I’m praying this afternoon for Elizabeth Edwards. Her breast cancer has returned, now in incurable form. Though it is a stage-four cancer, her prognosis is by no means terminal; the cancer can be controlled and managed. Amanda put it best today:
It would be a terrible thing for Mrs. Edwards’ misfortune to be compounded by having the country lose her husband as a candidate.
Amen to that. John’s still my candidate, and he, Elizabeth, their entire extended family and campaign staff are very much in my thoughts this afternoon. For those that use this language, let’s storm the gates of heaven in prayer on their behalf.
UPDATE: Let me remind folks to make sure that their dollars for cancer research go to organizations that have renounced animal research. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (we are regular donors) lists some good breast cancer charities here, all of which have received their Humane Seal award.
Amen. I will be praying for her too.
I am praying for Elizabeth and John Edwards too. In my real job, I work for Microsoft and did a lot of work with the Scripps Research Lab in La Jolla, producing a video that was a case study of the great work they are doing with Sharepoint and Vista technology to make, as Peter Kuhn says, “cancer a managed disease”. They are a non profit organization and also look for public support. Peter and his team are remarkable and gave me such hope that one day we will find a way to get in front of this horrible disease and make it as treatable as high blood pressure. The woman we filmed, Julie Schultis, who was suffering from cancedr of an unknown primary, passed away two months after the video was filmed, leaving behind two little four year old boys Casey and Ryan - her husband having died of brain cancer just one year earlier. Tough. If anyone is interested in Peter Kuhn’s work at Scripps Research Lab or want to watch the video its called Speeding Discovery and is posted at Scripps website - http://kuhn.scripps.edu/Pages/newspublications.aspx
These are the kind of days you hug your kids and thank god for the gift of life. Thanks for nice post Hugo.
Just realized that the link I gave you is to the ‘cleaned up’ version of the video which they used for launch. The original video is much more impactful https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40034476
I only mention this to bring light to just one of many great organizations fighting cancer and tell a personal story that touched my heart.