Would you like fries with that diagnosis?
January 14th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor
A cute and interesting article from the LA Times
Tags: Squamous Cel Carcinoma
January 13th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor
On January 7th, I posted an article called I’m beginning to feel Like a Cancer Magnet. I had a growth removed from my arm and was told it was something called, Keratoacanthoma. I wasn’t too concerned because that often goes away by itself. However, I had it removed “Just in case” it was something more [...]
Cancer Treatments Are Primitive and Even Barbaric
January 13th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor
Today’s conventional cancer treatments are the same as they were hundreds of years ago:
Cut
Poison
Burn
They call it:
Surgery
Chemotherapy
Radiation therapy
Surgery (cut) is successful if the cancer is removed before it has spread. So it could be called a cure for cancer. I had a very successful surgical procedure just a few days ago. I had a growth surgically [...]
How To Deal With Anxiety Attacks
January 11th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor
In a previous post, I wrote about having an anxiety attack several months after my chemotherapy treatments. Since then I have heard from several cancer survivor’s who have also experienced, not just anxiety but major anxiety and panic attacks.
Surviving cancer is difficult. An anxiety attack makes it even more difficult. And; it decreases our overall [...]
Caring for someone undergoing cancer treatment
January 11th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor
Do you have a relative, spouse or friend who has been diagnosed with cancer? Are you serving in the role of “Caregiver?” What do you say to them? Coming up with the words can be easier said than done. Yet they need your support. I don’t think I would have survived my cancer without the [...]
The Chemotherapy Profit Motive Part two
January 10th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor
In my previous post The Chemotherapy Profit Motive Part one I pointed out that oncologists are the only group of doctors who are permitted to buy drugs wholesale (chemotherapy drugs) and sell them retail. I questioned if the motivation for treating cancer patients with chemotherapy might be based on the profit they make by doing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cancer related sleep problems
January 8th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor
If after undergoing cancer treatment, do not neglect or disregard sleep problems.
I disregarded many of the warning signs of my cancer. By the time I got around to going to the doctor, it was already Stage 4. I could have avoided many of the complications brought about by the several surgeries, extensive chemotherapy treatments and [...]
I surrendered to cancer and won
January 8th, 2010 by admin-cancer-survivor
Before being stricken with cancer, like most people, I saw cancer survivors being interviewed on television. From time to time I would read articles about people who won the battle against cancer. I wondered how they mustered the strength and courage to fight that horrible battle. Although I don’t recall, I’m sure I wondered how [...]
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