Beyond Boobs: Finding A Cure For Breast Cancer

DivineCaroline.com:

Juliana Cochnar learned that her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer while Juliana was out traveling the world for two years. When she stopped in Australia, she called her mother, Barbara, who shared the news. The first thing Cochnar said to her mother was, "I'm coming home to help you," but her mother had a different outlook. "Oh, no you're not. You're staying and doing what I can't do." Months later, when her travels were finished, Juliana returned home to her mother's side.

What happened to Cochnar from her travels and witnessing her mother's challenges made her aware of life's bigger picture. "I had to give back," she said, seated across from me at a San Francisco sidewalk café. "More women were going to struggle with this disease." It's not an uncommon path, individuals moved to make a change in the world when someone they love is struck with adversity. But what Cochnar found when she set out to make a difference was that things took on a life of their own.

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Comments

[mayhem4masses]

There are many cures out there, and most of them go unannounced because disease is big business. It’s a sad society we live in when the federal government and research groups will keep known cure under wraps for their own personal gain. I believe there is a cure for anything, If we can make HIV undetectable to the point of making it almost non-existent if it is caught early enough, then why can’t we cure AIDS? We can, but trillions of dollars are made annually from AIDS research and medications and treatment. Research that gets us nowhere, a mutating virus that continues to spread all over the world. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study comes to mind.

[RightWingMarine]

Regardless of our political differences I believe everyone can get behind and support a great set of boobs. I'm doing the 3 day walk in Dallas this November and everyone should support me.

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[jeanruss]

Believe me, no one is looking for a CURE for any kind of cancer. There's no money in CURING cancer. There's only money in MANAGING cancer. History shows quite well that people who have discovered cures for cancer are hounded unmercifully, thrown in prison and driven underground. Make no mistake, cancer is a money machine and anyone who tries to mess with it will be dealt with. The gatekeepers are the American Cancer Society, the FDA, the USDA. and the Pharmaceut­ical/Chemi­cal cartels. As the parent of a child who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, I saw first hand how the system works, and believe me, it has nothing to do with the patient. I also lost my mother to colon cancer the same year I lost my daughter. After a voluminous amount of research to try to help them, it became abundantly clear what a sham cancer treatment is, and will continue to be until the truth is told.

[ZellaBee]

Sorry for your loss. Thanks for telling the truth. Many of us already know this from experience.

[PhillyQuaker]

This system is a disgrace. My younger sister was recently diagnosed with stage four breast cancer.
The radiologist suggested they "blast "her with chemo every two weeks before her double masectomy. Then comes the radiation.

There has to be a better way. I would think that if there were a true cure for cancer, that would be quite a little money maker as well. The medical people would have employment administering the "cure" and billing for subsequent follow ups, etc.

I think the reason for the cancer epidemic today must have something to do with our environment and the foods we put into our bodies. Food safety - well, that's pretty much of a joke in America.