The C Word

Cancer. ; I’m in a nightmare and want to wake up. ; Neuroblastoma in her liver and adrenal glands. Biopsy and more testing to come. Definitive answers Friday or Monday. ; Jordan and I are completely devastated, but we move forward. We have attacked the nurses and doctors with questions and they have been phenomenal. They are truly […]
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Basal Testing: A New Kind of Torture Just when I thought I'd experienced every indignity and inconvenience this disease could dish up, along comes basal testing.I've had the Big D for almost seven years now, and I've always been told never to skip meals (a good thing too, because I n......
Sleep Apnea Might Literally Be Killing You If you suffer from sleep apnea, you probably know all about the CPAP. CPAP stands for Constant Positive Airway Pressure and is the term used for a rather inelegant machine that blows air down your throat to keep your airway from collapsing while you sleep. Sound miserable? It is. CPAPs, while being the gold standard for sleep apnea treatment, can be extremely uncomfortable. Most CPAP users stop wearing it within 3 months. What we end up with is a bunch of CPAPs sitting in the floor of the closet while their owners suffer with sleep apnea untreated. There has to...
Eating disorders and Borderline Personality Disorder shouldn’t still be controversial subjects Warning, this blog contains some content about eating disorders that may be triggering to some readers I used to believe all the stigma, all the rumours, lies and misunderstandings surrounding eating disorders. I’d stare at the waif-like girls and joke, what she needs is a good meal. I even thought purging was plain wrong and something I’d never do myself. Or at least I did, until it happened to me. I used to believe that eating disorders were a choice For most of my life I’d lived relatively eating disorder free. By relatively I mean there had been no...
What is the link between impulsivity and binges? A report published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics analyzes the link between impulsivity and binge eating in obese subjects....
GPs are ‘slower on cancer tests’ The survey found a relationship between the readiness of the doctor to investigate or refer for suspected cancer and cancer survival GPs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are less likely to immediately refer people with possible cancer for tests or to a specialist than those in comparable countries, according to a survey. Cancer survival is also higher in the likes of Australia, Canada and Sweden because of delays in referrals in the UK, the results of the international survey published in the BMJ Open show....