Something I Never Expected
Congress will soon be deciding how much funding the federal government will provide for cancer research. While the leaders of the House and Senate have agreed to provide a $7 billion increase for health and other programs, including NIH and NCI, their proposals fall far short of that goal. In fact, the funding levels that they are currently considering would result in a cut for cancer research. There is still far too much that needs to be done within the field of pancreatic cancer research to accept a cut in funding. We need early detection tools, treatments, and a cure. Make sure your Senators and Representative know that you think pancreatic cancer research is a funding priority and should be one of their priorities too.
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A year ago we were trying to get into the sugar beet fields. Like now, it was too wet. This year there are beets in the valley, but none in our fields. I never liked sugar beets, they took too much time, energy and expense.
I wish that we could be out in this beet field again.
October 7th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
I always used to love to see the piles of sugarbeets up by Fromberg–and the trucks driving in and out of there. It seemed to be such a natural sign of the seasons.
October 7th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
I wish you could too, Karen.
October 7th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
I’ve decided to donate $25 to the cause, in memory of my mother, who passed away in July of 1998 after an on-again, off-again stuggle with cancer for over 25 years. While she never had the pancreatic kind that took Allan from us way too soon, she had just about everything else (when they found it in her lungs, she finally said enough and went into hospice).
Kirk & Sheba
October 8th, 2006 at 6:03 am
I meditated over night to try to find the right words….but there simply are none. Your loss is too huge to be encompassed by mere words. Sorry
October 8th, 2006 at 9:20 am
(((Hugs))) You are in my thoughts.