#cancer

It remains an astonishing, disturbing fact that in America - a nation where nearly every new drug is subjected to rigorous scrutiny as a potential carcinogen, and even the bare hint of a substance's link to cancer ignites a firestorm of public hysteria and media anxiety - one of the most potent and common carcinogens known to humans can be freely bought and sold at every corner store for a few dollars. ↗

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

#cancer

When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#doctor #had #i #me #scared

America has got the equivalent of stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in. ↗

— Todd Akin

#because #business #cancer #equivalent #federal

It's so important to encourage the use of suncream, tan in a bottle and the disuse of sunbeds which are known world-wide as causes of skin cancer. ↗

— Peter Andre

#cancer #causes #disuse #encourage #important

We learn to appreciate what we achieve, no matter how small the achievement, because we do it ourselves. - Midge Rylander in Eighteen Months To Live ↗

— Rachele Baker

#cancer #courage #diary #hope #inspirational

This is the story of how Dad lived with his lung cancer. But it is much more. Through his illness and the miracles we experienced, I came to see that Dad's was not just a journey. It was a journey home. Home to God. ↗

— Joseph M. Hanneman

#catholic #faith #inspiration #miracles #faith

I have cancer. Cancer doesn't have me. ↗

— Marco Calderon

#faith #fight #god #hope #insperational

Su voz suena preciosa por teléfono...preciosa. Por un momento, siento auténtico pánico. No sé qué decirle. Me gustaría decirle: «Oiga, Irene, creo que es usted hermosa...Creo que es usted maravillosa.» Me gustaría decirle algo que fuera cierto, por ridículo que fuese, porque, ahora que he oído su voz, todo ha cambiado. ↗

— Henry Miller

#tropic-of-cancer #voice #love

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#cancers #chronic #dad #ended #had

Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#deal #scary #scary thing #seriously #thing