No, I haven't forgotten!

My computer's broken down at home and I've got no time at work to do a post. Normally. Today's slightly different, today I thought to say fuck you advancement of prostate cancer information. Fuck you, because I've given up my time and life to research you and now, now I want 5 minutes to write a fucking blog post.

What's happened so far? I found a new bf, I'm doing my masters and the time it's taking up makes me feel like stabbing my insides. I know for a fact that I'd rather be doing this or slicing people open than a plain office job but it still gets to me though. I want to be free, just reading a book and all the things being a university student used to allow me time to afford.

Maybe it's because my project's the same like the other post-docs and phD students which is why my brain's starting to fold. It's not that I cannot handle it, if this were my only job there would be no issue. Just try juggling your full time office work job plus a part time job, it sucks. Balls. Which is mainly why I haven't been posting, yet again. I find that there are other things in life to do, unfortunately, I have something to bitch about which is why we're here today.



We all check emails from the office computer and sometimes, or most of the time, my mother sends me religious or scientific forwarded mail that makes me want to quit university and become a hippie. It seems like not many laymen seem to care about scientific fact. You get a lot of emails from supposed experts who know nothing about the DAMNED TOPIC ANYWAY! How do I know this? You think I spent the last 6 months in a top cancer lab and not know anything about cancer?! ARGH!!! In anger, I wrote a reply, line by line to my mother about this advice against cancer.

Some things I thought I'd clear up :

Milk causes cancer? (No, it hasn't been explicitly shone although I can see how you can come to that conclusion. Milk contains hormones that may cause a hormonal imbalance when eaten which may cause cancer)
Eggs, chicken, etc cause cancer. (Eh, nothing except a few specifically carcinogenic compounds have actually been shown to cause cancer. Two of them are, lead and ethidium bromide)
Soy helps prevent cancer (Actually, soy and some other legume has been known to actually cause cancer in some studies. So you know, merf)
If I stop doing A, I will not get cancer. (Wrong, cancer is such a ridiculously loosely used term by laymen. The thing is, cancer cells are mutated cells. These mutated cells may happen through a myriad of different reasons, all contributive to the CHANCE of getting a mutation. Not only that, it depends where the mutation has occurred and how extensive the mutation is. If you walk around and are completely healthy, the chance of you getting cancer is still there just by walking in the sun.)

The aging vs cancer theory. The more you age, the higher the likelihood of getting cancer. Why is this? Well, whenever your cells divide, you lose a small bit of your DNA. After awhile, this loss may exacerbate or cause a mutation. Not only the loss, but just the act of division itself, in time a likelihood of cancer develops.

I wonder if I can apply mathematical probability to this. As in, say you have a 1 in 10 chance of getting cancer every month. (In real terms, it's a lot higher) So, in 12 months, how would that calculate? I haven't touched a math book in years so I'm hoping one of you can help me out. Cheerio, that's my rant for the day.