Twinkle Lily

Most of you may already know, I lost my beautiful aunt on Monday 8th March 2010 to lung cancer.

The thing I can't come to terms with is the cancer itself and taking her out of all people, it seems so unjust. 
She was the healthiest, most stylish, unique, creative, and just most adored person I can think of.....when I remember her I think of the time she came to pick me up from kinder with my uncle Spiro....gosh I was so excited. 
More memories are sparked now she's gone, like the creative cakes she used to make for my lovely cousins....to the point I remember giving her a reminder my birthday was at the same time as Greek Easter thinking she might make me one of her yummy blackforest cakes.

Another special memory was of her being pregnant with my gorgeous younger cousin Irene, I was fascinated with the whole thing, especially the breastfeeding.  I still remember to this day how another male cousin walked in but she was so reassuring that everything was ok and he didn't need to feel embarrassed.

So what this post is about, really nothing at all other than me posting my feelings. 
What is cancer...technically a class of diseases of uncontrolled growth.....why does it grow?  One will never know, why are some people more susceptible to it than others? Again a mystery.

Even more importantly, WHY when we know what causes it do we and the government do nothing to prevent it?  When I say government I mean make it illegal to smoke, illegal to sell baby bottles with BPA, clothing lined with formaldehyde, even water traced with flouride....WHY do we not have the government support when they already have evidence to support these thing actually are detrimental to out health?

All of this bombards my brain every single day, now even more that my aunt has suffered at the evil hands of cancer.

There is always the threat of family history, my grandad worked in the railways where some unknown chemicals were used and possibly carried on to offspring in the womb...so I will live with this thought of "maybe it's carried on"
 
BUT ultimately we will never know, and never be able to prove....so if anything comes from this post and you are reading thinking the same things as I.....the only thing you can do is help yourself...arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible and try to prevent as much of this evil disease as possible....JUST go with your gut instinct....you can only try and help yourself.

Listen to a beautiful song (my aunt's favourite), very touching even if you don't know the words.