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- From: ekman@netcom.com (Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear)
- Subject: Re: Cancer scare
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.173311.24468@netcom.com>
- Organization: Home for the Terminally Infirm
- References: <AfAIrai00iUxM5SUxA@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Dec21.180711.24406@ll.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:33:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.180711.24406@ll.mit.edu> nanis@ll.mit.edu (Jeff Nanis) writes:
- >In article <AfAIrai00iUxM5SUxA@andrew.cmu.edu> tg2n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Tami Grudzinski) writes:
- >>I believe that the scares are not all that uncommon.
- >
- > Unfortunately, you're right. Based on both my own experiences
- >and stories I've heard at my cancer survivor support group at the Deaconness
- >in Boston, every doctor's exam with less than immediate results, every
- >unexplained fever or persistent pain is a potential scare.
-
- It's certainly true in my experience. Although my prostate cancer is
- currently being held in check, sooner or later it's going to appear
- somewhere else. Every new ache and pain sends me off to the doctor
- critter, who takes it all seriously. I've had more X-rays, C/T scans,
- MRI scans, etc. than I ever wanted.
-
- A couple of months ago I reported in, complaining of irritability, sleep
- disorder, short-term memory loss, inability to concentrate.... Sure
- enough, he ordered a C/T scan of my brain. I'm the only person in my
- office with a certified normal brain. :-)
- --
- Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear ekman@netcom.com
- Home for the Terminally Infirm, Redwood City, California
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