[Jean]

Great Thread,

I was a little annoyed this morning when I caught the view channel 7
(I do love this show) they were speaking about Elizabeth Edwards.
It was mentioned how bone mets are terminal with a 5-10 yrs.
survival...I was so angry and annoyed with them. I know a gal who
is a 20 yr. bc surviver - Oh and by the way has bone mets! With
all the new breakout drugs etc. who knows what we may have at
our finger tips in two years - five years - etc.

Reminds me of my first onc. Dr. Gold (Gold she was not- more like nickel) when I asked her do you think in the next ten years
we will have a cure for this disease? She did not even look up
and continued to write..." no I doubt it" she said. I knew I was
in the wrong place right away.

Of course we are not expecting fairy tales just a positive approach
to treatment.

I think I will e mail the view and tell them they did a dis-service to their
viewers this morning..by stating that early bc is curable but bones mets
has a time line....I am really annoyed....with them..they did not mention
that Elizabeth will have the newest and best treatment. What is really
concerning me at this point is that she is a central figure in the media
and this can cause great mis-information and stress to those women
who do not have inter-net access or are isolated - also to their
loved ones. Such as older parents who do not use the inter-net
to obtain current medical break outs which fight this bc back and keep
in down.

Kind Regards,
Jean