Too many are affected
Many of us have been touched in some way by Cancer. According to the American Cancer Society’s 2008 Cancer Facts sheet, there were 1,437,180 new Cancer cases diagnosed in 2008 and it took the lives of 565,650 people – and that’s just in the United States. Nearly 8 Million people worldwide died from cancer in 2007. In “developed” nations cancer is second only to heart disease in it’s mortality rate.
My Cancer connection
My fiancée wife, Sherry lost her Dad to cancer just a few years ago, and today her Mom is battling it. A battle she will probably lose. lost her Mom in May, 2009. We have lost neighbors, long-time family friends and coworkers over the years. My Aunt and her husband have both been diagnosed with Cancer, and sadly it does not look good for them.