it is pretty incredible that jane has so many people around her who have gone through, or are going through breast cancer. even whilst i tap away on the computer, she commiserates with a work peer about this scourge - comparing treatments, surgeries, and recoveries.
even within our own group of friends, there is a multitude of women sharing that same story. the good news is that for so many, detection is early and chances of 'success' are great; this is good news for all, and shows that advocacy and access to health care is having a progressively positive effect. the sad news is that the numbers seem to be growing - this opinion could be anecdotal given the circumstances, but all indicators seem to point to many, many young women going down this path ... too many!
it makes us concerned for our own daughter, for our friends' girls, for the daughter-in-laws we don't yet know, for our women in general. and it begs the question - if a woman has 'the gene', or there is a strong family history, should they be nudged in the direction of settling down and starting a family early? i suppose that there are SO many variables in life, and so little is under our control, that it's impossible to figure that one out.
so we will help with the effort to get to the root of breast cancer, and all cancers in general. with the way science is moving, one day this will be figured out, and this will all seem like a bad dream ...
even within our own group of friends, there is a multitude of women sharing that same story. the good news is that for so many, detection is early and chances of 'success' are great; this is good news for all, and shows that advocacy and access to health care is having a progressively positive effect. the sad news is that the numbers seem to be growing - this opinion could be anecdotal given the circumstances, but all indicators seem to point to many, many young women going down this path ... too many!
it makes us concerned for our own daughter, for our friends' girls, for the daughter-in-laws we don't yet know, for our women in general. and it begs the question - if a woman has 'the gene', or there is a strong family history, should they be nudged in the direction of settling down and starting a family early? i suppose that there are SO many variables in life, and so little is under our control, that it's impossible to figure that one out.
so we will help with the effort to get to the root of breast cancer, and all cancers in general. with the way science is moving, one day this will be figured out, and this will all seem like a bad dream ...
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