying from radiation or chemotherapy, back to life to kill you. The inhibitors stop them from doing this, bringing about real cures in many of the clinical trial cases.

  Cancer of any kind, when it is terminal, is one of the worst things that can ever happen to a human being. The treatments themselves are a disease of their own, if not outright torture.

  My whole heart embraces with compassionate love all of the victims of every kind of cancer. God bless all of them--God bless us all--and help cures be found and developed, perhaps even one cure for all kinds and stages of cancer. Kill this killer.

  --PWC

  aka Mr. Poet

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  Posted by CarmenF Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:38pm PDT

  yes i know how u feel to see someone u luv suffer through all this yrs then slowly start fading away i just lost my mom to cancer she fought it for 14 yrs she was a fighter boy oh boy she was we all did everything to make her as comfortable as she can be. I miss her so much i cry everyday for my mom she just pass away September 5 2009. she was loved so much by everyone. i know she is looking down at us letting me know she is in god hands and pain free no more suffering. luv u mami n miss u dearly

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  Posted by michaelg Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:31pm PDT

  I would like to know how I can change my status Brenda.

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  Posted by michaelg Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:31pm PDT

  Brenda I have known many and still do including myself who have struggled and still are with this deadly disease and I have writen a poem on the subject(imagine that) and i would like to leave it here because you have more readers than me and I cant get into chatter much these days anyway. I hope it can change the outlooks of some people when they see a cause as great as this . thank you..................................................................................................................................................PINK RIBBONS.......................................................................With every pack of cigarettes he bought,

  he'd dismiss them on the shelf.

  a rare disease, wont happen to me,

  it's always someone else.

  pink ribbon why should he care?

  he's still in his prime.

  all those adds are just to scare,

  till she come home one night and crying.

  milignant mass and spreading fast,

  the doctor says it's bad.

  then pink ribbons was all he seen,

  through the tears he had.

  they prayed and gave and she was saved,

  the masectomy a success.

  and he hasnt smoked from that one day,

  and the store has no ribbons left.

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  Posted by GirlyGirl© Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:38pm PDT

  Brenda, I saw a harrowing tale on the news about the male survivors of breast cancer, all of them at one time or another at Camp LeJeune. Some are old, some are young, same diagnosis. Quite eye-opening, knowing that breast cancer not only affects women. I support you in this all the way. Just let me know what I can do.

  Thank you, Brenda! GirlyGirl ♥

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  Posted by Brenda, Shine Community Manager Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:32pm PDT

  Hi everyone,

  Thank you for your touching messages and for being as committed to fighting breast cancer as Shine is. My heart goes out to everyone - women and men alike - who are giving everything they've got to battle this disease.

  We'll have the URL and instructions on how to change your status message to one supporting breast cancer awareness shortly. In the meantime, please continue to stop by and leave a comment or write a post about your experiences. Your words will help everyone in this community and beyond.

  - Brenda

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  Posted by Brenda, Shine Community Manager Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:41pm PDT

  Dolphin, Poet, and GirlyGirl,

  Thank you for reminding us that breast cancer is indiscriminate and also affects males. It's a fact that needs attention and support too!

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