The test used to detect cancer may also cause it. Little surprise there. In yet another one of life’s twisted schemes, the things that help us often turn out to be the things that hurt us.
According to recent reports, radiation from CAT scans is higher than previously thought and could be linked to increased cancer [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘chemo’
December 21, 2009
CAT scan queen
November 20, 2009
how do heroin addicts do it?
After more than a year of chemotherapy, my precious veins are shot.
Those inch-long needles have done some serious damage to my once-healthy blood vessels, and the oncology nurses have informed me that they probably won’t recover.
Great. Stupid cancer is leaving a trail of damage in its wake.
Before I started treatment in 2008, though, I had [...]
October 16, 2009
chemo brain or garcia gene?
My family is the real-life version of the Griswolds from National Lampoon’s. More space cadet than rocket scientist. The kind of people who are really good at getting in their own way.
You’ve seen us before. At the rest stop wondering how we drove 40 miles in the wrong direction. At the movies bragging about how [...]
