Did you know it's possible to survive lung cancer? Did you know that it doesn't always win? There are survivors out there. There is a book by Michael Lloyd called "How to Survive Lung Cancer - A Practical 12-Step Plan" and it's not so much about his story that inspires (although it does) but about finding the commonalities between the survivors. When he asked doctors what those commonalities could be, they couldn't tell him. He had to search on his own while fighting his own lung cancer fight. I've never been one for holistic approaches. I'm a big fan of science and all things synthetic. It seems to me, however, the key is in the balance. There is a place somewhere in between that is like Goldilock's porridge... just right. It doesn't matter that she broke into someone's house and stole the porridge.
There is a family member on Hubby's side who is a research scientist and is very skeptical of Dr. Moon's stem cell therapy in relation to cancer. Mainly because Dr. Moon only has 5 papers and in that community, it doesn't mean much. I'm torn in-between.
Speaking of pop-culture references... "There's no place like home".
A man by the name of "Smiley" went to Korea when he was really already too sick to go. I'm sure he probably knew this but what Dr. Moon's treatment offered him was hope and he was excited to go. But by the time he got there, his cancer had gone into his pancreas. The blog is "Hope for Smiley". At the bottom of it is a picture and in it reads... "There's no place like hope". That struck me. Can you live in a place like Hope like you can in a place like Home? Yes. Yes, you can. And it's beautiful and it's massive. Hope is not a one-block little town with rocks and tumbleweeds. Hope is a large, green open-space country with hills that go as far as the eye can see. There are lung cancer survivors out there and they all resided here at one time.
I intend to visit from time-to-time.
