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lauraanne_gilman) wrote2006-05-18 06:31 pm
lauraanne_gilman) wrote2006-05-18 06:31 pm
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A cure for cancer?
The news today says...maybe.
Specifically, a vaccine for cervical cancer, the first ever specifically designed to prevent cancer*.
I'm...cautious, because hopes have been dashed before. But it's a hell of a forward leap. And since I'm in the high-risk category for cervical cancer, I'm feeling it doubly so.
If you donated to the Revlon Run/Walk? Feel good. You helped get us here.
*and, of course, there are *expletives deleted* who want to deny the vaccine, because they claim it will 'encourage promiscuity." If someone says that near you? Hit them. Hard. I'll be your alibi.
Specifically, a vaccine for cervical cancer, the first ever specifically designed to prevent cancer*.
I'm...cautious, because hopes have been dashed before. But it's a hell of a forward leap. And since I'm in the high-risk category for cervical cancer, I'm feeling it doubly so.
If you donated to the Revlon Run/Walk? Feel good. You helped get us here.
*and, of course, there are *expletives deleted* who want to deny the vaccine, because they claim it will 'encourage promiscuity." If someone says that near you? Hit them. Hard. I'll be your alibi.