I don't have a big problem w/Oprah, but her statement is similar to those who comment that someone survived because of the power of prayer. While I am a firm believer in the power of prayer, I don't believe that my 61 year old mother died thirty years ago of ovarian cancer because we didn't pray hard enough! Prayers have certainly helped me coping with oral cancer, but I don't believe that if I don't make it, it will be because someone didn't pray hard enough.

Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.