As logical as this correlation may seem, I can't help but disagree. The reason is this: I have seen too many people deal with extraordinary stress levels and yet not develop cancer. A perfect example would be the people who's spouses have gone through BMT's and they are left dealing with all the stress of trying to care for them as well as raise very young children. I can't think of too many life situations that are more stressful than this.
Another example would be the people who have been the victims of terrible events such as war, rape, abuse, etc... While it's true that many of them do infact develop cancer, plenty of them (if not the majority) of them do not. I'm sure we could all point to stressors in our lives that we could blame for our diagnosis but in all honesty, I don't know anyone who lives completely stress free.....not anyone with children anyway :) For every person that I know who was a "stressed out, worry wart" type of person, very few of them developed cancer. On the flip side, I've known "happy go lucky, healthy" types and some of them did develop cancer. So for me, I don't accept the stress theory, but that's just me. Tracey ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/8zSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
