Cancer diseases are common subplots of many soap operas. This is perhaps because of the dramatic effect of cancer in the otherwise very formulaic storylines of soap operas. In reality, however, cancer is not as glamorous or as clinically convenient heroic struggle of the protagonists. The miseries that are brought by cancer to real people are almost indescribable. It is seldom in real life that miracles happen to good people. Like
diabetes mellitus disease, cancer does not recognize the moral difference between an innocent child and a recidivist. Cancer does not recognize the value of wealth. Both the poor and the rich are equally vulnerable to cancer.
The hope for a normal
healthy life of some cancer patient is sometimes reduced to regular injections of
pain killers. Cancer, in its advance stage, does not anymore respond to treatment. Hence, the only option is the relief from pain. However, waiting for death is not the only realistic option for cancer patients. There are instances wherein cancer remission does happen even in terminal cases. You may call it miraculous. You may call it co-incidence. Nonetheless, the reality of the situation is that we still know very little about the mechanism of cancer. Hence, we cannot yet find any effective cure for all forms of cancer.
On the other hand, cancer prevention is much easier than finding a cure. Even though all of us have cancer predisposition, not all of us develops cancer. This is because of our different lifestyles which include diet and social vices such as alcohol-drinking and cigarette-smoking.
Diabetes is one of the diseases that affect the majority of Americans today. The downside of the disease is that its symptoms only appear during the more advanced phase. Moreover, diabetes can also lead to several complications such as heart problems.
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