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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:30 PM Original message |
Does everybody have fricking Cancer? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. About 1 out of 3 people are diagnosed at some point in their life. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Is That All? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I often wonder if the cancer today is linked to the |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
66. There's all kinds of junk in us from industrial sources, too n/t |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
71. One of my best friends grew up down-wind of those tests |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 06:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
89. My dad said he was one of the soldiers who were subjected to the |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
100. more likely GM crops that we are eating today. n/t |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. If there wasn't so much second hand smoke around there wouldn't be as much. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
95. I'm not sure why you used the sarcasm tag on that. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. it seems so, doesn't it? |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Dirty little secret |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. +1 |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
74. It's worldwide epidemic |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
90. You hit on something that I have thought about for a long time. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. My Sister is dying |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I'm so sorry. I hear your sorrow....and your pain. |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Sorry to hear that. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I'm so sorry to hear that. I have two girl friends who have both lost sisters to breast cancer. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
75. Hugs sweetie |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Let's just poll DU. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm sorry about your sister. That's really sad. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I think we ingest enough chemicals, and dyes, and preservatives |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Industrial chemicals - PCBs, pesticides, herbicides, etc etc are behind |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. How about everyday stress on top of all those chemicals? |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. My Sister who is sick said that very thing the other day |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. That's what I think happened with Dana Reeve... |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
65. Absolutely! |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
70. I firmly believe that stress is the #1 killer of Americans. n/t |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. My mother's sister died of ovarian cancer. She had another sister |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. both my parents dead of cancer. and my grandmother. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. The only person in our family to die of cancer |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not only just true cancers are becoming more common |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. I think I know what you are |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. its related |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
72. My maternal grandmother died from what was called |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 05:24 AM Response to Reply #72 |
84. I am guessing it was |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Recently found that I have cancer |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. sorry |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Best wishes, PsN2Wind. |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
76. I am very sorry you are going through this. All the best to you |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 06:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
86. Best wishes to you, PsN2Wind. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
99. That's really scary. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. My maternal grandmother, mother, |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Two schoolmates and a secretary currently in treatment |
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SiobhanClancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. I had thyroid cancer... |
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tcfrogs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Same here - almost a decade ago |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. You have now. |
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Wwagsthedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Howdy, you have now met another male who had thyroid... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. You've met two now. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
77. ah thyroid, isn't that fun? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. my landlady, step-sister, aunt, grandfather---air, water & food pollutants are doing it |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. Nobody gets out alive Trumad. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Tough subject. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. This thread is making me grateful that my only current health problem |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm guess I'm new to this game and embarrassed to admit it, but.... |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. It took me quite a while to own up to it, too. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I'm only embarrassed about having the same damn thing Tony Snow has |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
68. lol |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
79. My husband was just diagnosed in September, he was |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. I was diagnosed with cancer in March |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. That is great news! |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Thanks Lars39!! |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. Everyone grows cancerous cells almost every day. |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. My father-in-law is near death at this minute. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. Given a long enough time. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
39. My girlfriend is waiting on the results of her biopsy. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. My dad died of myeloma (a form of blood cancer) |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Thats sad... |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
42. Do you all live close together? |
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sheerjoy (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. I am so sorry.... |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:07 PM Original message |
Welcome to DU |
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sheerjoy (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
56. Thank you n/t |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Dupe |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
48. i've had two bouts with cancer. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. geez, thats really harsh |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. oh goody! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. yep |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. A member of my immediate family, yes -- although we think... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
54. Yup |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
55. I think it should be a campaign issue. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
59. No one in my family has/had cancer w/ 2 exceptions |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
62. Cancer is on a first name basis with my family... |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
63. My mother died from breast cancer... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
67. I am so sorry. Lost my mum-in-law to the pancreatic kind. :^( |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
69. Yes - husband, niece, best friend, many cousins, best friend's mom, |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
73. I just got the call this morning. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-14-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm a two-time bladder cancer survivor. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #78 |
94. I'm so happy to hear that! |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
80. One of my best friends and my SO's best friend. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
81. When I lived in Midland, TX for 2 years the cancer rate there was insane |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
82. No cancer here... |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 05:21 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. You just scared me.. |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #83 |
91. Hello... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #82 |
102. Oh, please |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
85. Do you think Cancer was pervasive in the ancient world? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #85 |
103. very possibly... |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
87. An acquaintance of ours just died on Sunday. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
88. I've noticed this: |
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ArmchairMeme (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
92. Cancer |
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jaded_old_cynic (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
93. I know what you mean. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
96. My mom, my dad, my two sisters, my aunt, my two uncles... |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
97. Why isn't their more focus and attention to PREVENTION rather than finding a cure? |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. One in every crowd |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
98. Just Attended Funeral |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-15-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
104. My uncle died from it yesterday.. |
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