ok..I am not too crazy about the american cancer society which is why i chose not to donate to any of the charities events sponsoring them. has anyone else felt this way, and what can you do rather than donating money to help out? I DO feel very bad for cancer people as i have had many friends who have been through it, and I know it is a sad thing. i just dont agree with the ACS. what real things can i do that will ensure getting closer to cancer patients being cured? it makes me sad that people are dying and suffering so much from this disease, but it has been over 50 years of them "researching" cancer, and I believe this is all a big scam. is it a hopeless cause or what?
2007-10-26 02:42:15 · 8 answers · asked by Luna 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Hopeless cause as they have no intention of ever curing any cancer as long as they can make new drugs for people to buy to treat cancer. US Govt has given about 40 million per year for 40 years and no cures and public through breast, colon, and other types of cancers and cancer charities give about 60 million per year and no one has done anything to cure it. They just want to make a new vaccine to treat it and make billions for the drug. It is a scam as is all other races for the cure charities. Greed, power, and money is all they want to promote.
2007-10-26 02:50:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Not sure what your issue is with the American Cancer Society as they are primarily a supportive group for patients with cancer. They are enormously helpful on the local level.
Anyway, there are many other types of organizations that support cancer research, such as CureSearch which is dedicated to ending all childhood cancers.
CureSearch
http://www.curesearch.org/
There are the Ronald McDonald Charities which are a godsend to families who live great distances from a hospital and often must live for months away from home. We have stayed there along with many other families with children. RMC are wonderful and they always need money:
Ronald McDonald House Charities
http://www.rmhc.com/rmhc/index.html
Make a Wish grants a wish to a child or teen with a life threatening disease. it is often the one positive experience during a horrific time. It takes about $5000 to grant a wish and no child is ever turned away. Our sons wish came just as he was about to face major surgery and continues to have an impact on his life.
Make a Wish Foundations
http://www.wish.org/
My son is currently in a research program at a major university. He has a rare abdominal sarcoma. There is currently no funding for his type of cancer, yet his doctors and research clinica are doing all they can to halt the progession of disease. He has been on an experimental new drug that is taken on a daily basis. The drug targets the tumor cells specifically and unlike regular chemotherapy . . there are no side effects (except his hair turned white - the drug affects pigmentation). I am sorry that you do not believe that cancer research is important as I believe that the eventual 'cure' will come through the Clinical Trial process of trial and error.
2007-10-26 15:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by Panda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many ways to help the less fortunate. If you don't do ANYTHING through personal contributions of money or time, then yeah, I think you will reap some bad karma. But just choosing to avoid one particular charity. Nah!
Realistically, the process of cancer cell production is an unavoidable by-product of cell metabolism. It's just when the body is not able to keep the production down to a manageable level, that you have a disease process, i.e, a cancer. That is one reason finding a "cure" is problematic, versus finding a treatment once the cancer has occurred.
While I would never advocate stopping cancer research, I think more attention needs to be given to finding ways to keep the immune system functioning at an optimal level (diet, supplements, and other mind/body therapies) in order to naturally keep cancer cell production under control.
2007-10-26 02:56:20 · answer #3 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To start with, cancer is a very intractable disease(variuos forms of it and stuff) and researching and finding a cure for it could be very tedious and near impossible, seriusly.
If you don't agree with the modus oparandi -mode of operation (MO) of ACS, I guess it's ok. The good thing's that you have the right feelings towards the debilitating nature of cancer(s).
However, I am sure there are societies/groups/associations out there that are dedicated to helpig cancer patients cope with the disease. You could look to donating time and or money to help 'em out.
Donation doesn't have to be money. Time can also be donated...helping to drop off the children of a cancer patient in school could be a place to start. Visiting with such people would be equally satisfying.
Hope this helps.
2007-10-26 02:56:10 · answer #4 · answered by Ayo A 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, some things you could do is personally go to a hospital and spend time with the very sick patients, or do something like make gift baskets for them, food, etc.
my aunt had cancer and it's a very serious disease. she had chemo and got even more sick from that then the cancer had made her. that is why i dont support chemotherapy or any of that weird stuff. i think cancer can probably be cured naturally and painlessly, but the government and ACS doesnt want us to know that. they act as if they can only treat the disease with radiation and drugs, and there is no cure for it. but i know thats not true. i wish people would start spreading the truth out there about cancer. maybe you can do something like hand out flyers about cancer myths and all. people might think your crazy but hey, if it gets people's attention you are doing something to help and spread awareness, and you wouldnt have to donate your money.
2007-10-26 02:48:48 · answer #5 · answered by deejay 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-14 02:32:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is your choice; there are tens of thousands of charities and you can't support them all. It makes no difference to your life apart from making you feel good from helping someone.
2007-10-26 02:58:49 · answer #7 · answered by David C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. I admire you for your stance. And back you. The use of the monies appropriated for this issue is merely for personal gain. Not global. Good for you.
2007-10-26 04:03:18 · answer #8 · answered by bountyhunter101 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋