[Heart Sutra]

Thanks Julierene,

We read your post and our heart goes out to you. Thank you for telling us your experience, we wish it were an easier one for you.

I agree with you that genetic research is eventually going to provide some much needed answers. We are fortunate that we live in a time when that area of research is ever growing. When the road-blocks currently limiting genetic research are removed, there will no doubt be more results. Eventually this will occur, but this idle time comes at a price.

I read in your profile about your onc. refusing herceptin at first, and Taxatere as well. Those few words speak so many volumes. Sue and I both feel anger and exasperation when we hear stories like that. It helps us become more vigilant, more of self-advocates. We realize that things have changed in the last few years regarding medicines given, and that this change did not come about without cause.

As far as diet being the answer, I'm sure diet has some affect and certainly there are better or worse diets just in a general sense of health. As far as it being THE answer, well, that would be just about the best news ever.

The latest info. about viruses being linked to more cancers was inevitable in hindsight, you were right to think of the connection. This is interesting research, and I've looked into none of it myself, so I'm totally out of school here.

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