A Disease with Hope

Bladder Cancer
Breast Cancer
Colon Cancer
Endometrial Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Leukemia
Lung Cancer
Melanoma
Non_Hodgkin Lymphoma
Pancreatic Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Skin Cancer
Thyroid Cancer
Children’s Cancers
Women’s Cancers
Men’s Cancers

Cancer is not just one disease but many diseases. There are more than 100 different types of cancer. And it can affect any part of the human body; internal organs, bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, bone marrow, immune system, the brain, the spinal cord. Not only does it affect the body, it affects people.

There are very few of us who can say, I have never seen the effects of cancer. Whether it has been as a bystander to someone else’s life or it has had a direct impact on you or your family.

The devastation and destruction that these rapidly growing cells create are astonishing. No one should have to deal with this. Ever. Regrettably, with so much sadness, it burns a dark path into people’s journey of life. Dreams, hopes, and wishes can come crashing down quickly.

But there is a light shining brightly. A light shining on a cure. There are people that believe, that care, that are bringing back these dreams.

A new report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations shows cancer death rates decreased on average 2.1 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, nearly twice the annual decrease of 1.1 percent per year from 1993 through 2002.

And we can help further increase that percentage by increasing awareness, donating our time, and our hard earnings to help fund the research that is paving the way to a cure.

I am, along with 8 very dedicated members of ticdesign, have joined Clickin’ Cancer’s Butt. A team that has been asked to be the Official Team Photographers with the Edmonton CCS Relay for Life. This is a tremendous honor and I hope that after the Relay is complete that I can share with you, pictures of strong people that have survived cancer, are fighting cancer and are supporting one another and the research. People that have the same hope and optimism that I do; there will come a day when we can all say with confidence, that cancer will NEVER affect another man, another woman, another child, another baby. We will be free.

Please pledge your support and help fight this together.