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MEDICAL ADVICE? HOW TO SPOT THE WRONG STUFF EARLY

Medical advice used to come from squirrelly sources. Not actual squirrels but just as nutty. Today it comes from trusted men and women elected to high office. And doctors. Which brings up the element of trust. Whose medical advice is better for people?

QUARANTINE CUTE: WHY APPEARANCES STILL MATTER

Staying quarantine cute is worth dying for? At least protesting for? When I saw the folks protesting in cars and screaming about their hair, I felt their pain. Look, who among us wants to look our age if we can help it? I get that.

MY CANCER: THE MYTH VS REALITY

(Spoiler: It’s not my cancer, your cancer, or anyone’s cancer. It’s just cancer and it needs killing instead of you, me, or anyone else.) Calling something as awful as cancer, “My cancer,” doesn’t feel right. I don’t claim ownership, I’ll never claim ownership. My loyal readers know the rest of the story, that cancer gets […]

Chemo Nausea: How To Cope By Comparing Other Nausea

People who’ve lived a little, maybe over done things once or twice, have lists. A Best Of list. A Worst Of list. Whether it’s a car, teacher, town, or vacation, it all fits one list or the other. Then there’s the list you make for chemo nausea, which you only get […]

CANCER EXERCISE EXPLAINED BY CHEMO RADIATION

An article came out yesterday supporting the connection between cancer treatment and cancer exercise. It’s a positive connection in case there are doubts. ‘The Guardian’ rolled out a well studied post with a sub-title, “Leading Australian researchers back world-first campaign for activity to be part of any treatment,” under this title: […]

THERAPEUTIC SWEARING, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, CANCER

Swearing, done in the right spirit, communicates so much more than long, drawn out, explanations. Besides, how often do you need the long version? I’ve investigated both swearing and medical marijuana and come to a few helpful conclusions for cancer patients. Instead of getting all macho and shocker, I’ve amended my profanity […]

TREATING CANCER WITH A POLYFACE FARMS MODALITY

Treating cancer like Polyface Farms. The best results save the land and the person. Machiavelli said the end justifies the means. But only if the end shares a happy ending? A happy ending in cancer is a cured patient. I’m not looking for a ‘successful surgery but lost the patient’ deal.

SECOND OPINION: WILL THAT BE ONE CHEMO OR TWO

From cancer.org: Cancer cells tend to grow fast, and chemo drugs kill fast-growing cells. But because these drugs travel throughout the body, they can affect normal, healthy cells that are fast-growing, too. Damage to healthy cells causes side effects. Side effects are not always as bad as you might expect, but many people worry about […]

CIGARETTE SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM? DON’T DO IT

Tobacco and cigarette smoke, the stuff of dreams and nightmares. The dream part comes first. Light a stick and enjoy. All you’ve got to do is breath in, breath out, and watch the cigarette smoke curl into shapes. Later comes the nightmare part, the regret, the tubes, the hospital smell, the faces […]

MEDICAL ADVICE? HOW TO SPOT THE WRONG STUFF EARLY

MY CANCER: THE MYTH VS REALITY

Chemo Nausea: How To Cope By Comparing Other Nausea

CANCER EXERCISE EXPLAINED BY CHEMO RADIATION

THERAPEUTIC SWEARING, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, CANCER

TREATING CANCER WITH A POLYFACE FARMS MODALITY

SECOND OPINION: WILL THAT BE ONE CHEMO OR TWO

CIGARETTE SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM? DON’T DO IT

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