Telling friends and co-workers

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Re: Telling friends and co-workers #34368 11-01-2005 06:40 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Upstate NY Nelie Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Nelie Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Upstate NY	The one question that really irks me and that I cann0ot see as appropriate in any circumstance is one I have actually gotten three times--al from nurses, surgical intake interviewers, and other (non-doctor) medical people: "you have/had tongue cancer? How'd you get THAT?" I don't think these same people would ever ask a breast cancer patient this--it must have something to do with the rarity of the disease but still--if they thought for one minute before opening their mouths..... SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"

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Telling friends and co-workers	houseisoverflowing	11-01-2005 09:54 AM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Andrea	11-01-2005 10:30 AM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	GRE1	11-01-2005 11:55 AM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	fivepets	11-01-2005 12:38 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Nelie	11-01-2005 01:25 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Carol L	11-01-2005 01:34 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Nelie	11-01-2005 01:40 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Cathy G	11-01-2005 02:15 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Barbara156	11-01-2005 03:56 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Carol L	11-01-2005 04:43 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	helen.c	11-01-2005 05:32 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	David Rex	11-01-2005 06:12 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Carol L	11-01-2005 06:51 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Nelie	11-01-2005 09:11 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	JAM	11-01-2005 10:38 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	mghester	11-02-2005 04:10 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	tizz	11-03-2005 12:25 AM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Gail Mac	11-03-2005 09:03 AM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	JAM	11-03-2005 11:14 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	wilckdds	11-04-2005 12:47 AM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Cathy G	11-04-2005 09:34 AM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	mellay	11-05-2005 04:13 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Carol L	11-06-2005 02:14 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Carol L	11-06-2005 02:18 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	wilckdds	11-06-2005 10:10 PM
Re: Telling friends and co-workers	Uptown	11-11-2005 12:24 AM

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