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Betal chewing with nuts and tobacco is the main cause of cancer. Most of the Betal chewers know about it. But continue to chew due to addiction and indifference.
World Cancer Day Expo held at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 4 February 2016
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Cancer can be treated in a number of ways. Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Immunotherapy, and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy are among the most popular. The choice of cancer therapy is made by looking at the stage of the disease and the state of the patient. The goal of cancer treatment is the complete removal of the cancer without significantly damaging the rest of the body. Sometimes a surgeon can remove the cancer easily, other times this is not possible. Chemotherapy and Radiation can be quite affective in killing cancer cells, but they are also toxic to healthy cells.
The Breast Cancer Run
Surgery
Theoretically, non-blood based cancers can be cured if entirely removed by surgery. This is easier said than done. If the cancer spreads to other parts of the body before surgery, it is usually impossible to remove all the cancer through surgery. Two of the most well know surgical procedures for removing cancer are mastectomy (where one or both of the breast are removed in an effort to treat breast cancer) and a prostatectomy (where all or part of the prostate gland are removed). Cancer can recur if a single cell is left behind after surgery. With this in mind a pathologist will carefully examine your surgical specimen to make sure there is a margin of healthy tissue present.
Surgery is also used to determine the stage (extent) of cancer. Staging is very important for determining a prognosis and treatment.
A Radiation Mask
Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy is the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation can be giving externally through External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT) or internally through Brachytherapy. The effects of radiation are concentrated on the area being treated. Radiation Therapy damages the DNA of the cancer cells making it impossible for them to grow and divide. Radiation Therapy damages both healthy and cancer cells, but healthy cells are able to recover from the Radiation. Radiation is given over several rounds so the healthy cells have a chance to recover between treatments.
Radiation is used to treat almost every type of cancer. The amount of Radiation that is given depends on the type of cancer and how close it is to major organs. As with every form of cancer treatment, radiation is not without side effects.
Steve after Radiation
Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
The side effects of Radiation Therapy can appear during treatment or years later. The nature of the side effects depend on where the radiation was received and how much. Some of the immediate side effects from radiation are burning on the skin, swelling, infertility, and fatigue. Some of the long term side effects fibrosis (loss of elasticity in the tissue that was treated), hair loss, dryness, and cancer.
Mia in the Hospital
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs. Most chemotherapy targets all rapidly dividing cells, and not just cancer cells. This means that often chemotherapy damages healthy cells as well as cancer cells. However, most healthy cells repair themselves after the chemotherapy has ended. Most patients are given a combination of chemotherapy drugs. It is important that you talk all drugs that are prescribed in combination with your chemotherapy.
Targeted Therapy
Targeted Therapy first became available in the late 1990s and it has proven to be very effective in treating some types of cancer. If you have questions about Targeted Therapy and how it can help you or your loved one, talk to your doctor. Your doctor will know what Targeted Therapies may be right for your cancer.
Josh and his family after surgery
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a set of strategies that will trigger a patient’s immune system to fight the tumor. Immunotherapy has been very affective on Renal Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma, and prostate cancer.
Hormonal Therapy
Hormonal therapy is used to block or provide certain hormones. They have been particularly effective in Breast and Prostate Cancers.
Tom getting chemo
Symptom Control
Some treatments are designed not to kill the cancer cells, but to control the symptoms of the cancer. This is very important for helping maintain a high quality of life for the cancer patient. Symptom Control is used for all stages of cancer, but particularly for end of life care. There is somewhat of a social stigma attached to the use of high power pain killers. Cancer patients should feel free to ask their doctor or Hospice provider about any medicine they take, especially if the patient feels the medicine is doing more harm than good. That being said, do not stop taking any medicines without consulting your health care provider first.
Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Consult your doctor and do lots of research before beginning any alternative treatment. Do not stop your other therapies or medicines in order to take an Alternative Medicine. No Alternative Treatments have been shown to effectively treat any form of cancer, and none are FDA approved.
Roger perparing for surgery
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials test new treatments on people with cancer. The goal of these studies is to find better ways to treat cancer and help cancer patients. Patients who take part in clinical trails get the best available standard of care for their cancer, however there is no guarantee that the new treatment will work. If the treatment does work, those in the trial are among the first to benefit from the new treatment.
Article From www.cancer.sc/content,treatment/
CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK ANNUAL BALL AT THE GROSVENOR HOTEL PARK LANE LONDON......PICTURE MURRAY SANDERS CHILDREN WITH CANCER UK..
(CC) Phillip Jeffrey. www.fadetoplay.com. Feel free to use this photo. I request that you link back to the original picture on Flickr and credit as shown above.
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Canon XSi+50mm f/1.4 | ISO 400, f/6.3, 1/4
June 2012
igG 35.9
Beta II fraction 35.4
Hemoglobin 121
White blood cells 2.3
Feb 2012
igG 40.1
Beta II fraction 39.9
Hemoglobin 121
White blood cells 2.0
I am a multiple myeloma and anemia patient. It is a cancer of the blood plasma. It is treatable, but incurable.
In Aug 2008-Dec 2009 when I was on Revlimid. Unfortunately I was diagnosed with TTP and had a stroke so I was taken off of it. Since then I have had no cancer drug treatment and my igG (cancer levels) have slowly risen from the teens up to a high of 40.1 last Feb.
When I went in today for my quarterly specialist appointment, I didn't know what my igG number would be. I was worried it would be high 40s or even above 50. Thankfully it has actually dropped without any cancer treatment. My specialist was pretty amazed, but I know the reason - SuperBetter.
This is Day 89 of me participating in the SuperBetter project. I created a goal of taking a self-portrait a day on campus and after a couple of weeks I decided to do this 365 project as well. I have benefited from SuperBetter by setting an obtainable goal of taking a creative photograph a day on campus and creating a doable obstacle as it had to be done by midnight. It has helped improve my creativity and make me feel better about my photography and more confident about wandering around my campus with my camera and tripod looking for a photoshoot spot.
I feel awesome and I truly believe that my SuperBetter participation has contributed towards my cancer levels reversing.
Remaining positive, happy and focused as I continue to fight cancer through photography.
Cancer can be treated in a number of ways. Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Immunotherapy, and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy are among the most popular. The choice of cancer therapy is made by looking at the stage of the disease and the state of the patient. The goal of cancer treatment is the complete removal of the cancer without significantly damaging the rest of the body. Sometimes a surgeon can remove the cancer easily, other times this is not possible. Chemotherapy and Radiation can be quite affective in killing cancer cells, but they are also toxic to healthy cells.
The Breast Cancer Run
Surgery
Theoretically, non-blood based cancers can be cured if entirely removed by surgery. This is easier said than done. If the cancer spreads to other parts of the body before surgery, it is usually impossible to remove all the cancer through surgery. Two of the most well know surgical procedures for removing cancer are mastectomy (where one or both of the breast are removed in an effort to treat breast cancer) and a prostatectomy (where all or part of the prostate gland are removed). Cancer can recur if a single cell is left behind after surgery. With this in mind a pathologist will carefully examine your surgical specimen to make sure there is a margin of healthy tissue present.
Surgery is also used to determine the stage (extent) of cancer. Staging is very important for determining a prognosis and treatment.
A Radiation Mask
Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy is the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation can be giving externally through External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT) or internally through Brachytherapy. The effects of radiation are concentrated on the area being treated. Radiation Therapy damages the DNA of the cancer cells making it impossible for them to grow and divide. Radiation Therapy damages both healthy and cancer cells, but healthy cells are able to recover from the Radiation. Radiation is given over several rounds so the healthy cells have a chance to recover between treatments.
Radiation is used to treat almost every type of cancer. The amount of Radiation that is given depends on the type of cancer and how close it is to major organs. As with every form of cancer treatment, radiation is not without side effects.
Steve after Radiation
Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
The side effects of Radiation Therapy can appear during treatment or years later. The nature of the side effects depend on where the radiation was received and how much. Some of the immediate side effects from radiation are burning on the skin, swelling, infertility, and fatigue. Some of the long term side effects fibrosis (loss of elasticity in the tissue that was treated), hair loss, dryness, and cancer.
Mia in the Hospital
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs. Most chemotherapy targets all rapidly dividing cells, and not just cancer cells. This means that often chemotherapy damages healthy cells as well as cancer cells. However, most healthy cells repair themselves after the chemotherapy has ended. Most patients are given a combination of chemotherapy drugs. It is important that you talk all drugs that are prescribed in combination with your chemotherapy.
Targeted Therapy
Targeted Therapy first became available in the late 1990s and it has proven to be very effective in treating some types of cancer. If you have questions about Targeted Therapy and how it can help you or your loved one, talk to your doctor. Your doctor will know what Targeted Therapies may be right for your cancer.
Josh and his family after surgery
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a set of strategies that will trigger a patient’s immune system to fight the tumor. Immunotherapy has been very affective on Renal Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma, and prostate cancer.
Hormonal Therapy
Hormonal therapy is used to block or provide certain hormones. They have been particularly effective in Breast and Prostate Cancers.
Tom getting chemo
Symptom Control
Some treatments are designed not to kill the cancer cells, but to control the symptoms of the cancer. This is very important for helping maintain a high quality of life for the cancer patient. Symptom Control is used for all stages of cancer, but particularly for end of life care. There is somewhat of a social stigma attached to the use of high power pain killers. Cancer patients should feel free to ask their doctor or Hospice provider about any medicine they take, especially if the patient feels the medicine is doing more harm than good. That being said, do not stop taking any medicines without consulting your health care provider first.
Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Consult your doctor and do lots of research before beginning any alternative treatment. Do not stop your other therapies or medicines in order to take an Alternative Medicine. No Alternative Treatments have been shown to effectively treat any form of cancer, and none are FDA approved.
Roger perparing for surgery
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials test new treatments on people with cancer. The goal of these studies is to find better ways to treat cancer and help cancer patients. Patients who take part in clinical trails get the best available standard of care for their cancer, however there is no guarantee that the new treatment will work. If the treatment does work, those in the trial are among the first to benefit from the new treatment.
Article From www.cancer.sc/content,treatment/
In this cancer, the cells grow through the inner lining of the ducts into the surrounding breast tissue and the area. Given that these cancers have no specific features, they are classified as No Special Type. They were previously called invasive ductal carcinoma. Around 70% of all invasive breast cancers are of this type.
womensbeautyoffers.com/types-of-breast-cancer-and-related...
Creative photographers have long experimented with superimposing images, one over the other, to produce striking visual effects. Now a group of NIH-supported scientists at Houston Methodist Research Institute and their colleagues have done the same thing to highlight their work in the emerging field of cancer nanomedicine, using microscopic materials to deliver cancer treatments with potentially greater precision. In the process, the researchers generated a photographic work of art that was a winner in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2015 Bioart competition.
More information: directorsblog.nih.gov/2016/06/23/snapshots-of-life-findin...
This image is not owned by the NIH. It is shared with the public under license. If you have a question about using or reproducing this image, please contact the creator listed in the credits. All rights to the work remain with the original creator.
Credit: Jenolyn F. Alexander and Biana Godin, Houston Methodist Research Institute; Veronika Kozlovskaya and Eugenia Kharlampieva, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
NIH funding from: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Prostate Cancer is the most common cancer among men, excluding skin cancer. It is the third leading cause of cancer death in men. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 235,000 new cases of Prostate Cancer will occur this year. However, Prostate Cancer can be treated effectively if it is caught in the early stages.
How much you know about Prostate Cancer detection? The following information explains what Prostate Cancer is and how to recognize early warning signs
The prostate gland is about the size of a walnut and is located below the bladder and in front of the rectum. Tumors found in the prostate gland may be benign, or noncancerous, or they may be malignant, or cancerous. Benign tumors can usually be removed, seldom come back, and are not life-threatening. Tumors that are malignant are usually slow-growing, and mostly affect men over age 65. The cancer cells can break away from a malignant tumor and enter the bloodstream, causing the cancer to spread.
In general, all men are at risk for Prostate Cancer. A risk factor is anything that increases a person’s chance of developing a disease. However, having a risk factor does not mean you will get the disease. Some risk factors that cannot be changed are race, genetics, family history, and aging. Other risk factors that can be changed are diet, obesity, and having a vasectomy.
Some men with risk factors never develop Prostate Cancer, while some men without apparent risk factors develop the disease. The Prostate Cancer incidence is higher for African-American men than for any other racial or ethnic group, and conversely, Asian-Pacific Islanders have relatively low rates of Prostate Cancer.
Symptoms Linked To Prostate Cancer Are:
* Frequent urination
* Inability to urinate
* Painful or Burning Urination
* Blood in the urine or semen
* Pain in the lower pelvic area
* Difficulty having an erection
* Having a painful ejaculation
* Frequent pain or stiffness in the lower back, hips, or upper thighs
* Unexplained Weight Loss
A man who has these symptoms should see a physician immediately. Any of these symptoms could be caused by Prostate Cancer or by a benign condition, such as a bladder or urinary tract infection or BPH - Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, a condition where the prostate becomes enlarged - aka: Enlarged Prostate.
Screening for Prostate Cancer usually includes two tests, a blood test for PSA:Prostate-Specific Antigen and a DRE: Digital Rectal Exam.
* A PSA test is sent to the lab to measure for levels of PSA in the blood, which usually is elevated in men with Prostate Cancer (but, sometimes elevated in BPH or infection as well).
* The DRE is a test in which a physician inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum and feels the prostate through the rectal wall.
Testing for Prostate Cancer may include transrectal ultrasound (TRUS uses sound waves to create an image to visually inspect for abnormal conditions) or computed tomography (CT scan uses a combination of x-rays and computer technology to produce cross-sectional images).
When any of these tests indicate that cancer may be present, a biopsy will be required. A biopsy is a procedure in which tissue samples are removed surgically from the Prostate Gland to determine if cancer cells are present.
Cancer Research continues to add valuable information to the understanding of Prostate Cancer.
* Health experts are looking for new ways to prevent Prostate Cancer, but they are not in agreement on the risks for developing the disease.
* The American Cancer Society recommends that men eat a diet high in plant sources (tomatoes, pink grapefruit, and watermelon) and low in red meat (high-fat and processed).
* A study at the National Cancer Institute is looking at selenium and Vitamin E supplementation as a prevention measure.
* Because obesity is a risk factor, experts recommend exercise to lower the risk of Prostate Cancer.
* Prostate Cancer is often found confined to the prostate gland or regional area, and the majority of patients with this type of cancer can live for years with no problems.
* With early detection and improved treatment, the five-year survival rate for Prostate Cancer found in a local or regional state is 100 percent.
* Over the past 20 years, the five-year survival rate for all stages has increased from 67 percent to 98 percent.
Incorporate your knowledge regarding Prostate Cancer prevention and detection into a healthy lifestyle.
Become knowledgeable about Prostate Cancer risk factors that may apply to you, and take appropriate actions including changing behaviors and being clinically monitored for the disease. Experts recommend that you contact your physician to develop a plan for Prostate Cancer screening based on your personal profile.
You can find more information on Prostate Cancer on the Prostate Cancer Resources Page
Artical From:http://www.cancer.sc/content,prostate-cancer-can-be-treated-effectively-if-it-is-caught-in-the-early-stages/
This is a Lung cancer Cell.......and as you probably know it...........it kills people.
As do a lot of cancerous cells.
I do not have cancer.....but many people do.......
A good friend and his missus told me of their son's attempt to raise a little cash to help in this fight against the big "C" and i said i would.
So here I am........a bottle of red, watching the film "The Spirit of St Louis"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_St._Louis_(film)(come... on Charles you can make it!!!) and I am a few days late cos I'm a dickhead and cos Jesus would have to get himself crucified at a most inconvenient time............
Where was I?
Oh yes...........
This pic is obviously not mine..........I snapped it at the "Welcome Image Awards"...London........
www.wellcomeimageawards.org/default.aspx
It's an Original by Anne Weston..scanning through an Electron Micrograph.....I snapped it as it hung on the wall...............
Come on Charles..........it's Ireland.........I'm screaming along with Jimmy Stewart at the moment...........why the hell would that be important when London was just a few clicks down the road?.........life is so mysterious,,,,,,,,,,!!!!!!!
Where was I..?
Oh yes...........
I'll leave you all the various links..........
If you can help.......with cash,links or help..................or maybe you can knit a pair of socks if you are a woman.................then please do.........
मुँह का कॅन्सर क्या है और कैसे दिखता है इसके बारे में डॉ. सुमित शाह इस वीडियो में आपको जानकारी देते हे | डॉ सुमित शाह इसमें बताते हे की मुँह के कॅन्सर के पहले क्या स्टेजेस होते है जिसे हम प्री- कॅन्सर भी कहते है । जैसे कि Leukoplakia , जिसमे मुँह मे White Patches दिखते है, ये प्री- कॅन्सर स्टेज है इसमे आगे जाके कॅन्सर हो सकता है । Erythroplakia , इसमे मुँह मे लाल छाले होते है और इसमे कॅन्सर होने कि संभावना होती है । Submucus Fibrosis , इसमे जखम कि वजह patient का मुँह नही खुल पाता है । Tongue Cancer , इसमे जबान पर छाले होते है । मुँह के कॅन्सर के बारे मे डॉ.सुमित शाह आपको इस व्हिडिओ मे बताते है ।
और फिर भी अगर कोई और सवाल हो तो हमे लिखिए: social.prolife@gmail.com
हम आपके सारे सवालों के जवाब देने की कोशिश करेंगे |
हम इस, प्रोलाईफ कॅन्सर सेंटर, चैनल के जरिये बहोत सारी कॅन्सर , कॅन्सर के लक्षण , कॅन्सर का इलाज और सभी कॅन्सर related जानकारी आपके लिए ला रहे है. तो अपडेटेड रहने के लिए हमारे चैनल को सब्सक्राइब किये, लाईक कीजिये और शेयर कीजिये. धन्यवाद!
#cancer #oralcancer #mouthcancer #prolifecancercentre #drsumitshah
El Cáncer (Definición)
El Cáncer: Es un crecimiento tisular producido por la proliferación continua de células anormales con capacidad de invasión y destrucción de otros tejidos.
El cáncer, que puede originarse a partir de cualquier tipo de célula en cualquier tejido corporal, no es una enfermedad única sino un conjunto de enfermedades que se clasifican en función del tejido y célula de origen. Existen varios cientos de formas distintas, siendo tres los principales subtipos: los sarcomas proceden del tejido conectivo como huesos, cartílagos, nervios, vasos sanguíneos, músculos y tejido adiposo. Los carcinomas proceden de tejidos epiteliales como la piel o los epitelios que tapizan las cavidades y órganos corporales, y de los tejidos glandulares de la mama y próstata. Los carcinomas incluyen algunos de los cánceres más frecuentes. Los carcinomas de estructura similar a la piel se denominan carcinomas de células escamosas. Los que tienen una estructura glandular se denominan adenocarcinomas. En el tercer subtipo se encuentran las leucemias y los linfomas, que incluyen los cánceres de los tejidos formadores de las células sanguíneas. Producen inflamación de los ganglios linfáticos, invasión del bazo y médula ósea, y sobreproducción de células blancas inmaduras.
El cáncer no es una enfermedad contagiosa.
Causas del cáncer (Porcentaje de todos los cánceres)
3. Origen del cáncer
Ciertos factores son capaces de originar cáncer en un porcentaje de los individuos expuestos a ellos. Entre éstos se encuentran la herencia, los productos químicos, las radiaciones ionizantes, las infecciones o virus y traumas. Los investigadores estudian como estos diferentes factores pueden interactuar de una manera multifactorial y secuencial para producir tumores malignos. El cáncer es, en esencia, un proceso genético. Las alteraciones genéticas pueden ser heredadas, o producidas en alguna célula por un virus o por una lesión provocada de manera externa.
a.Herencia: Se calcula que de un 5 a un 10% de los cánceres tienen un origen hereditario. Algunas formas de cáncer son más frecuentes en algunas familias: el cáncer de mama es un ejemplo de ello. El cáncer de colon es más frecuente en las familias con tendencia a presentar pólipos de colon. Una forma de retinoblastoma sólo aparece cuando está ausente un gen específico. Estos genes, denominados genes supresores tumorales o antioncogenes, previenen en condiciones normales la replicación celular. Su ausencia elimina el control normal de la multiplicación celular. En algunos trastornos hereditarios, los cromosomas tienen una fragilidad intrínseca; estos procesos conllevan un riesgo elevado de cáncer.
b.Sustancias Químicas: El alquitrán de hulla y sus derivados se considera altamente cancerígenos. Sus vapores en algunas industrias (ej. Refinerías) se asocian con la elevada incidencia de cáncer del pulmón entre los trabajadores
Hoy en día se sabe que el benzopireno, sustancia química presente en el carbón, provoca cáncer de la piel en personas cuyo trabajos tienen relación con la combustión del carbón.
El arsénico se asocia con cáncer del pulmón, pues los trabajadores de minas de cobre y cobalto, fundiciones y fábricas de insecticidas presentan una incidencia de este tipo de cáncer mayor de los normal. En los trabajadores de las industrias relacionadas con el asbesto, la incidencia es de hasta 10 veces más que lo normal.
Una sustancia producida por el hongo Aspergillus flavus, llamada aflatoxina, y que contamina alimentos mal conservados, ocasiona cáncer de hígado en algunos animales. Se ha encontrado que en países donde la contaminación de alimentos por mohos es frecuente, la incidencia de cáncer del hígado y estómago es alta.
El cigarrillo es otro agente cancerígeno, se ha determinado que la muerte por cáncer del pulmón es 6 veces mayor entre fumadores que entre no fumadores. El cigarrillo es tan pernicioso debido a las sustancias que contiene; nicotina, ácidos y óxidos de carbono y alquitrán.
El alcohol es también un importante promotor; su abuso crónico incrementa de manera importante el riesgo de cánceres que son inducidos por otros agentes.
c.Radiaciones: Las radiaciones ionizantes son uno de los factores causales más reconocidos. La radiación produce cambios en el ADN, como roturas o trasposiciones cromosómicas en las que los cabos rotos de dos cromosomas pueden intercambiarse. La radiación actúa como un iniciador de la carcinogénesis, induciendo alteraciones que progresan hasta convertirse en cáncer después de un periodo de latencia de varios años. Los rayos ultravioletas del sol y los rayos X aumentan la propensión a adquirir cáncer de la piel y leucemia. La excesiva exposición a lso rayos solares, por parte de personas de piel blanca, aumenta el riesgo.
d.Infecciones o virus: Existen cada vez más evidencias de que algunas infecciones pueden llegar a provocar cáncer y, en concreto, aquellas relacionadas con los cánceres de estómago, hígado, cérvix y con el sarcoma de Kaposi (un tipo especial de cáncer que aparece en enfermos de SIDA). Se ha relacionado la bacteria Helicobacter pylori con el cáncer de estómago. Distintos estudios demuestran que personas infectadas con esta bacteria tienen cuatro veces más probabilidad de desarrollar este tipo de cáncer.
Los virus son la causa de muchos cánceres en animales. En el ser humano, el virus de Epstein-Barr se asocia con el linfoma de Burkitt y los linfoepiteliomas, el virus de la hepatitis con el hepatocarcinoma, y el virus herpes tipo II o virus del herpes genital con el carcinoma de cérvix. Todos estos virus asociados a tumores humanos son del tipo ADN. El virus HTLV, sin embargo, es del tipo ARN, o retrovirus, como la mayor parte de los virus asociados a tumores en animales. Produce una leucemia humana. En presencia de una enzima denominada transcriptasa inversa, induce a la célula infectada a producir copias en ADN de los genes del virus, que de esta manera se incorporan al genoma celular. Estos virus del tipo ARN contienen un gen denominado oncogén viral capaz de transformar las células normales en células malignas. Distintas investigaciones han demostrado que los oncogenes virales tienen una contrapartida en las células humanas normales: es el protooncogén, u oncogén celular. Los productos de los oncogenes (las proteínas que producen) son factores de crecimiento (o proteínas necesarias para la acción de tales factores de crecimiento), que estimulan el crecimiento de las células tumorales
e.Traumas: Se considera perjudicial la irritación mecánica producida sobre una porción de la piel y la fricción ejercida sobre lunares. El cáncer de labio en los fumadores de pipa se asocia con la irritación crónica producida por la pipa sobre un grupo de células en el labio. En la India, una alta incidencia de cáncer del abdomen y la ingle se relaciona con la vestimenta (una especie de guayuco) de uso muy generalizado.
4. Prevención del cáncer
Es muy importante el hecho de que muchos de los agentes que se consideran cancerígenos son manejables por el hombre. En este sentido, al conocerse la relación entre un tipo de cáncer y un factor determinado, podemos dirigir nuestra acción hacia la eliminación del agente.
Con este fin se deben tomar medidas como las siguientes:
•No fumar
•Evitar exponerse al sol por tiempo prolongado (especialmente personas de piel blanca o sensible).
•Mantener una adecuada higiene genital.
•Controlar el consumo de bebidas alcohólicas. Evitar los excesos de bebidas.
•Una dieta adecuada, rica en fibras vegetales, frutas y baja en grasas.
•En los grupos de lato riesgo como lo son los trabajadores de ciertas industrias, se deben tomar las precauciones adecuadas para protegerlos y mantener un control médico periódico.
•Evitar la exposición a radiaciones (Rayos X, etc.) pues a la larga pueden causar trastornos.
En sus primeros estudios se puede decir que el 50% de los tumores malignos son curable, de aquí la importancia dl diagnóstico precoz.
Las invasiones metastásica generalmente ocurren cuando el tumor primario ya ha adquirido un tamaño considerable, ese lapso de tiempo depende del tipo de tumor, algunos son de evolución muy rápida como el cáncer del testículo, otros de diez o más años (algunos tipos de cáncer de la tiroides); pero lo más frecuente es que el tumor alcance su pleno desarrollo en un lapso de cinco años.
5. Diagnóstico del cáncer (métodos)
Es invalorable la ayuda que han prestado las técnicas modernas de detección en la lucha contra el cáncer. Entre los exámenes comúnmente practicados para descartar tumores tenemos:
Útero: La citología cervical o Papanicolau es un examen sencillo, rápido, no causa dolor y consiste en la toma de una muestra de secreción de cuello del útero para obtener algunas células y extenderlas en una lámina. Se procesa en el laboratorio mediante técnicas de fijación, para luego estudiarlas en el microscopio. Este examen no sólo indica si hay sospecha de cáncer, sino la presencia de alguna otra infección.
¿Quiénes deben hacerse el examen?, es recomendable que toda mujer que haya tenido sus relaciones sexuales se le practique el examen periódicamente (una vez al año o cada 2 años) o cuando el médico lo indique.
Existen otros exámenes como son:
Determinación de células malignas en sangre, orina y líquido cefalorraquídeo (este último en caso de tumores cerebrales).
Gammagrafía (uso de isótopos radiactivos).
Ecosonografía
Tomografía computarizada (consiste en cortes trasnsversales del ógano a estudiar).
Resonancia magnética (de uso muy reciente)
Not many people know it, but over 200,000 children all over the world develop cancer each year. As a single entity, cancer is the world’s leading killer, being the cause of 8.26 million deaths in 2012.
I recently photographed 10 children who survived cancer.
You can see their story and how I lit them here:
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Strobist info:
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Scription Chronodex Weekly Planner 2012 - free download with the cost of a prayer
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Finally made up my mind to create my own diary for 2012 a week ago, here I go sharing with you all! But first please give me a little support, my Dad recovered from prostate cancer but at the same time developed Parkinson's disease a few years ago. In the past week he has deteriorated a lot, bed bound finally, no more speech, I'm the last person he can recognize. It is so tough for Mom as a care taker. All I ask for is your sincere prayers, as you download this creation, for my Dad and Mom, so that he can go peacefully proud of his sons, and she can start to explore this new world with us. What a courageous woman she is.
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Thanks to my Dad's dedication to Chinese painting and art, I had my implicit training early in life and became a visual person yet unafraid to look deep into the subject matters. For years, I bought diaries but none of them satisfied my visual and creative needs.
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Since the beginning of the diary making business, every single diary is made by representing time in fixed grids. To challenge this right representation, after exploring in deep thoughts the essence of my own perfect diary, I present to you my Chronodex idea.
Come to think of it, the paper which makes up a diary originated from trees, when the sheets of paper are bound together in the middle, it is almost like foliages stemming from a tree's trunk. Each page is like a branch, each opened page is a week, each day is like a beautiful flower grew from that page, consist of petals of your day's time slices.
You may argue that this format is still slicing time into blocks and far from the fractal nature, but soon as you start using it, you will find that time is no longer right, instead you will find fluidity through free notations.
The more important time slices can be drawn larger, activities can be dots or pies (petals if you will) depending on duration or importance, space on a page is no longer limited to grids. Basically you can roam freely and be amazed how beautiful your week can be.
What's more is that your mind gradually deviate from the rigid format a typical diary imposes on you, reactivity soon flourishes. Imagine the effect happening in weeks! And I'm not kidding.
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Scription Chronodex Weekly Planner 2012 (Jan - Jun) Download
(just remember to pray for my Dad and Mom, sincerely)
It is done with the Midori Traveler's Notebook size in mind, even if you don't own a Traveler's Notebook, you can still use it without the leather cover.
Hong Kong Holiday version
Japanese Holiday version
Free of Holidays version
To grow your own diary, after downloading the PDF version of your choice, print it out double sided (duplex) in landscape mode on A4 papers. Be sure to print it out 100% without scale, left/right binding (try the first few pages on your printer and settings and you'll see what I mean). Check the sequence after the print out.
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Next, cut away the left and right portion of the A4 paper according to the cut line.
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Now here's the interesting part of the binding. Use a chisel to punch holes on both ends of the spine and stitch the pages up. You can staple them together just the same. This method will get you a bound notebook but ready for a cool bookmark which I will mention in a moment.
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To create a bookmark, simple take a piece of hard paper, cut it the way I showed above. Slide it between the papers of the current week, the slide 90 degree up following the spine to have the tab exposed on top of the diary (I hope I'm describing it right). There you go! a bookmark with a tab extruding from the top of your diary.
This cool bookmark invention based on the way you bind your diary is so useful and flexible, you will find it amazing when you reach the 12th week of the year! Tell me about that in a few months.
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The last part of my Chronodex journey was to make a cool diary cover. Thanks for my family's tolerance, I had a little free time in broad daylight having fun doing it, 2 cups of coffee, listening to audiobook through my iPhone/Jambox combo.
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Small features are infused into the diary, I hope you will enjoy the little tibits, do explore the "Boarding pass to success" idea. If you are interested, I will be sharing the July - December version, which is still in stage zero. Fellow Scription reader Boris from Russia already had a taste of the Chronodex, so go ahead and try yours. Your feedback and comment is what keeps me going, please do pray.
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Chemo treatment and living with multiple myeloma + anemia have reduced my cognitive abilities to remember things, recognize people, and recall information. I rely on calendars digital notes, and memory cues to help me through each day. These strengths that once felt solid as a rock, are fading away.
Like sand slipping through my fingers.
My 1st week of Cycle 2 is complete. Last Monday I had a Complete Blood Count. It is a common blood test (1 test tube) I have every 2 weeks that examines my general health during chemo treatment. The results showed that my white blood cells, neutrophils, blood platelets, and hemoglobin were all within/almost within normal range. This is good, it means that there isn’t a negative reaction to treatment. Each month I have a more comprehensive blood test that measure my cancer levels. Last week, I had the hiccups occasionally, a side effect of the steroid dexamethasone, but they went away after 10-15 minutes. I also felt a bit tired and used naps to help me recharge.
Sam 8-16-09
My best friend, Sam, lost his life from cancer last night.
Here's a guy who helped family, friends and what ever. This story is about him and that he did for me.
I met him years a go in business. We were instant friends. After I moved away we didn't keep in touch(I think). On one trip back home, I saw Sam. At that point I told me about my cancer.
I came back to live in Little Rock for family and friends. Sam lives 1 1-2 hours away.
He travels. When he is in town we visited. He then took me to my doctors, grocery store and you name it. He got me some speech and other theraphy. I beat cancer. Thanks, Sam!
Now Sam is gone. Sams family took me to the hospital last night. It was not something you would like to see. I left and later on he died.
Vito Quaranta, M.D., seated, and colleagues, from left, Darren Tyson, Ph.D., Shawn Garbett and Peter Frick, are using a new tool to observe how cancer cells respond to therapy. www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?artic...
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Secondary breast cancer, also called metastatic breast cancer, occurs when the disease spreads from the breast to elsewhere in the body. Some patients will have their first diagnosis of breast cancer only to discover that it has spread and is in fact metastatic breast cancer. Many women who are diagnosed with secondary cancer have had breast cancer at a previous time. Secondary cancer is caused by cancerous cells breaking away from their first place of infection to travel via the bloodstream to other parts of the body. Obviously metastatic breast cancer is serious and harder to fight because the disease is not confined simply to the breast.
When metastatic cancer develops, the most likely places it will spread to are the liver, lungs, bones and the brain. But because this type of cancer spreads, it does not mean it will necessarily spread to most or all of these places.
Because every woman is unique, those who develop metastatic breast cancer will have their own set of symptoms. These are determined by the location of the secondary cancer. If in the bones, the symptoms will usually mean aches and pains in the bones and particularly so when moving. It can also be difficult to sleep.
Epidemiology
The pain in cancer patients is usually multifactorial, may arise from the process itself, treatment side effects or both. For these reasons the approach and management of this symptom should be multidisciplinary. Pain syndrome occurs either by local proliferation or tumor invasion of a metastatic tumor from a distance. With metastatic bone pain often reflects the presence of a tumor in breast, thyroid, prostate, kidney, lung or adrenal.
Physiology of bone pain
Bone pain is associated with tissue destruction by osteoclast cells. Normally, osteoclastic bone resorption are in balance with bone formation mediated by osteoblasts. In neoplastic osteolytic activity is increased and there are substances such as cytokines, local growth factors, peptides similar to parathyroid hormone and prostaglandins. Autacoids are also released other owners as potassium ions, bradykinin and osteoclast activating factors. These tissue substances play an important role in sensitizing the neural tissue against chemical and thermal stimuli, lower thresholds for discharge of the neuronal membrane, produce exaggerated responses to stimuli above the threshold and result in discharges of tonic impulses normally silent nociceptors. This phenomenon is called peripheral sensitization and primary hyperalgesia and is understood as events occurring within the ranks of the injured tissue and stimulate peripheral nociceptors (C fibers and A delta fibers) translating pain. In bone tissue of the sensory receptors are located primarily in the periosteum, whereas the bone marrow and bone cortex are insensitive. This phenomenon of peripheral sensitization results in abnormal sensitivity to pressure surrounding skin (allodynia and hyperalgesia), pain in muscles, tendons, joints and deep tissues in contact with bone. This is limited to ensure that the peripheral ends have a greater capacity for alarm response to injury.
The constant presence of harmful process, stimulating nociceptive receptors gives the introduction of a subacute pain that tends to be chronic with the growth of bone metastases. These stimuli lead to another prevalent phenomenon called central sensitization important which includes abnormal amplification of incoming sensory signals to the central nervous system, particularly the spinal cord. The phenomenon occurs because of the persistent input stimulus through the fibers C. This spinal cord triggers a temporary increase in the power of silent synaptic terminals. In this process plays an important role of glutamate receptor N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA). The resulting amplification of the signal generated in the postsynaptic neuron sends a message to the brain which is interpreted as pain. In short central sensitization amplifies the sensory effects of both peripheral nociceptive inputs (C fibers of pain) and non-nociceptive fibers (A of touch).
In practice the two phenomena come together in the genesis of metastatic bone pain and peripheral sensitization occurs acutely metastatic lesions to appear nociceptors and translate the information conveyed through the afferent myelinated A-delta or unmyelinated C fibers to the spinal cord where the information is modulated by various systems. With the set up process subacute begins the process of central sensitization which sensory synapses begin to activate silent. And there is a state of increased central perception. By becoming chronic pain phenomenon becomes even more complex because all that is in contact with the area of injury becomes a powerful generator of pain. The touch, muscle movement or joint pain result, manifesting the phenomena of allodynia and hyperalgesia much more marked.
This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I have created bracelets, Hello Kitty Victorian Rings and Pins to help the foundation. Last year with your help, YourSweetTreat has donated over $450! On the side we also helped Haiti's Relief. Here are the new items I have posted today! You can also directly go to www.YourSweetTreatStore.etsy.com and click on the categories "Breast Cancer Awareness" to view the items. I hope you will enjoy these items and help out by either purchasing one item or even telling a friend about it. Thank you for all of your support.
The incidence of breast cancer among women worldwide has been on the rise. An increasing number of cases are reported in the US too. This prevalence of breast cancer can be attributed to several factors. However, there are two major aspects that multiply the risks associated with this disease. The first risk is associated with aging. As you get older, your risk of being diagnosed with it increases. The second risk is linked to being female as this type of cancer is more common among women and rare among men. The radiation or surgery is one of the most common methods employed for treating such cancers.
Over the years, extensive research has been carried out on this cancer to understand the conditions that lead to its occurrence. Here are some conditions that might be directly or indirectly responsible for causing this cancer among women:
If you have had a non-cancerous disease of the breasts, you are more vulnerable to being diagnosed with breast cancer in the subsequent years. The fact that you have heavy or dense breasts could also multiply your risks. Similarly, women who have been diagnosed with this could have a recurrence.
If women in your family (especially your grandmother, mother, sister, or cousins) have a history of this cancer type, your risk increases too. If you have such a family history, it is advisable to get genetic test done to assess your risk and take preventative measures at an early age.
Certain studies have also established that the intake of more than one alcoholic drink per day, or more than seven drinks per week could increase your cancer risk.
Your race could be another deciding factor. It is seen more commonly in White women than those of Hispanic, Asian, or Black descent.
Hormonal factors could also affect the occurrence of this type of cancer. For instance, prolonged estrogen-progestin hormone therapy has in some cases been linked to the prevalence of cancer. Having your first baby late or not bearing a child at all could also be linked to this cancer. There are several other hormonal factors that your medical doctor can throw light on.
The treatment process when undergoing radiation therapy is painless, but some patient can experience side effects. These may include dryness and discomfort of the skin that can be treated by your general practice if it occurs. However, it can take up to twelve months for the effects to completely heal. There is also the inevitable side effect of fatigue which normally happens around a fortnight into treatment. Fatigue can last up to a month after treatment is completed, but can be countered by getting more rest and having early nights.
Blood will need to be checked regularly for reduced counts and some women will experience a sore mouth or throat if treatment is carried out around that particular area. There are also significant lifestyle changes that may have to be made while radiation therapy is taking place. Rest is imperative and close attention needs to be paid to a healthy diet.
Regular blood tests will be necessary, and visits to the doctor should be made if unusual symptoms such as coughing, sweating, fever or pain occur. The affected area should receive extra care and be treated gently. Tight clothes around the area should be avoided to prevent rubbing. It's also important to moisturize the affected area after radiation therapy is complete and the treated area must also be kept out of direct sunlight.
The advances in radiation therapy means that long-term side effects are quite rare but they do still occur. Rib fractures, lung inflammation, damage to the heart, scarring and the association of other tumors like sarcoma are all possible but not as common as they once were.
When I was first diagnosed with cancer (more than 15 years ago), I figured it might be a death sentence. I worried even more when I was later diagnosed with a second cancer, lung cancer. But so far, it has been a succession of treatments and tests. The treatments vary all over the place, but the tests pretty much fall into one of two categories: someone takes your blood and looks at it, or someone takes your body and peers inside of it using some type of scanning device. This is not at all what I expected, which is the good news.
Summersome ward has approximately twenty six patients when at capacity, mostly it had seventeen or so. Of those, five were long term patients like myself. We would pass each other in the corridors and greet one another, asking how we are but never enquiring about details. We all knew each other to some degree. I knew some better than others. On nights I couldn’t sleep I would sit with the night shift nurses at the station where others would be. We would talk about a wide range of topics. Despite the differences in opinions we were all united in one thing. There was a camaraderie because each of us there were fighting a weapons grade cunt called cancer.
I hadn’t slept in the night so ended up at the station where I learned that a long term patient had died in the early hours. She was a lovely lady, a fight in her that burned behind her kind eyes. She had been progressively weaker over the weeks. However nothing prepares you for their death. Nothing. You can’t help but get emotional, at this stage in my life I have given up fighting back the tears, clenching my jaw in defiance of the emotion that wells up from deep inside. I will miss her.
There was a knock on my door and Dr Hardy came in. Smiling she pulled the chair closer to my bed.
“It’s good to see you again Jack, how are you?” she asked.
“Dr Hardy, is it eleven already? Time flies when you are having fun I guess. I’m okay, no real pain, a few new bruises from the insulation injections.” I replied.
“Please call me Ann, I prefer less formality. Do you mind if I sit down?” she asked.
“Of course not, please do” I said motioning to the chair with a nod.
Pulling the chair further towards me she sat down and wriggled to get comfy. Crossing her legs she rested my medical notes on a knee and began turning over the pages.
“Major abdominal surgery, bowel cancer metastasised to the liver, pancreatic internal bleed. Diabetic. Chemo toxicity. You’ve been through it” she said casting a confirming glance at me.
“It’s been quite a ride” I replied.
I still wasn’t sure whether this was real world or the morphine again. The afternoon before she had touched my shoulder though, I had felt that. She was real therefore this wasn’t a hallucination I concluded. I would open up to her.
“Also have erratic heart rates that Dr Crusic has concerns about. Full house I guess” I added and smiled at her.
Ann got up and replaced the notes at the bottom of the bed, sitting back down. She crossed her legs again and leaned back in the chair. She pursed her lips.
“How do you feel following that conversation with Billy, sorry I mean Dr Crusic?”
I paused to think about this. I hadn’t really determined how I felt about it. Sounds ridiculous I know but I really hadn’t.
“I appreciated his direct approach in stating the facts. I don’t want to sound complacent to any of this, I accept I’m on the clock now and I have fantastic teams all helping me fight to stay alive. I appreciate every single one of them. However I know I could die at anytime now. Deep down I’ve known and accepted this when I was first told the seriousness of my condition.” I said.
Pausing for a moment I glanced at Ann. She was regarding me carefully but said nothing and in doing so encouraging me to continue.
“Without rambling on… I think that accurately describes how I feel about the conversation we had, and indeed how I feel now. I have my distractions, my blog, my music, and my exercise. All of these I believe keep me sane, objective and a desire to keep fighting. I have my memories.” I concluded.
“Is that your greatest fear as of now, death?” she asked as she rubbed her leg, one of those itches that just had to be scratched I guess.
“Not really no. Sepsis closing down my organs and the excruciating fucking pain. The many times I have been so ill that it was unlikely I would make it through the night. I think any fear I had of death… well I would just say it’s not a fear I have. My greatest fear right now is that I am ignoring someone so very near and dear to me” I said.
“Do you mind if I recline the bed a little, I am finding sitting up like this to be rather uncomfortable on my bum” I asked glancing back to her.
She reached for the bed control and it began to flatten out.
“Say when?” she said.
“When!” I exclaimed smiling back at her. “Thank you, that’s much better.”
“Who are you ignoring and why Jack?” she asked as she attempted to replace the control on the hook, missing it several times before finally finding the right angle so it caught.
You ought to try doing it in the dark, on morphine and while laying down, most of the time the control ended up on the floor shortly followed by me muttering ‘fuck it’.
There was a knock at the door and Caitlin appeared, time for the vitals. Caitlin was really kind with me, would always stay and chat. She saw Ann was sat at my side, greeted her and said that she wouldn’t be long.
“Short pain” Caitlin said as she pressed the button, the lance launching the needle into my finger.
“How come you don’t say sharp scratch, I was under the impression that was the default announcement before stabbing anyone” I asked Caitlin, offering her a smile.
She looked up from the monitoring phone and appeared to be considering my question. Apple iPhones by the way, it seems there is no industry that they haven’t penetrated with their kit.
“It’s not really a sharp scratch though is it, more like a little prick” she giggled.
Packing up the trolley she made for the door. Stopping in the open doorway, “but we can’t say little prick, it sounds rude” she added.
“I’ve been called much worse” I said after her. The door quietly shut and I was left with Ann looking at me with what I would describe as a rather quizzical expression.
“It’s true, I have been called much worse in my time. Most of it underserving I hasten to add, some of it I did deserve. Certainly no angel by any stretch of the imagination” I said.
Ann bowed her head laughing. Scratching that leg again she looked up and gave me a friendly smile. Running her fingers through her ponytail I sensed she was wondering what to say. However she wasn’t wondering at all, she probably knew what she was going to ask three or maybe four questions ahead.
“You had said your greatest fear was that you were ignoring someone important to you. I had asked who it is and why you feel the need to ignore them?” she persisted.
The feeling came over me very quickly, this was not a subject I wanted to discuss with anyone. I was ashamed of my actions. I needed to say goodbye but the hurt I knew I was causing to someone who did not deserve it. I could feel myself closing off, becoming guarded as if Ann had asked a deeply personal question. Which she had. She just didn’t realise maybe.
“Would you mind if this conversation was discussed at a later point, I don’t mean to be rude or appear unappreciative of your help and time. It’s because I am so ashamed of myself for not doing what is right, that it is hard for me to put this into words. Coherent words I mean. Coherent enough to convey the who and why” I asked.
“Of course. When you are comfortable with talking about it you can let me know. If it weighs heavily on your mind then I would recommend that you share it. It is clearly important you” she replied.
I quietly thanked her, not lifting my head from staring at the bed sheets. Now this was fucking rude of me. Ann wanted to help. I looked at her, into her eyes as tears rolled from mine.
“Jack, I am going to let you rest now. I will call in to see you tomorrow around the same time if that’s okay with you?” she asked placing her hand on my shoulder.
“Yes please, thank you Ann. I will look forward to that and I am so very sorry for all this. I don’t know what has come over me” I replied.
“You have nothing to apologise for Jack, I am here to help you where I can, whatever the issues” she said. The slight pressure from her hand went as I closed my eyes, the sound of the door quietly closing. I tapped the music app on the laptop, set it to shuffle and tried to sleep.
I vaguely remember Caitlin coming in, offering my arm for the vitals check. She was humming along to Pauly Fuemana’s ‘how bizarre’ playing on my laptop. It was a soft hum that relaxed me, sending me back to sleep. When I finally did open my eyes, the room was dark except for the small light that remained on all the time. I had slept through the rest of the morning and all of the afternoon.
A knock at the door. It was Clarissa. “Can I get you a drink love?” she asked.
“I’d love a highball Clarissa” I replied grinning.
“What’s a highball, never heard of that? Is that one of those funny coffee concoctions because we can’t do anything clever with the hot drinks I’m afraid”
“Typically, a highball is a shot from each bottle across the optics, a splash of mixer. If you ask for one in the Viper Room that is.”
Clarissa boomed out her contagious laugh. “You would be so lucky love, I can offer a cup of tea, white, two sugars?” she said still laughing.
“That would be perfect, thank you. Oh and if you see anyone from the diabetes team, don’t mention the sugar?”
She winked at me, the door slowly closed behind her.
And John was belting out God Save the Queen. Indeed John, God save her.
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I am diagnosed with terminal stage 4 colon cancer that has metastasised to my liver. I now have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes and as a result of the colon cancer, I have an ileostomy called Elvis.