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Changes
Great Pumpkin, we hardly knew you. But we’re kicking you to the curb! Because of the Heart Issues, The Oncologist is switching me to “non-cardiotoxic” drugs, even though my heart seems to be in tip–top shape. The concern, The Oncologist says, is that one of the former chemo drugs, 5-fluorouracil, was causing vasospasms, which can…
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F*ck You
[Why I hate the pancreas and you should too.] The pancreas is the crybaby of organs. Take its neighbor the liver, for instance. You can beat the hell out of the liver (“Bottoms up!”), but if you ask for forgiveness early enough and pinky swear to be nice, it will sometimes give you a do-over…
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Good Day Sunshine
I’ll be honest. I didn’t really want a steel wire threaded up from my wrist to the inside of my heart. Abundant anxiety as my brother and I tried to find our way through the maze of hallways at Kaiser Walnut Creek. No one seemed to know where I was supposed to be for my…