I always hated the "cancer sucks" campaign.
Stubbing your toe sucks; Cancer kills you.
I much prefer something along the lines of (pardon my french) "Cancer's a real dickhead" or, at the very least something more aggressive like "Fuck Cancer".
As I get older, I find the word "dickhead" way more crass than I used to and exceptionally more offensive to my ears.
Some people believe cancer is caused by negative energy or stress. I dont entirely doubt this because stress causes inflammation in the body, and inflammation influences cancer causing genes. That's why aspirin prevents cancer. However, it really breaks my heart when cancer patients choose no medical intervention and go the way of hypnosis and crystals. Cause those people die. Indeed, every now and then you hear a story of someone who laughed their way to health, but those are miracles.
The thing is, miracles are rare; they're special (even the Insane clown posse knows that). So, when it comes to your life and death - the thing that makes you just like everyone else - why would would you gamble? It's like banking on mega millions to pay this month's rent.
Most people who work in cancer hosptials say that they would love to be put out of work by cure; I don't doubt this, but, cmon- losing your job sucks.
im one of yours bfs students, eddie to be precise. i worked in the BMSCH at RWJUH in new brunswick in peds/heme onc for 3.5 years and i wish i could have worked there longer but the forces that be didnt allow me to. i saw miracles and i saw otherwise. those miracles are what kept me coming back. however i knew those miracles wouldnt have happened without drs, nurses and meds like you said.
ReplyDeletei know you work in a hospital but i forgot where but im sure you know what cancer looks like and yes it doesnt suck. it fucking kills in horrible ways. i never saw one kid die peacefully from their disease other then being on the tons of morphine or fentanyl.
if i could take any one of those kids cancers away so that they could live a full life i would. and im sure sean would do the same with you. so do him a favor and stop smoking for both your and his sake
Thanks, Eddie. Im working on it!
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