By the way, one of the things I like about this forum is we have all sorts of different political views and yet we love and care for each other because we are all fighting this horrendous disease. I wish there were more of that in America. We may have different perspectives on the war, we may have different perspectives on whether it is more patriotic to protest the current policy or support it. But there are things we still have in common and e should look at those things when we can.

Moore points out the British developed their National health System right after WWII, when the country was in an economic shambles BUT people felt very united from being under attack by the Germans for so long. They felt like caring for each other was a big part of patriotism. I mean, during the war, people in the cities sent their children to strangers in the country to keep them out of the way of bombs. And people in the country with any place to put someone up at all took them in.

It's too bad it takes being under attack by a human enemy or a disease to realize we are all human should have some common sense of caring for one another. But I guess that is a part of being human.

Nelie


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"