[Gerri]

The interesting thing about this thread is that almost everyone has a different "why". I never wondered "Why me?". As a matter of fact, when I got the news that I had bc I was not a bit surprised. I think that cancer, like s***, happens. It happens to those with high risk factors and it happens to those who do everything right. Siblings brought up together, same environment, same risk factors - one gets cancer, the other doesn't. Why? Now, that's the question. DNA, Brenda's "rogue cellular misfire" or just plain dumb luck? Sure, some of it can be traced to environmental causes, but there has to be a common link somewhere. Finding it is the "needle in a hay stack" dilemma scientists face.

I truly believe that Dr. Susan Love is on the right track when she says that more money needs to be spent finding out how to prevent cancer not how to cure it. Of course, I am all for a cure for those of us affected - sign me up! But wouldn't it be a wonderful world if no one ever had to go into treatment for this horrid disease again?