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Thread: Cancer has become my priority |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
In the past I saw diseases and thought wow that sucks, now I have been hit by a baseball bat directly in the face. My sister was diagnosed with Breast Cancer last year and it was bad but we all know survivors it happens. Treated all was good scanned and cancer free, Killer! Well headaches came and after multiple visits to doctor brain scan was done, before Christmas 07. 4 Lesions and more radiation she did not break news until day after Christmas. Since then has shown in spine and very fast spreading cancer can not find name right now. She is being given meds to make comfortable and we are not satisfied, looking into research and trial treatments, like everyone else prayers and love is all we can do. Cancer has now in my life and I want to help find a cure so this is one small part being on the world community grid. Best of luck to you out there and I now understand major diseases and feel for those facing and I can now understand.
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Iserlohner
Cruncher Joined: Feb 11, 2008 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Sorry to hear that mate
Cancer is a real basket (personally moderated) especially when it hits someone close. Not being of a religious nature, I won't say I'll pray for your sis, but if I was I would. My thoughts go out to you and yours at this very difficult time (again there's no words that can offer comfort) |
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bigmcguire@fastmail.com
Cruncher Joined: Aug 24, 2007 Post Count: 29 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I hear you stopforeclosure. It is great to know that our little part here is helping to prevent stuff like that from happening to your sister in the future. Hope everything turns out alright.
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GIBA
Ace Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2005 Post Count: 5374 Status: Offline |
Hey stopforeclosure be aware that you have a lot of companions here in this fight... don't lost your hope pleae !
----------------------------------------Unfortunatelly last year I lost my mother who resists in the last 12 years in a constant battle against Cancer. It is a very sad disease and I'm angry to help any Cancer projects to combat it. I really hope that we, all WCG crunchers together, get enough force to leverage some discovery or some drug or some way of treatments to fight Cancer (anyone). I will pray for your syster and ask for WCG cancer projects produce quick practical results... Giba. 
Cheers ! GIB@
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Ca always was my priority. Just 20 years ago, we were near Oxford after my wife had been diagnosed with it. We moved to Headington so that she would not have as far to travel for treatment. She had already lost her sister with it and the same sister had already lost two husbands - at least one with the same condition. Since then, I have lost my brother, sister and brother-in-law with it. My wife, avoiding the evil eye, is now a twenty year cure.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Hi stopforeclosure
I'm sorry to hear about your sister, and I pray that she does overcome this illness. There's a lot of research going into cancer in many different science disciplines. Don't lose hope. Stack |
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robertmiles
Senior Cruncher US Joined: Apr 16, 2008 Post Count: 445 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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If you're interested in crunching mainly to help cancer research, I've found two more BOINC projects you might want to participate in:
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ http://cels-at-home-dev.dyndns.org/cels/ Having more than one such project can help at times when the cancer project here runs short on workunuts. |
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