[Heart Sutra]

Thank you Marcia.

It was certainly me who sounds argumentative in the above thread.
This, too, is an artifact of textual conversation. Sometimes the nuance of communication is lost despite efforts to avoid it. I admit to feeling defensive on this topic, and that is becoming almost normal when dealing with this disease in general.

There is a lot of fear based information out there. Cancer is fertile ground for it. The majority of the faulty info. is easily discredited, and the rest takes some understanding of how appeals to reason in absence of legitimate supporting evidence are presented. We've learned not to accept or discount out of hand. We're learning all the time.

I am grateful for the link you gave us and for the insight you have. I don't feel like I know it all, and more than welcome the opportunity to learn something new. I agree with your statement that in some cases this testing can be potentially life saving.

Thank you for being here