I'm so glad big pharma was able to help her, even if they couldn't cure the BS part :) but seriously folks--if we had a magic cure (a) I don't think normal people would be able to keep it a secret, my coworkers and bosses and anyone in on it (because there would have to be a LOT of people in on it--if you haven't tested it in humans it's not a magic cure. Bleach kills cancer cells in a tube, man) would spill the beans because everyone has a family member who's had cancer. But it wouldn't even come to that because (b) the companies would be able to charge SO MUCH. It would be a crazy blockbuster drug!!

Yeah, unfortunately we were witness to her screaming fit when her daughter's baby daddy snuck behind her back and had the kid vaccinated. If she weren't so smart and capable in other ways....

Hubby dealt with a woman who promised to get him in touch with a guy living in a motel on the west side of town who was in hiding because Big Pharma wanted to squash his miracle cancer cure. Hubby asked why he was having to hide in a motel when surely there was some rich person with cancer who would have given the guy a palace in exchange for the cure. The woman told him he was ungrateful and walked away.

(but I will not go into the jackals who lurked around the cancer hospital)

It's cold and I have a purring cat next to me. Getting out of bed is particularly hard today.

I'm not saying there aren't some individuals that have responded miraculously to homemade yogurt or whatever, even faith healing, but it is even more rare than someone who responds against all odds as well as K did to her low dose chemo. That is why they studied her. Evil Big Pharma wanted to know every single thing about a patient that had such a great response with no side affects. They really do study that stuff and take it seriously.

Now what she had to go through, and what everyone that is sick and not super wealthy has to go through to get treatment is another matter. Medicaid in Florida means treatment for a month or so, bureaucratic screwup and no treatment for a month or so, repeat cycle endlessly. She was fortunate to have family and friends to fight the battles time and time again, but so many don't. So they die.

Any hope I had for fixing the healthcare delivery system has died with the new administration. Senators can get treatment!

My department is now gripped in a tense discussion of whether a hot dog is a sandwich. What is a sandwich? Is it defined by the bread? Or is any food wrapped up in something edible a sandwich? Thus, are tacos sandwiches? The argument fades, then someone pops up with "Do the condiments change the question?"

Do. Not. Bring. Up. Muffalettas.

"So, you eat cereal out of bowl. Does that make it soup?" He had things thrown at him.

Or is any food wrapped up in something edible a sandwich?

Hell no. Wraps are not sandwiches. Never mind (say) cornish pasties!

Thanks a lot. Now I'm hungry again.