Doing A Bit Of Research....

...well, googling colon cancer to be honest.   How many people tell you not to do it?!  The truth is that whilst some will avoid it for fear of what they might find, the majority of people are going to google it whatever.  There are top class scientists on the internet having researched just about everything known to man as well as the best consultants in the world. Why wouldn't you want to find out as much as you can? That part is fine. It's when you happen across other stuff telling you not to have chemo because it will 'kill you' and to cure cancer with food, or supplements. Added to that there is a section of society that tells you that praying will save you. Apparently, googling cancer is worse for you than cancer itself! Yet we continue to torture ourselves doing it! It's a bit like having one of those medical  books back in the 70's.  My dad threw ours out in the end due to the fact that he'd diagnosed himself as having most of the illnesses from A - Z!  Doctors hate it if you say you've googled your symptoms and give you quite a dressing down for it but then when you tell them your symptoms, they proceed to google it themselves!  I know they are looking at reputable websites but even so, they don't know what's wrong with you half the time either! I've even had doctor's print out reading matter off the internet for me to take home, a type of homework for the sick!

Apparently googling your symptoms makes you a 'cybercondriac'!

What about books? I've bought a few lately.  I was really taken with the pH theory that cancer cannot live in a high pH environment and that by eating the right foods and taking the right supplements, the cancer will have no alternative but to die! I wrote a list of foods to buy and set about sorting out recipes.  I also googled 'High pH diet doesn't work' and sure enough, there were as many websites saying it was rubbish as those that said it was a miracle cure! It appears in loads of top 10 myths about cancer.  Eating healthier can only be good for us, but if at some point in my life I find I have a terminal illness, I'm going out for a McDonald's and as much Cadburys chocolate as I can stuff my face with!

Cancer blogs are another thing.  There are thousands. I read one yesterday that finished in 2012. I can only imagine that the blogger died and that's why it came to an abrupt end, or that they got the all clear and took themselves off to some far flung place to have the most wonderful time. I hope it's the latter.