Giant Cancer Cell

[mitch5252]

Beat the crap out of it!

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Can't. Don't want to make Abby feel neglected.
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[snowball]

what a neat idea...I'd go for it take your frustrations all out on it..might have to wait till Abby is in another room though
sheila

[Colliemom]

I love it too. What a neat idea. Throw it, beat it, do whatever and gradually start turning it inside out as the cells in you die. What a great gift to look forward to completely turning it inside out.

[SoCalGalcas]

I, too, love it!!! What a great idea Chris. Yes, Mitch, beat it, swear at it, throw it and visualize it turning itself inside out!!!

I'll drink wine with you all, but I cry when I am happy....so will withhold the tears for when you turn that little bugger inside out!

lyn

[Pooker]

Love it! Hey, doggie snot and slobber may help kill it! Who knows?

Pooker

[mitch5252]

This blurb was on the tag of my Giant Cancer Cell:

FACTS: Few words awaken our most atavistic fears as strongly as the word “Cancer”. But the word has quite a humble origin: the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC) was reminded of a crab when he saw the spreading tendrils of a tumor – and he named the disease “karkinos”, or crab, later Latinized to “cancer”.

The name “cancer” now applies to a group of more than 100 different diseases, all of which have two things in common. As a result of genetic damage, normal cells become cancerous and can grow in an uncontrolled manner. In addition, these cells are able to invade other tissues, disrupting and destroying the structures and organs that they infiltrate. Without this second ability, tumors can only grow in a limited way, and are termed “benign”.

Why do cancers develop? Genetic inheritance certainly plays a role. But there are many other risk factors, including smoking, excessive alcohol consumption or sun exposure, poor diet, and inadequate exercise.

Although the fundamentals of cancer treatment – surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy – have not changed in many years, advances in imaging of tumors, together with more sophisticated methods for delivering therapies, have greatly improved their effectiveness. In addition, new “biologic” and targeted therapies have also been developed that act directly on the cellular processes that cause cancer cells to behave so destructively. Finally, early diagnosis identifies cancers before they have a chance to spread.

As a result, many people who develop cancer have a greatly improved chance of recovery than was the case even just a few years ago. In fact, while more than one-third of women and almost half of all men will develop cancer at some time in their life, most will survive the experience.