My Mother and Brother passed away from cancer and now my sister is battling it

[DainBramaged]

With all the money we spend trying to kill people, why cant we spend a little of it to heal people?

[demtenjeep]

1. I'm sorry

so sorry

[pipoman]

2. Yep..

my mother last December stomach cancer, my sister is in final stages of pancreatic cancer now..

Cancer could be mitigated if insurance companies were not the final arbiters of 'necessary procedures'..

[DainBramaged]

10. My Brother died last April 1st (what a cruel joke) of Pancreatic cancer.

diagnosed the previous December.


None of my family deserved this fate. As does yours or anyone else.


I am sorry for your loss and can only tell your sister that she is in my heart.

[pipoman]

23. Sorry for your losses as well..

It has occurred to me that the difference between the 99% and the 1%..when it comes down to it...without one's health nothing else matters..The 1% can afford to self insure, go in for annual exams which take several days. Bi-annual PET/CT scans, expensive lab work, and other types of preventative and early diagnosis testing and treatment. It occurred to me that almost every time a 1%er is diagnosed with cancer it is early detection and high success rate treatment. The 99% have to wait until there are symptoms to receive testing...often the testing only verifies a long overdue/too late diagnosis. The medical community has the tools to early diagnose anyone who has the money..

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear DainBramaged...

I am so sorry for your losses, sweetie...

And your question is so very well put. Why indeed can't we spend a little money to heal people?

[mazzarro]

4. Truly sorry about this.

My prayers and hope for successfully treatment. Pass on our love, best wishes and support to her.

[brer cat]

5. I am so sorry.

I do hope she will receive the help she needs and deserves.

Prayers and good vibes for you as well.

[barbtries]

6. i wish your family all the best.

i cannot answer your question. we could. we really could, so why don't we? i don't know.

[catzies]

7. Lost my dad to it in 2010. Lost only sibling to it in 2011. Mom's just been diagnosed in 2012.

[RebelOne]

8. Sorry for your loss.

I lost my mother and sister to cancer. My sister was only 54 and my mother was 78. It is an awful disease. I watched them suffer and die.

[Auntie Bush]

9. That's awful....soooo sorry! Very scary!

Sending healing light to your sister!

[Curmudgeoness]

11. I am so sorry, and hope she wins this battle.

People do. And you make sure you take care of yourself and be vigilant for your own health.

And I give a thumbs up to putting more resources into helping people---finding cures, treating illnesses, preventative care. And no patient left behind!!!

[Honeycombe8]

12. I agree. So sorry to hear about your Mom and brother, and now your sis.

So much cancer in one family. Could it be genetic....or where you live is polluted?

[southernyankeebelle]

13. I am so sorry to hear that your sister is illness. It never is easy. My youngest brother

died of lung cancer about 4 yrs ago and am still not over it. He never smoked a day in his life. He was only 39 yrs and he wasn't ready to go. Truly my heart goes out to you. It isn't easy at all.

[MineralMan]

14. I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope she beats it.

Cancer just sucks.

[spanone]

15. so sorry. lost my mother, father-in-law, grandmother, many friends...it's an epidemic.

one year of the military budget spent on eradication....

don't think we're quite that evolved.

[Odin2005]

16. (((GOOD VIBES)))

[babylonsister]

17. Hey, sweetie.

Here's a hug, and that's a very good question. ...and one for your sister.

People can beat cancer; I have. You two have my thoughts and positivity.

[DainBramaged]

27. She goes in for surgery Friday morning

along with some health complications it isn't going to be fun for her.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I am so, so sorry, my friend... And I couldn't agree more.

I lost my Dad to cancer, and his brother and sister, my uncle and aunt, and though they had the best of care (Johns Hopkins for my uncle, same as Andy ), in the end, they died anyway. I often wonder where we would be if we'd spent all the billions it took to wage pointless wars on cancer research and health care instead.

[riderinthestorm]

19. And finding the causes. I believe we're poisoning ourselves, our environment and food are toxic

to many of us....

I am so sorry its hitting your family so hard DainBramaged....

[UTUSN]

20. AND that's the crux of it all: Sorry for your losses. n/t

[TBF]

21. I'm so sorry that is happening to your family -

and you pose a VERY good question.

[malaise]

22. How sad is that

I feel your pain DainBramaged
Hopefully she'll pull through

[dflprincess]

24. I'm so sorry

I lost my brother, my only sibling, to lung cancer last May.

It's hard to lose parents but we know that will happen, we never expect to lose a sibling and no one ever tells a person how hard it is to lose one. I'm so sorry you have to go through this again.

[KT2000]

25. As much as possible, we need prevention

and that means no longer letting corporations get away with polluting our food, air and water with cancer causing substances.
Have a friend who was diagosed with ovarian cancer the same year her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and her brother with skin cancer. They grew up downwind of a smelter and some paper mills. Then it was her aunt with pancreatic and the year before her childhood friends also with ovarian and breast cancer. My friend was in her early 40s.

All I can do is try to be active in my community to get things cleaned up and stop pollution. Progress is very slow - but there has been progress.

[roguevalley]

26. I am so sorry. I wish you all well. :(

[Dragonfli]

28. Illness has taken everyone I love at a young age and is working on me.

I know your question was at least half-rhetorical, but the answer is rather simple, we live in a sociopathic culture.

The money WE spend is siphoned off for the MIC and others largely just to make a very few very rich, that is the real reason we spend on killing rather than healing, Subsequently money is to be made by denying claims, wheelbarrows of it, our health is watched over by profiteer middle men rather than doctors.

You will drive yourself insane trying to understand a sociopath, let alone a mad sociopathic culture.

Good luck my friend, I have not forgotten what you and others have done for me.

[DainBramaged]

29. We love they hate, but sometimes love isn't enough, HELP is needed

we help, they kill.


Many huge hugs


DB