Some of you know my wife is a breast cancer survivor. She's doing great.
I have learned far more about cancer than I ever wanted to know.
Cancer is a [insert the vilest word you can think of].
This particular cancer is "hormone fed", so my wife is on a pill that supposedly reduces the chances of cancer 'coming back' by some small factor - like 5%. Meanwhile, it (this pill) makes her joints ache, depletes her bone mass, her gums recede (barely noticeable at this point) and other unpleasant side effects.
She's struggling with "do I really want this 'quality of life' for a supposed 5% reduction in the possibility....."
Meanwhile, we have several other church members who are going through chemo for their cancer - one of them hates the chemo so much they'd just about prefer death.
Cancer is a !$!^!^@%&
I have learned far more about cancer than I ever wanted to know.
Cancer is a [insert the vilest word you can think of].
This particular cancer is "hormone fed", so my wife is on a pill that supposedly reduces the chances of cancer 'coming back' by some small factor - like 5%. Meanwhile, it (this pill) makes her joints ache, depletes her bone mass, her gums recede (barely noticeable at this point) and other unpleasant side effects.
She's struggling with "do I really want this 'quality of life' for a supposed 5% reduction in the possibility....."
Meanwhile, we have several other church members who are going through chemo for their cancer - one of them hates the chemo so much they'd just about prefer death.
Cancer is a !$!^!^@%&
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