Linda in a happy time
One of the
thoroughly detestable attributes of cancer is that often it – and therapy designed to cure it – come complete
with considerable pain. Bone pain is
distressingly common, as is mouth pain associated with oral cancer. Another unwanted complication is chemotherapy-induced
peripheral neuropathy. The world would
be significantly better off without these unpleasant realities.
Well,
medical science is making good progress in understanding the nuts and bolts of
pain, and dealing with it. The opioid epidemic
has set back progress significantly, however.
Anyway, read
this little NCI summary. It is easy going, and informative. God
grant that for you it turns out to be useless information.
I think
Linda’s long battle with ovarian cancer was relatively pain-free, but I can’t
be absolutely sure. She was so deeply
conscious of the feelings of her care-givers….
And she was so damned brave!
God, how I
hate cancer. Especially ovarian!
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