How Much Do You Want To Know About Your Cancer?
I came across this NY Times article, "How Much Do You Want To Know About Your Cancer," and I was moved to comment. Apparently I had more to say than their character limit, so I thought I better blog about it! I'd love to hear other people's perspectives. The article: http://mobile.nytimes.com/comments/blogs/well/2016/06/01/how-much-do-you-want-to-know-about-your-cancer/ My response: I am almost *exactly* the patient described in this article, with lung cancer spread throughout my bones and liver. My children, however, were only 4, 2 and 2 when I was diagnosed, and I was acutely ill by the time my doctors finally figured out it wasn't just asthma causing my intense breathing difficulties. This past weekend marked 3 years from that fateful day when I was told that I have cancer. Now, I take a targeted medicine daily to control my metastatic lung cancer. I have been through chemotherapy and brain radiation, but I am able to maintain a pretty good quality of life. So ...