The Chemotherapy Profit Motive

January 9th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor

Have you ever heard a cancer survivor say, “The treatment was worse than the disease?”  I’ve certainly said that. Why do you think that, even though there are serious and dangerous side effects of chemotherapy, it is still the choice treatment of many oncologists? Could it be because administering chemotherapy is very profitable for the [...]

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Anxiety Attacks

January 9th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor

Being diagnosed with cancer often causes anxiety.  I know it did for me.
But what about anxiety attacks?    I had my first anxiety attack several months after my chemotherapy treatments I was walking down a hallway at the hotel where I was staying.  I started gasping for air.  I felt like I was choking. I banged [...]

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