Is My Cancer Different

What a common question that is asked when we are all first diagnosed with cancer.  We often have so many questions and in my experience have found that it was often very difficult to find single sources of good information.  Instead my research was done spending hours on the internet looking through millions of webpages and trying to disseminate tonnes of information, even sometimes conflicting.

I have been made aware of a new program called "Is My Cancer Different" which is a single information source for Cancer patients to go and find out some of the answers to this very specific question.

Is My Cancer Different is an online movement created to educate individuals about the personalized treatments available for a range of cancers whose manifestations vary widely from person to person. In recent years technology and research have vastly improved pathways to more efficient/successful treatments, but information concerning the benefits of molecular-level diagnostics and personalized care has been slow to make it’s way to patients. Is My Cancer Different goal is to inspire people to advocate for themselves by asking a crucial question and providing powerful information on why, when and how it could matter to their treatment strategy.    Although this information wasn't around when I was going through my treatments I did benefit from personalized molecular-level diagnostics.  I had a molecular abnormality in my leukemia called the philadelphia chromosome in which I was given a designer drug to specifically target that abnormality during the course of my treatment.  Many studies have now shown that the use of this drug when treating the philadelphia chromosome has greatly increased the patient's chances of achieving and maintaining remission.   Is My Cancer Different isn't for everyone but there are readers of this blog who will find this website informative at the very least.  So please if you have a few spare minutes go poke around the website, you never know what you might learn :)   http://www.ismycancerdifferent.com/

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I Have been Featured

It has been sometime since I wrote a real post on here.  It has been really busy around the household which has kept me from getting some good writing in but I promise next week I will get a post out.  In the meantime I have been featured on another blog as photographer of the week.
To check it out and what I have to say go to http://reflectionsfromaredhead.com/2011/09/19/monday-photo-day-featured-photographer-aaron-offord/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monday-photo-day-featured-photographer-aaron-offord

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An Answer to Our Biggest Question

The answers to our biggest questions are always given when we aren't expecting an answer.

A little cryptic I know, but it is my try at a "Great inspirational" quote.  All joking aside, it is true we can spend hours and hours reflecting on some of our life's greatest questions to no avail and then one day, "poof" the answer is provided like magic; oftentimes when we stop looking for that answer.

I have spent the past two years really focusing on my 4 P's of Positivity.  Just in case you forgot they are, Peace, Perspective, Passion, Purpose.  These are so much more than just a way to stay positive, they are a fundamental shift in the way you live and think which can ultimately lead to true happiness.

For me, I was have always been stuck on the last step, Purpose.  Sure, I have found small purposes for my life along the way, but since the beginning of my journey with leukemia I have focused my main purpose on just surviving.  Simple I know, but I know I have great things in me and I just needed to devote all my focus to fighting and defeating my foe, Leukemia.