The English Guy’s Personal Blog

I see these all over the place, our “fight” against cancer. But I really wonder if we’re meant to fight or cure it? I mean there’s so many of us on the planet, perhaps cancer is nature’s way of culling us?

Despite decade after decade of trying to find cures, developing one nasty drug after another (and they really do a number on you, by most accounts), do we really believe we can test million upon million of chemical compounds for their effect on cancers?

Maybe we should focus on the quality of life, or the prevention instead of the cure? Encouraging healthy living, banning smoking, etc., these seem much more worthy goals than pouring money into an empty pit.

I had a friend with liver cancer, a 90-95% death sentence. He was told to go home and prepare. But he went online, found some natural remedy, and beat it off (along with the chemo), so I know it can be beaten. But the time effort and money that went into it was quite substantial, and he was lucky enough to have insurance.

It would be interesting to see where cancer foundations get their money, whether the citizen “let’s beat cancer” campaigns donate the most, or whether it’s from governments or private groups.