Not a good start to the morning today. I woke up feeling some of those jitters I had back in 2008 when I had those anxiety attacks. I will chalk it up to the recent stress I have been under lately.
My god brother and best friend went to Mt. Sinai early yesterday morning over complications from his chemotherapy. The side effects are supposed to be shortness of breath and difficulty swallowing. It evidentially got so severe he had to be rushed to the hospital around 4 AM. I visited him and he is very tired and as he moves his breathing difficulties increase. Even drinking water is a problem.
I really don’t understand why that is available if the side effects are so devastating. I understand chemotherapy is supposed to be effective against cancer. I also read doctors would not undergo it themselves nor would they allow their family to undergo it. Plus, as long as chemo has been around why haven’t people come up with cures for the side effects
Sadly, the quick research I did doesn’t even address cancer treatments outside of chemotherapy. I saw some mention of radiation but very little otherwise. Today I will research a few places that advertise on television.
Part of my anxiety now is that I think I will get cancer. I mean there is nothing safe for us to eat or drink. There are sweet drinks out there listed as having “no sugar”. How is that possible? What chemical did you add to make this happen? And after five or ten years what NEW cancer are people going to have to deal with. Between the bad food that is manufactured and the stress we are being put under I don’t know.
With my god brother going through his ordeal I am getting an idea of how I can at least TRY to prepare myself in case I get cancer and what to look for.
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