#Experienced Oncologists

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[youkaiyume]

Hello, it's been a while since I did a rant. But WARNING for gross medical things:

SO it turns out my old nemesis the ovarian cysts have plagued me again. I found out about three weeks ago when a weird pain wouldn't leave my pelvis and went to urgent care and they suggested a CT scan. ONLY! for my insurance to deny me cuz they think I needed more probable cause for one so my doctor just recommended I go to the ER (which ironically is way more expensive for insurance to pay for than a simple CT scan but they did it to themselves lol).

Turns out I have cysts on BOTH of my ovaries FUN. But the left one is very concerningly big and probably needs to be removed but I can only do so by getting an approval of an OBGYN. So after finding one and waiting for my blood tests to come back so she can determine if she can surgically remove it--

YESTERDAY I had a SUDDEN AND SEVERE pain that hit me. I was at a solid 10 on that pain scale and vomiting and sweating so I drove myself to the ER again for the second time in two weeks. Frustratingly, the MALE doctor came back and was just like "well it looks like while we were doing your ultrasound you weren't consistently experiencing pain" which I was ready to bite his head off because let me tell you. While I was laying stretched out letting them do the ultrasound I was in the worst pain the ENTIRE time. And it was not a short ultrasound. It lasted over 20 mins and even after they asked me if I could survive sitting through the vaginal ultrasound after which would be another 25 mins. And those are painful just for the stick poking around in your yoohoo alone. I begged for pain relievers and when I described it they were like "oh that's labor level pains"

SO Mr. I don't have a Uterus doctor, DON'T TELL ME that your machine says I wasn't in pain. He even hit me with a "well I don't know what your pain tolerance is" as if to minimize or make me feel like I was overblowing what I was feeling. Like, fuck that guy. But because technically the imaging showed that the cysts haven't ruptured or caused my ovaries to twist it was considered "non emergent" and so the just gave me painkillers and then sent me home and reiterated that the only way I could get it removed at this point was to beg my OBGYN and convince her it was an emergency. In the meantime it was "oh you'll have to live with LABOR LIKE PAINS 24/7 until they let you have surgery." In the meantime they said I should only return to the ER after I've took all my pain meds and my pain doesn't improve OR if something worse happens. like a rupture.

WHICH btw are the exact same symptoms I have today so I was like how will I know cuz I can't imagine a worse pain than this one to which they were like "shrug"

I was in tears. Oh but it gets EVEN BETTER. Called my OBGYN this morning and she said my blood tests came back and that unfortunately they detected higher than usual levels of cancer markers in the cyst so that means she can't surgically remove them for me, she has to foist me to an Oncologist so THEY can remove it. She tries to say it doesn't necessarily MEAN cancer but hnnnnnggg that does not help with my anxiety at the moment.

Now calling the Oncologist to make an appointment today was a whole ordeal itself cuz their system kept going to voicemail so I had to call all the departments until they finally let me through but I had to run back to the hospital to try to get my Ultrasound discs for them. But even then they were like "your appointment isn't until next Wednesday" because THATS when the doctor meanders into work. So I'm like OH so like, in the meantime what if something happens??? And they're like well you gotta call back your OBGYN to see if you have other options. Which turns out she is also out. Until Tuesday. So I'm like. Guess I'll die then!

I don't even want kids!!! These ovaries have caused me nothing but trouble!!! Please rip them from my body!!

[wingedquill]

@steddiemicrofic prompt for september! | "charm" wc 548 | rating: T | cw: (non-terminal) cancer I couldn't get this universe out of my head so I wrote a prequel of sorts.

Eddie thinks he should be feeling lighter.

Like an innocent man freed from death row, he should be walking out of the hospital with wings on his feet and a list of things to do, and see, and be now that he has a future. He should be dancing around the parking lot, and finding the nearest payphone to call all of his friends, and breaking down into sobs that it’s finally, finally over.

But it’s not over.

And he’s so fucking tired.

He gets in his car, tosses the follow-up schedule his oncologist had given him into the passenger’s seat—a blaring reminder that remission doesn’t mean gone forever. He’ll read it when he doesn’t feel like he’s about to fall asleep on his steering wheel.

He swallows back a yawn and starts driving to Steve’s house, stopping at the gas station for two terrible cups of coffee on the way. 

Steve’s slow to answer the door. He often is these days—the chemo’s been wreaking havoc on the nerves in his feet, leaving his legs constantly full of pins and needles. Eddie’s been lucky enough to avoid that particular symptom.

“Oh hey, thanks,” Steve says, as Eddie presses a cup into his hand wordlessly. He takes a long sip, glancing at Eddie over the lid. His face twitches.

“What’s wrong?” he asks at last. He takes Eddie’s hand in his, pulls him away from the doorway. 

“S’a kitchen kinda talk,” Eddie grunts. Steve closes his eyes. Nods.

Steve’s kitchen is one of the warmest rooms that Eddie’s ever been in. Maybe that’s what makes it the best place for cold conversations. It’s where Eddie told Steve he had leukemia. And a month later, it’s where Steve told Eddie he was experiencing all the same fucking symptoms. It’s where they pieced together, slow and horrified, that the bats had fucked them up way, way worse than they thought.

It’s also where Steve told Eddie that he loved him.

“What’s wrong?” Steve asks again, when they’re situated across the counter from each other. There’s a stubborn kind of dread in his thin face. A whatever this is, I’m not letting you do it alone kind of look. It makes him want to start sobbing, to beg for forgiveness.

He’s too tired.

“It’s gone,” he says instead, quietly. “The cancer. I’m…I’m in remission.”

Steve flings his arms around him immediately, stifling a scream of joy against his neck.

“Holy shit,” he says. “Oh thank God, I thought…why are you so upset?”

“I’m leaving you,” Eddie whispers. “To do this alone.”

“Oh, baby, no.”

He leans back, eyes big and soft, and he’s starting another round of chemo tomorrow, and it’s not fucking fair.

“You’re not,” Steve says. “You’re right here.”

He puts his hand on Eddie’s chest, fingers brushing against his guitar pick, and—

“Take it,” Eddie says, without even thinking about it. He yanks it over his head, shoves it into Steve’s hand with no panache whatsoever. “It’s my lucky charm. It…it got me this far, it’ll bring you the rest of the way. Please.”

It feels like a spell. A little bit of magic. Wear this and the next round will work. It has to work. You have to live.

“Okay,” Steve whispers, and drapes it around his neck.

[mrbensonmum]

TV Show - Dr. House | House M.D. XIII

THAT'S A WRAP!

We did it! Last night, the final episode of Dr. House flickered across the screen, and I must say, this rewatch was extremely enjoyable for me, partly because of writing about it. But from start to finish, there wasn't a single part that felt like a struggle, because the series is consistently good.

Cuddy is gone, Foreman is the new head of the hospital, and House is in jail. If that's not a spectacular start to a season, then I don't know what is.

But before that happens—since we still had a few episodes left from the seventh season—we see House completely out of control. First, injecting himself with experimental substances and then surgically removing the resulting tumors from his leg. After that, he tries, in his own way, to make things right with Cuddy, but it's increasingly failing. Even though I can understand some of his accusations toward her to a certain extent, what happens toward the end of the season is anything but justified.

In the eighth season, we see a very bizarre side of House, but one action hints at why he keeps resorting to such strange means. When he makes the immigration office document disappear, forcing Dominika to stay with him, he reveals something that has been subtly apparent all along—that he's incredibly lonely. Not everything can be attributed to this theme, but it does explain a lot! Especially what will happen with Wilson becomes increasingly clear.

Otherwise, Season 8 is another wild rollercoaster ride, not just in terms of the cases but also in terms of character development. During his time in prison, House meets the young doctor, Dr. Jessica Adams, whom he immediately adds to the team when he returns to Princeton-Plainsboro. There's also the suspended doctor, Dr. Chi Park, and after some initial difficulties, Taub and Chase make it back onto the team. From then on, everyone on the team faces some really tough challenges, and the worst one, towards the end of the season, comes to House himself. His best friend, what irony, is diagnosed with cancer. House has to confront many inner demons from then on and realizes that soon there will be no one left who truly understands his character and is also somewhat friendly towards him.

House tries everything to prevent Wilson's death because he doesn't want to lose this important person and also knows that his future would be uncertain without this support. But he's fighting windmills because Wilson has seen and experienced too much already to want to undergo treatment. He wants to enjoy the remaining time he has left.

I particularly liked Wilson's development because at the beginning, he's quite a thin, rather boring oncologist, and in the end, he's the tough, three-day-beard biker with a leather jacket. Especially when he's on the bike and puts on the glasses, he looks incredibly good, even though tragically plagued by cancer, just good!

What I find unfortunate, but can understand from an actress's perspective, is that we didn't see Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) again. In the end, when House gets another beating in the burning house, he hallucinates quite a few people, and even Kutner and Stacy are there. On the other hand, Cuddy might have simply taken up too much space, especially after what happened in the last episode of the seventh season. Maybe it's for the best that she didn't show up again because otherwise, it might have felt like the focus was only on their relationship. Instead, it felt more like it was about each person and House, as well as the processing of different periods in his life or his drug addiction.

Whether there's such a thing as a perfect ending for a series, I don't know, but the ending of House comes pretty close. Of course, you're initially a bit disappointed because even though eight seasons are long and an ending can be a good thing, you don't want to let go just like that, and the inner series junkie demands more. But objectively speaking, this ending is really good because we've seen so many facets of House that it might feel forced now if there were more. We see how Adams and Park are firmly established in a team, Chase has finally found his place (I think his development is very good and how much more stable he is compared to the early seasons), and Taub embraces his role as a father. Cameron is also happy, which makes us all happy. And we also get another wonderful look at a still relatively healthy Thirteen, wonderful. Plus, there's that little nod with Foreman finding House's ID under a side table. Judging by his expression, you might think he knows House is still alive but is content that he has found his peace.

As often, I only picked out the really prominent parts from the season! The eighth season is full of interesting cases, exciting interactions with patients and the team, and a lot of new things, compared to the old seasons.

The thing between Park and Chase.

Chase being attacked and seriously injured by a patient (which is used to give him the necessary distance and make his team takeover make more sense)

Taub, who has a pretty established presence but still hasn't quite found his place in life

Foreman, who doesn't know whether he should be like House, like Cuddy, or just like Foreman as the head

What happens next? I honestly don't know yet. Yesterday, I looked around a bit and then decided on Bullet Train (2022). I still have to continue with Halo, but maybe I'll wait until the season is finished and then binge-watch everything in one evening, we'll see. But one thing I know is that I feel like watching something in the crime genre again!

[maudeboggins]

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last thursday I saw my oncologist and said I was experiencing breathlessness and she said it sounded like anxiety, yesterday I went to the ER for a fever and they x-rayed my lungs and found a spot on them which could be he start of pneumonia or scarring from radiation or anything else really no one can tell. anyway now I am on antibiotics and it was NOT anxiety. getting medical treatment when you have diagnoses of mental conditions is literally so hard and this is not the first time Ive had real symptoms dismissed as "just anxiety" only to have ACTUAL SCANS OF MY PHYSICAL BODY like ultrasounds or x-rays show that there is REALLY SOMETHING THERE. there is sooo much stigma of mental illness even in psychiatry

[covid-safer-hotties]

Controversy Over Cancer Center Masking Policies as COVID Surge Looms? - Published Aug 27, 2024

By: Marcia Frellick

Although oncologists broadly agree that people with cancer have an elevated risk for COVID-19 infection, long COVID, breakthrough infections, and hospitalization, the nation’s top cancer centers are sharply divided on masking policies, even when the virus is surging, new data show.

Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, a clinical health psychologist at Tulane Cancer Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, who models COVID transmissions, said that he and colleagues were concerned about the lack of protections in public places three years after the start of the pandemic. They looked to National Cancer Institute–designated cancer centers to gauge what top institutions were doing to protect immunocompromised patients in the winter of 2023–2024, when the United States experienced its second-highest COVID transmission peak. The highest peak was in the winter of 2021–2022, with the surge of the BA.1 Omicron subvariant, Dr. Hoerger said.

The researchers analyzed each center’s policies on Jan. 15, 2024, the day they had estimated to be the midpoint of the surge. They found that all 67 of the patient-serving centers had COVID-19 policies. However, only 28 centers (41.8%) required universal masking for all visitors and staff in at least some clinical areas, and only 12 centers (17.9%) required universal masking in all areas. The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.

Compared with what the rest of the country was doing at the time, Dr. Hoerger said, the results from the select cancer centers were “encouraging.” Although no national study has compared all masking policies, “I would guess less than 5% of hospitals had any sort of masking requirement,” he said.

“I would encourage people to view universal masking as an indicator of healthcare quality when there’s a COVID wave. This shows that many of the top cancer centers in the country are aware of that.”

Centers with strict masking guidelines signal to patients that COVID is still a serious disease and that people with cancer should take extra precautions, Dr. Hoerger said. Those guidelines should also signal to other cancer centers that they may want to rethink their policies, he added.

Although many people refer to COVID in the past tense, spikes in incidence keep coming. “We’re experiencing a wave right now,” Dr. Hoerger noted. “Right now, the South and West are having the highest transmission, and probably the peak will happen for the Midwest and Northeast a little bit later, like early September. Our model, based on wastewater, is that over a million Americans are getting infected each day.”

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute confirmed that it was one of the 12 centers that required universal masking in all areas on the Jan. 15 date. “This policy not only helped to protect our patients but also the visitors and the workforce,” said Meghan A. Baker, MD, ScD, the hospital epidemiologist at the institute.

As for the near future, she said Dana-Farber will follow state guidance and monitor local viral respiratory illness, “and will consider reinstating a mask requirement to coincide with the peak of the viral respiratory season.”

At the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Chief Infection Control Officer Amy Spallone, MD, said that during the past winter surge, the institution required staff, visitors, and patients to wear masks in designated areas and required masking in all locations for symptomatic people. “The institution will continue these practices this coming respiratory viral season and adjust as needed, based on the available evidence,” she said.

Leo David Wang, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and immuno-oncology at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California, said that he was not surprised by the widely varying masking policies in the study, given the rapidly changing nature of the virus. He added that it would be important to know the COVID prevalence rates in a particular area on the designated date to better understand the individual policies at work. City of Hope had a universal masking policy until very recently, and still requires masking in some spaces, he said.

Dr. Wang, who performs stem cell transplants, has always masked when interacting with patients, even before COVID. “It doesn’t bother me, and I don’t think it bothers my patients.” He said that oncologists are well aware of the vulnerability of their patients and that part of an oncologist’s responsibility is to maximize patients’ safety.

“At the same time,” he says, “It’s also our responsibility to incorporate evidence-based practices so our patients aren’t facing undue restrictions.”

Study link:  jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2821699

[eatclean-bewhole]

If your doctor gaslights you for making an effort to research your condition and learn how to best take care of you, then it’s time for a new doctor.

When my mom was diagnosed with cancer and told her oncologists she wanted to try nutrition before chemo or radiation, they laid the fear and gaslighting on thick. Spoiler alert: She healed 3 years later.

This is not to say healing should look one way or the other. All I’m saying is you’re the one experiencing your symptoms, you’re the one living in your body, and you know your body best. When it comes to your healing, it’s YOUR intuition that matters most. Tune in.

#integrativemedicine #functionalmedicine #wellness #health #holistichealth #integrativehealth #nutrition #healthylifestyle #naturalmedicine #healthyliving #healing #guthealth #functionalnutrition #medicine #lifestylemedicine #holisticmedicine #holistic #holistichealing #alternativemedicine #chinesemedicine #naturopath #healthy #selfcare #healthandwellness #intuition #mindbody #integrativenutrition #bigpharma

[bestgynecologist]

Infertility Specialist in Bhubaneswar Dr. Rabi Narayan Satapathy

Dr. Rabi Narayan Satapathy is a highly experienced gynecologist and infertility specialist based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, with over 21 years of experience in clinical and surgical gynecology.

Qualifications and Memberships:

Degrees: MBBS, MD (Obstetrics & Gynecology), LLB, MBA (Hospital Management)

Fellowships: FICOG (Fellow of Indian College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists), FICMCH (Fellow of Indian College of Maternal and Child Health)

Professional Memberships:

Fellow Member of the Indian College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (ICOG)

Patron Member of The PCOS Society of India

Life Member of the Federation of Gynaecologists and Obstetrician Societies of India (FOGSI)

Life Member of the Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists (IAGE)

Life Member of the Indian Fertility Society (IFS)

Life Member of the Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction (ISAR)

Life Member of the Indian Society of Perinatology and Reproductive Biology (ISOPARB)

Life Member of the Indian Menopause Society (IMS)

Life Member of the Association of Gynecological Oncologist of India (AGOI)

Life Member of the Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Life Member of the All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity (AIAARO)

Life Member of the Association of Gynaecologists of Odisha (AOGO)

Services Offered:

Dr. Satapathy provides a comprehensive range of services, including:

Gynecology: Treatment for fibroids, abnormal uterine bleeding, ovarian cysts, irregular menstruation, hirsutism, menorrhagia, and gynecological cancers.

Infertility: Specialized care for both female and male infertility issues.

PCOD/PCOS: Management of polycystic ovarian disease/syndrome.

Pregnancy Care: Comprehensive prenatal and postnatal care.

Sexual Dysfunction: Addressing issues such as intimacy problems, sexually transmitted infections, male impotence, erectile dysfunction, dyspareunia (pain during sex), and ejaculatory dysfunction.

Surgical Procedures: Expertise in laparoscopy and hysteroscopy for various gynecological conditions.

Clinic Location:

Dr. Satapathy practices at Ashu Skin Care, located near IDBI Bank on Biju Pattnaik College Road in Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751013.

Contact Information:

Phone: +91 90900 88000

Email: drrabiog@gmail.com

For more information or to book an appointment, visit Dr. Satapathy's official website: https://www.drrabi.com/gynecology_Infertility.php

[darkmaga-returns]

Professor Angus Dalgleish, a renowned oncologist from St George’s University in London, has publicly criticised Australia’s covid response as “absolutely appalling,” “madness,” and “disgraceful.”

In an interview with Ben Fordham on 2GB radio last Thursday, Prof. Dalgleish expressed his strong disagreement with the country’s lockdowns, quarantine measures, mask mandates and vaccine policies.

Prof. Dalgleish said that lockdowns achieved little to no benefit in reducing covid cases and deaths. And hotel quarantine, implemented in Australia, was ineffective, a waste of money and didn’t save any lives. He argued that it only delayed the natural herd immunity, which was always the best defence against covid.

Prof. Dalgleish praised Sweden’s approach, stating that it was the only country that “got it right long-term.” He cited Sweden’s approach as a more pragmatic and effective strategy; the country focused on protecting the elderly while allowing society to function normally resulting in a lower excess death rate compared to other Western countries.

The professor questioned the scientific basis for mandatory mask-wearing outdoors, stating that even the best masks have holes large enough to allow the largest viruses to pass through. He believed masks were used to instil fear rather than provide any meaningful protection.

Prof. Dalgleish said that vaccines didn’t save lives as claimed.  They were introduced too late and didn’t have a significant impact on reducing covid cases and deaths. He also criticised the mandatory vaccination policies, describing them as “totalitarian” and “Orwellian.”  The vaccine policy was “complete, utter blindness and madness,” he said.

On the other hand, vitamin D prevents the virus causing illness.  While junior doctors and nurses around him were off work for weeks with symptoms, Prof. Dalgliesh never fell ill.  He tested himself  and he had a “very strong T-cell response to the virus.” In other words, he had been infected but he had never experienced any symptoms.  “I think the reason is, I dosed myself up with vitamin D as I advised everybody else to do,” he said.

[boobblog]

The In Between

It was a dark and stormy night, just kidding, but seriously. The storm just wasn't outside, it was in me. Insert feelings here, all of them, at the same time. The time from diagnosis to surgery is a journey. But not a cute one. I would compare this to Frodo climbing Mordor, everyday, from the bottom. Some days he gets further than others, but he always ends up back on his ass looking up at the big scary thing, intimidated, and scared to death. Not figuratively either...

There's a song by Phoebe Star, Lavendar Scars. It's hauntingly beautiful, and one of the lyrics is about the depths of despair. If I had a way of describing my mood during this time, this sums it up.

This is where my trauma comes into play...y'all still won't get the whole tea though. I'm not interested in destroying some of y'alls reality.

The problem for me is that my brain lacks specific chemicals to properly file away memories, this means I have an unrealistic view of situations at times. Knowing I cannot trust my thoughts at all times has been a struggle on it's own. I'm incredibly smart, not to brag, but objectively, so I compensated and created a safety net of sorts. It tells me when I'm safe and keeps me from doing certain things it thinks will be harmful. Unfortunately, the trauma I have experienced came from the hands of people. People I trusted. So how do you learn to trust strangers charged with making sure you don't die?

You give up.

I don't give up. I have been placed in a car and told to drive across the country with my kid and 3 suitcases, and I still fought. Because at the time I thought it was the right thing to do. But I didn't have a choice and was forced to start over. Again. I did it though, and did it well. I could give it all up everyday for the rest of my life and never feel an ounce of regret. Having nothing allowed me to see how much I really have. And it was so much more than just love.

Sorry, I like talking about my story, it made me. I really didn't start living until we came to Dallas. This was the story I was writing, for me and by me. I stepped into my authenticity and was truly working on just being happy right now.

Back on track- I practice mindfulness daily. For those of you lucky enough to know Luke you will remember his manic phase when he was following Ram Dass's teachings. I picked this up during that period and promptly tossed everything else. However, there is something there. Being present in the here and now and remembering to breathe sounds so simple, but it is quite possibly the hardest thing I've ever done. Anytime someone is asking for tips and tricks to relax I recommend looking up Mooji on YouTube. His guided meditations, along with his buttery voice touches the most wounded parts of me. Even if it is for a second. Seriously, go look him up, I'll wait.

I've had those gems in my pocket for years, but when I needed them, when I was drowning in my thoughts and tears, I had nothing. Nothing anyone said helped, I couldn't nurse brain this one away. One morning, I say morning but it was 2 am, I was up watching Big Bang (I'll fight you, this show is great) and was laughing. In that moment, I gave up. Surrendered if you will, but to myself. I let go of the reigns and CHOSE to trust the team I was given. Now all I had to do was just show up, and wake up.

I hadn't laughed in weeks. Everyday was the same, wake up, am I crying, yes, stay home. Not crying try to go to work. If I wasn't trying to keep my job I was at another appointment. Labs, MRI's, CT's, Bone Scans, Radiation Oncologist, Medical Oncologist, Breast Specialist, SO MANY APPOINTMENTS.

It was during this period that I learned my staging and prognosis. My breast specialist is the tiniest woman with the most commanding presence. She walked into the room directly to me, took my hands and said, and I quote: " Hey there survivor, this is small and curable, no big deal." What an odd thing to say first, but she's awesome and I'm the worst with words, so what do I know? She told us I was stage 1a, would need surgery and possibly radiation. We had a few good days after this. Things suddenly felt doable.

Then my imaging results came back.

Another break check moment. Bitchhhhhh that boob dude doubled in size in less than 2 weeks, spit out 2 other smaller confirmed carcinomas and grew a nest of calcifications around the OG. It was insulating itself. This changed my diagnosis and treatment plan drastically. I have cancer, cancer.

Luckily, I'm a pro at having the rug pulled out from under me by now. However, I never notice that's what is happening until after all the snot and tears.

My poor boy. He wasn't lasting 10 minutes at school without worrying and having a full blown panic attack. Everyday. He couldn't be away from me. Luke found a hidden superpower to pick up all of our pieces and just hold them. He held them until we were ready to put them back together, as a family.

Here comes the masking, fake smiles, and false reasurrance. Ugh, that feels so fake. But it was neccessary. My boy needed hope, and I didn't have any to offer him. So I faked it. Damnit, if I didn't start to feel better too. Placebo effect, maybe. Who knows? I didn't want to kill myself, so I took off running with it. Hope is thrown around way to easily.

When my grandmother was missing (told y'all, TRAUMA) all anyone said was stay hopeful, keep the faith. But what happens when you never had hope and faith to begin with? So this time, when I'm being told the same thing, just about my cancer, it felt played out. It felt like an inappropriate response to say TO ME about me. You keep the faith, you keep hoping for the best. I'm still wrapping my mind around the fact that everything that makes me a woman will be gone, and if I choose to not follow through with the treatment plan, I WILL DIE. Those are the options you are given.

Let's stop here. I had therapy the other day, after my mastectomy, and made some revelations about what makes me a woman, and whooooo buddy it's not boobs and a uterus.

[eldritchmochi]

since shit continues to be wild, as evidenced by the oingo boingo voice WEIRD CANCER posts, heres.....

mochi, what the fuck is up with that?? (guts edition) 3.0

1.0 ; 2.0

i apparently have not seen enough specialists so i have an oncologist now. gotta catch 'em all and shit

tl;dr mystery mass did turn out to be technically cancerous. i do not remember the specific type off the top of my head yet but its a weird rare one, because of course it is. luckily its a kind that stays very localized, so it's not gonna pop up anywhere else in my body, and my surgeons did manage to remove all of it with good margins. i am now down the 3rd and 4th part of my duodenum and my gallbladder (which, fun fact, did have signs of chronic gallbladder disease, so i guess i didn't escape that family trend lmao). like all cancers, theres a chance it'll grow back, but if it does, it should be in roughly the same place and is unlikely to be fatal, just annoying

i've got a fuck off big scar building down the centerline of my abdomen, from sternum to groin. it is gnarly as fuck and i am excited to see how it heals. i already have some ideas on how to incorporate it into my tattoos. you can see pictures of it here if you're a morbid freak like me. be sure to look at my reblogs for updates, there will probably be several contained there down the line, for posterity :>

the first like 18hrs post surgery were uh. not fun since it took A WHILE to find some sort of non oral pain management that would actually work for me, so thats great, but sans ng tube, i'm getting by pretty okay with ibuprofen and tylenol with the occasional non-standard opioid. i've been home since tuesday, oct 10th; had a check in with a gp yesterday, oct 13th, and i'm healing well. staples will be removed on the 18th and theoretically i'll be able to keep them >:3c

i'm back to eating semi-normally. still on bowel rest, but it's not as strict as it was before and it's mostly because i am paranoid vs anything required by my doctors. i haven't been nauseous since i went under on oct 4th which is absolutely wild, and i've been experiencing hunger at normal, regular intervals including being able to eat breakfast shortly after i wake up, which i haven't been able to do without a high chance of barfing it back up immediately since i was a teenager

first oncology appt is on oct 23rd. sounds like itll be mostly setting up a plan and schedule for things like regular scans to watch for regrowth and possibly referrals for genetic testing

my pfml back pay came innnnn god only last week holy shit, and my wife got their big chunk of school loans for living expenses so we are mostly fine there. i am arranging with a local queer to come a couple times a week to help with regular chores and stuff at 40 bucks a pop. if anyone would like to sponsor one of those visits or some take out for us, i'm @/sumomomochi on both pp and vnm0

at this point the sort of stuff that would serve us best is GEEFTS. not like, physical things you pay money for necessarily, though if you're a custom dice maker and wanna send us clacky math rocks, i would not say no. things like comments on our fics (mochi's ao3 ; cherry's ao3) or fanart for em, should you be so inclined, would be incredible. cherry is very low key on the internet but i'm chronically online, so other stuff like asks about worldbuilding or fic process or fashion opinions or whatever would be fantastic for me. i am...... incredibly bored after sitting in the same spot for four months now, and i've got another 4-5 weeks of it (:

but! i have a good support system, personally, professionally, and medically, so i'll be alright in the end, just hmm. sure has been a fucking year jesus christ

[ohnoitsthebat]

Update

I'm feeling very disappointed and a little sad. My mom's last radiation treatment was supposed to be on Monday, April 1st. Well, today the oncologist informed us that they actually want to push that back to Wednesday. I don't know why, as they didn't elaborate. All they said was that they wanted to focus on the urinary tract area, because my mom has been experiencing some burning when she pees.

I was really looking forward to this being over on Monday. We both were. But now, I don't know what to think.

[briamichellewrites]

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2006. Henry was in an excellent place in his life! He was dating a great guy who did not care about his schedule. During their first date, they discovered that they worked at the same hospital. Jerry was a surgical oncologist who enjoyed animals, country music, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. He made a conscious decision to be vegan. Henry questioned him on why he made that decision. It was for his own personal health. He was first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes as a child.

A vegan diet helped him control his blood sugar levels. He also ran a mile daily with his two-year-old Border Collie, Bella. At the age of forty, he had never married and had no children. He realised he was gay when he was in middle school. He did not come out until he was an adult, though. His parents were very encouraging of him. Dave invited Henry to go out for drinks.

He politely declined. Nonetheless, he admired his courage. He explained that he did not want to date his daughter's friends. His other reason was that he did not want it to jeopardise his friendship with Bria. Dave understood and accepted the situation.

Michelle had gone into remission! She found out shortly before Christmas! Bria cried happy tears when she was told! It was one of the most wonderful Christmas gifts she had ever received! Michelle had to be extremely cautious when out in the sun. She needed to wear sunglasses, a hat, and sunscreen with a high SPF. Henry extended his heartfelt congratulations to her. She and George had been dating for several years when they split up.

It simply ran its course. He and Max moved out together. She had to admit that she missed the pig. George promised Bria that he would be in her life for as long as she wanted. She and Joe reconciled their friendship after finally sitting down. He was going out on dates with women. That surprised everybody. Mike enquired as to what had prompted him to reconsider. Secretly, he was lonely and depressed. His parents pushed him to go out there and find someone. Otherwise, he would remain lonely for the rest of his life.

Mike offered him congratulations! He was unaware that he was experiencing depression. Joe did not want him to find out. How bad was it? Was he thinking about hurting himself? No, he had lost energy and motivation. He was sleeping excessively. As a result of his lack of eating, he began to lose weight. When he was awake, he played video games because they were the only thing that kept him entertained.

During the meeting with the band, he revealed that he had entered a three-month inpatient eating disorder clinic. They were stunned! What motivated him to do that? It was suggested by his physician. She considered him to be at risk of developing anorexia. He was on a diet and attending therapy for depression. They expressed regret for not knowing. He originally did not want them to know. He was telling them so that they would be aware. What symptoms of depression did he experience?

He was sleeping excessively and not eating. It began when he and Bria broke up. When he was not sleeping, he would spend his time playing video games. His parents sought assistance because they were concerned about him. They thanked him for being straightforward with them. They loved him no matter what. He expressed gratitude to them.

His parents encouraged him to go on dates, so he did. He had yet to meet anyone. Dave spent a significant amount of time with Sheena. After being diagnosed with epilepsy, she received a free service dog. When she had a seizure, the dog ran to seek assistance. Because she was nonverbal, she was unable to request assistance. She enjoyed laying on him. What breed of dog was it? He was a German shepherd. She gave him the name Goldie because of his golden-black coat. He wore a vest while out in public.

Her sister returned home for a week. That made her extremely happy! They went to a thrift store together and selected some clothing. She also invited some of her high school friends over for a girls night. They styled her hair and watched a movie.

"That sounds incredible!” Brad said, "I bet she loved that."

"Oh, she was very excited! She had to tell me everything about it when I came over!"

They laughed. Her sister sounded like an incredible person. She was. Their entire family was simply amazing. They were the type of people who would never look down on others. What was her sister's name? Angel. It suited her perfectly! She, like Bria, had an easy time making friends. Nobody was a stranger. They were simply people she had never met before. Did they watch Sabrina? No, they saw a chick flick. Sheena thought it was overly corny and unoriginal.

They laughed. They wanted to spend time with her again. He would let her know. If she brought her dog, they could not pet him while he was wearing his vest. He could not be distracted, no matter how tempting it was! They would remember that.

Michelle was back at work! She stopped a car for speeding. It was Bria and Henry. She was wearing a body camera, so everything she did was documented. Bria laughed as she noticed her. Oh, my God! It was just her lucky day! She was told that, despite being her daughter, she needed to treat her like everyone else. She requested her drivers license, registration, and proof of insurance. Bria collected the documents and handed them to her.

“Where are you going coming from?”

"We will be hanging out with Jerry from my place."

She returned to her car and ran her licence. It was identified as her. She walked back to her vehicle. Because she was treating her equally, she issued her a ticket for exceeding the speed limit by six miles per hour. She would have to attend court and pay a fine. Bria grabbed the ticket and placed it in her purse. She joked that when she said she wanted to visit her, it wasn’t what she had in mind.

Michelle simply reminded her to remain safe. They said, "I love you," before she and Henry drove away. Jerry thought it was hilarious when he heard what had happened. What were the chances of that happening? It was most likely one in a million or a million in one. They laughed. He was at the stove, preparing glazed vegetables and vegan noodles. It smelt delicious! Bria looked down after feeling Bella's paw on her leg. She gave her a big puppy smile. How could she have forgotten to greet her?

Bella barked. She leaned over and scratched her head. That satisfied her. She moved over to her food bowl. It was shockingly empty! She grabbed it with her teeth and carried it over to Jerry's feet, her tail wagging. Bark! Henry informed him that he would feed her. Jerry thanked him and directed him to where the food was. When Bella's meal arrived, she ate happily. Yum, Yum!

My mum pulled me over for speeding! She ticketed me for going six miles over the speed limit! I do not know what I am supposed to do. - Bria

Haha! Bring it over tomorrow, and we will help you. - Mike

@zoeykaytesmom @feelingsofaithless @alina-dixon

[throwawaytumble]

Kind of off topic, but why did you retire from pediatric oncology? Why did you take getting a therapist so seriously specifically because of the job? What is better about teaching art? I'm going to be a junior in high school and am considering going to medical school when I graduate.

Before I answer your question, I want to make it clear that I loved pediatric oncology and if I were to travel back in time and be given the option to go immediately into being an art professor or doing pediatric oncology first, I would do pediatric oncology first again. Changing your mind about what you want to do or what you enjoy later in life does not negate the importance and fulfillment of your at-the-time focus. This is why I am dismissive towards "but it's just a phase!" comments.

Anything in the medical field - any position at all - comes with a high amount of stress. Whether you are a custodian or a neurosurgeon, whether you do desk and paperwork or work nightshifts in the ER, when it comes to the health, lives, and livelihoods of others, it will take a toll. Janitors having to mop blood and feces daily, dietary having to be aware of how certain medications affect digestion and each individual patient's dietary necessities and restrictions and allergies, nurses having to take the brunt of the emotional turmoil of a patient in severe pain, and receptionists having to deal with people angry at having to be in a hospital in the first place will take its toll on anyone. If you work in a medical facility at all I would suggest having a strong emotional support system with your loved ones and it is absolutely necessary for you to have a healthy work/life balance as well as set up boundaries. Despite this, the system absolutely expects you to prioritize your career because "this is life and desth" and "if you don't work sixteen hour shifts, the patients will suffer." I have personally seen the Head of Maintenance tell his employee that taking a week off to deal with the death of a parent would be tantamount to patient abandonment. Society also deems you as heroes, and not workers, so you're expected to care less about your bills because "you're not in it for the money" and are expected to put up with insane levels of overworking and abuse from other workers and your patients and patients' families because they want you to be superhuman. This is why it is essential for you to set up and maintain boundaries and be aware of how close you are to burning out as well as have emotional support from someone in your life. The closer you are to dealing with patients, the more I would suggest you seek therapy.

As a pediatric oncologist, I dealt with children dying consistently. I dealt with grieving and scared family members. Radiation and chemotherapy is no walk on the park, so even those that survive have difficulties. You will have to go from holding the hand of someone as they die, or have a parent threaten to kill you because their child passed, and then two minutes later perform a puppet show for the balding child two doors down. For me, if a child was going to die, I got fulfillment in helping them live each day to its fullest, focusing on their quality of life, and making sure they experienced as much love as possible. For those who survived, I got fulfillment in helping them get better, as it were. Blood, gore, mucus, vomit, feces, urine, the smells of sickness and medications, etc didn't bother me. It did, however, get emotionally taxing to a degree, but I kept my work/life balance and boundaries in good shape.

That being said, it is still a lot to handle and take in while also having to deal with the entitlement hospitals have towards staff, workplace politics, and the absolute cut throat competition of other coworkers, the legal ramifications of filed grievances, complaints, and allegations, and the psychopaths that medical field attracts. If you are going to become a doctor, it was an absolute MUST that you get malpractice insurance. If you genuinely believe you'll never make a mistake, or if you shut down when you do make a mistake, it is not the profession for you. There will be a time that you see the symptoms, signs, and tests and have no idea why they are at those levels, or what could possibly be causing it. There will be a time you make an avoidable mistake, which i cannot emphasize enough. I've met many doctors who went into the profession accepting they'd make unavoidable one, but not avoidable ones. It is impossible not to. You will not see a symptom when you ought to have, or you will misdiagnose, or offer a medication that makes a symptom worse. There will be people who you can absolutely save but refuse to listen to you, those who have a 98% survival rate who pass away suddenly, those who are on death's door and have little to no chance of survival and end up surviving despite the odds, people who absolutely could have survived but stubbornly will not listen to you, etc. That, I could also handle.

But eventually, the sixteen hour (or more) days, guilt tripping from coworkers, management, patients, and patients' families when I took a two week vacation, working twenty-one days with no day off, the expectation that I be with everyone everywhere at all times outweighed the fulfillment I got from my patients, who I absolutely loved. And so I decided to pursue another career. And yes, when a doctor retires or quits, there are people who will call you selfish for giving up on saving lives.

I remember the moment I decided I was ready to move on from oncology. One day, a mother was angry with me because her child went into remission - which was fully expected - and she kept demanding to know what she was supposed to do now. Sometimes sickness can become patients' and families' identity, so this wasn't the first time, but earlier that week a former patient had seen me at the store and had been upset I hadn't integrated myself into their post-care lives. That was also common. When you see people at their most vulnerable and intense emotional moments, they will form attachments. As a professional boundary, I do not put myself into the personal lives of any of my patients (and now, my students.) While at work I will discuss their hopes, dreams, memories, but when I am not working, I think it's best to separate that from my home life. For me, I work best with my patients when I see them as patients, even though I am incredibly friendly and invested in them while with them. Sometimes they want to take the patient/doctor relationship and then it into something more familial, but I have no interest in that.

I had kept up with my art throughout the years, and eventually I realized I was treating it less like a hobby and getting more fulfillment from it than being a doctor. One day it sort of clicked that I wanted to teach art (not long after I realized I admitted I was no longer happy being a pediatric oncologist) as I was helping a preteen patient of mine shade shapes for homework.

Sorry for the lengthy reply as well as how long it took me to get around to answering!

[drforambhuta]

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Precision or targeted therapies encompass medications engineered to disrupt specific molecules implicated in the progression of cancer. In contrast to conventional chemotherapy's broad impact on fast-dividing cells, precision therapies selectively target cancer cells while preserving healthy tissue integrity. These drugs aim at various molecular pathways involved in cancer development, including signaling cascades, angiogenesis, and DNA repair mechanisms.

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