Have you stood up to cancer?

Camila and I stumbled onto the Stand up to Cancer (SU2C) broadcast on Friday night while looking for something to watch. I was immediately pulled in by the sincerity, the stories, and most of all the amazing breakthroughs that are appearing on the horizon.

I'm usually hesitant about donating to causes because I don't know how many of my dollars are REALLY going to the cause, and how many go to the pocket of the promoter. But we had no reservations donating to this cause.

Researchers are beginning to be able to analyze cancer cells at a level never before attainable, and isolate the very DNA genes that trigger the cancer. In the case of one woman, a fitness trainer in excellent shape, she got breast cancer that was so aggressive that she only discovered it after it cuased an open leasion on the OUTSIDE of her breast. Doctors gave her 2 months at the MOST.

She found, however, a doctor that had been able to isolate the gene that was causing her type of cancer. He was able to give her a series of injections that "disabled" the gene, and without a single round of chemo, she was completely cancer free within the two months that she was predicted to be dead.

You're thinking, "why should I donate if we're making all this headway?" The problem is the lack of government funding, which pits scientist competing AGAINST each other for research dollars, instead of working TOGETHER. The cures are close, closer than we realize. The SU2C organization believes that with enough funding, we can bring researchers and scientists together, and reach a cure in only 3-5 years. At our current velocity, we are probably closer to 20 years away from a cure.

The following video clip explains where your donation dollars go. Watch and decide for yourself if it's worth your donation. Then, if you feel like I do, go to the SU2C website and make one.