Me and Rosebud - back to work

I would say water does have much influence; doctor I saw said that BC is very high in Egypt due to bad water supply; parasite in the water; and I know of that some people have gotten cancer from too high a level of arsenic in their well water. For the past several years, I have not consumed any of the water out of the fountains or faucets where I work but have gotten bottled water...and of course some of those are a scam also...what is a person to do? Melodie

Each generation now is being exposed to more carcinogens. It is probably all the factors combined and a persons vulnerability to carcinogens that makes a difference. Also a biproduct of chlorination of water is also implicated in bladder cancer. This is why we now filter all the water we use to cook and drink. Some people will filter all the household water so they won't bathe in chlorinated water.
Julie

Yes, what does it??? My husband smoked, but to my surprise I read of all these members who never had one cigarette in there life, and are workout fanatics who eat well. So why them?? Then of course there the ones who never smoked and die from lung cancer!!! Its a phenomenen!! I think the immune system does a turn around resulting in the disease, why, who knows!! It would be nice to have an answer.
Ginger

Yep my grandparents smoked...they died of old age...My parents smoked...no cancer there..........still not buying it..........Pat

OK, I too have never smoked my first cigarette, or anything else for that matter, nor have I worked with chemicals. My spouse has smoked for years but I don't want to blame him for my bout with cancer. I did grow up with my mother who smoked which was very common during the 50's and 60's. I wonder if something happens and it stays dormant in the body for years until something wakes it up...kinda like the Herpes Zoster...you have chicken pox as a kid, the virus remains in the body in a dormant state until something triggers it and it is then called Shingles. I got a bad case of Shingles 10 years back. Melodie

Pat,

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has created such a report as you describe and when I was diagnosed at Baylor College of Medicine I participated in the study. The leading cause of Bladder cancer according to the study and my Doctor Seth Lerner is smoking, the second cause and the group I fall into because of my work history is exposure to chemicals. The first question my doctors always ask me was how long have you smoked since I am only 50 and the majority of Bladder cases are men over 60 and my answer is I have never smoked 1 cigarette. But then they get into the fact that my parents smoked in our home and in the car with me which gave me exposure along with working in chemical plants. The survey included foods I eat and the way we cook them and in all took a full day to complete.

Just a little Houston input!

Dale