Hi all, My mom and dad had no cancer at all. My grandfather smoked a pipe, and died of cancer of the lip. They said it started on the lip and spread. My grandmother was never sick, and lived to her 80's. She sniffed snuff, but it must have never hurt her. So not much cancer in my family; some skin cancer that I know of. Back when I was a kid, they sprayed a lot for mesquitoes. Didn't seem to mind if you were around and breathing it. I've also used a lot of bleach in my time for cleaning. When I was dx, I had been giving blood and having xrays done on my teeth; so go figure. Who knows what causes CML? I also was under stress from my hubby's death. I think stress is a bigggggggggg factor. Blessings to all, Jeanie<3 In a message dated 7/28/2008 2:15:27 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There was no history of cancer, either, in my family until my parent's generation. My mother's 2 brothers have had colon cancer and my father's sister had lung cancer and my father succumbed to pancreatic cancer. I was dx with CML at the end stages of my father's pancreatic Ca. Discussing this with an acquaintance, she informed me that her ex- husband's brother died of pancreatic Ca and her ex-husband then was dx'd with leukemia (not sure which one) which he died from several years later. Made me wonder if there was any connection between the pancreatic Ca and leukemia - onc says no. I would have to admit it was probably the damn cigarettes that caused my CML (all of my relatives that contracted cancer smoked - one uncle smoked a pipe and chewed tobacco). The lung cancer isn't what did my aunt in - it was a multitude of other problems - they found the lung Ca by accident (she had quit smoking several years prior to her death). My father quit smoking at least 6 months before he got the pancreatic Ca - and once diagnosed and told he was terminal - he resumed smoking (a lot of cancer patient's will do this as it is the only thing they have "control" over). One uncle never quit smoking and he beat the colon cancer (and....he has a weird blood dyscrasia that is severely impacting his health). The other uncle who smoked a pipe ended up with lung metastases several years after the colon cancer was "cured." He has since beat the lung Ca and is still smoking his pipe. He is also 87 years old and has more energy than I do. I am ashamed of the fact that I still smoke and have a hard time with facing the fact I "caused" my cancer due to my addiction to cigarettes. But, then, I also have to realize there are many people with cancer who have never smoked nor have been exposed to second-hand smoke. My 2 cents, Kelly **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
