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Just like Jake
I couldn’t help thinking about my nephew, Jake-o-rama, when I read the article in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The headline on my Google News item read: Medical debate: Should autism block a man from getting a heart transplant? The man, Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Family, Health, Life, Philadelphia
Tagged Autism, behavioral issues, depression, ethics of transplants, Google News, heart transplant, immune system, Medical debate, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, side effects, steroids, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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An unutterably ugly word: malignancy
In my last blog, My body, my battleground, I wrote about finding a lump in my breast, and having a biopsy. That was a month ago, though it seems more like an eon. Not quite a week afterwards, my doctor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and blogging, Costa Rica, Health, Life
Tagged biopsy, Breast cancer, Caja, chemotherapy, CIMA hospital, emotions, Escazu, estrogen, immune system, lymph nodes, margins, meditation, mindfulness, national health care, Oncology, radiation, San Jose, San Jual de Dios, stress, Tamoxifen, Testerone
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