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I've got cancer but it's probably (almost certainly, really) okay. Within a very short period I will no longer have cancer (for now). This is the best kind of cancer to have - the kind that is caught early and treated easily - but I've learned a few things on the way that I want to share with you.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/05/carcinoma-angels/#squeaky-nail
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Hello and well met, fellow caught-early-and-treated early cancer survivor. For me it was colon cancer, also treated through KP. It's only been a few years yet, and I'm due for another status colonoscopy in mere days.
@VulcanTourist Hope you get a clean bill.
If the cancer doesn't resurface and get me, my heart will: a cardiac treadmill test had to be abruptly abandoned last week when my blood pressure DROPPED to 74 systolic. It was quite normal just before and after. No one yet knows why. The fellow doing the echocardiogram today was nice but not at all talkative like your techs. Meanwhile I'm supposed to avoid even taking stairs.
> Same logic as before: if you have the stamina and skills to demand a fix to a broken system, you have a duty to use them.
+1!