Chrisy, That surprises me that you would feel that way because you are stage 4. It seems to me that the "major" contributors here are the stage4ers.
I like your photo with the glass of wine, which reminds me that Tiptoe the hamster likes wine and beer - she got hammered the first night here and I have the pictures to prove it -- maybe it was the jet lag.
StillHere, You mentioned something that I think about alot. I also don't get into the "rah rah, you go girl" stuff very much. I am very, very happy when someone gets good test results, but I often think about how this board would respond to people who are calling it quits with the treatments. Last year, two very close friends of mine died from cancer, one breast the other ovarian. One stopped treatments and the other did not have any options. I also have a problem with the "positive attitude" thing. I also had a friend who died from BC after a 3 year fight. She had the most positive attitude I have ever seen up close, and the disease took it's course and she died. I think of it as a way to blame the person for not healing themselves. And I think a lot of it is because people cannot handle the randomness of this disease. They are so afraid of having cancer that they find reasons why someone dies from it -- like she smoked, she was stressed out, she didn't eat well, she didn't have a positive attitude. I also don't think we know for sure what is keeping us alive. There are people out there drinking green tea, taking supplements, drinking olive oil, pushing the omega 3's and doing very well. But who knows why they are doing well? I am starting to rant....hope Andi doesn't read this or I'll get a 4 page lecture
