If you had a choice........

What disease would you like to see cured, and why? I'm taking a class on epidemiology and therapies right now, and I was interested in seeing what your opinions might be.

And no, SG addiction does not count as a disease............



[Edited on Sep 18, 2003 by Allister]

Hmm, Let's see: Even though I have psoriasis and it is a fucking huge pain in my ass, serious things like Aids and Cancer need to be cured before anyting else. These should take priority.

Cancer - I've watched too many people die from it. The slow hospice-at-home death is just too much to take.

This was a hard question. As I was typing that, I thought of two more.

[Edited on Sep 18, 2003 by Sorcha]

cancer hands down...you can protect yourself fairly good against AIDS...but cancer can happen to anyone...and i've seen to many people die from it

MS

I'd say cancer, especially the virulent, fast-killing types such as pancreatic or certain forms of lung, or the particularly disfiguring ones like breast and head-and-neck. And melanoma, which is picking up. Any of the childhood cancers.

Another one: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). Not so common, but heartbreaking.

ummm aids

Life was pretty sweet before AIDS, wasn't it, fellow SG Geezers?

I would imagine cancer would take this one by a landslide. Lost some relatives to it already. Probably more to come.

oh jesus you scared the shit outta me...when i first read that i didnt take the time to read "that subway guy"....i just saw my name (yeah thats my real name) and two things ran through my head.
1) how the fuck do you know my name
2) why do you want me terminated

but you werent talkin about me....so...carry on

Why?

Honestly, not so many of the diseases should be cured. It's a part of life and havinglost some people that were very important to me to some of the biggies, I'd have to say that it taught me some important things. Life is precious, but so is the inevitable death that comes from with it. Sounds cheesy, but it's true.

Watching my grandfather writhe in wordless agony for three weeks despite a morphine drip that, if even a few milligrams stronger, would've killed him, because of cancer -- at 67 years old -- was not precious.

[Edited on Sep 19, 2003 by Keith]

My best friend has a brain tumour.

She is 19.

She has about 6 months to live probably.

Cancer.

Ive seen my best friend pass out, Ive seen her in a hospital bed because of complications, ive cried night after night.

Fuck learning, if thats the cost of learning how to deal with death let me stay ignorant

Cancer.

Jenna

bi-polar disorder
(errrr I mean HIV n Aides)
N cancer fucking suxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I think everyone in my family on my moms side- died of brain tumors. My grandmother n all siblings. 6 in total. (thats comforting)- Everyone of them.

Gene therapy for mental disorders would be SOOOO cool.
I'd so get my genes fixed.

Dave Chepel (SP)
makes a good point- about drug companies needing to keep diseases going.- so they can just medicate you n not actually cure you.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
wheres the money in coming up with an actual cure????
- Im sure theres some money to be made.- right?
fuckers.

Man, as cynical as I am, I still can't believe that sort of theory.

I'd cure Hanson's disease (leprosy). Becouse I'm moore scared of leprosy than anything in the world.

I would have to say AIDS and Cancer. I have lost several people in my life to both of these diseases and one of the best people in my life to both. I used to (and hope to start again) volunteer at an AIDS hospice and it was a wonderful/terrible experience.