tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post7399790139571746733..comments2023-11-03T05:09:33.978-04:00Comments on Fragments of Grace: Pain and . . . Cancer? or . . . Other ThingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-67265259407899722522012-10-12T22:27:20.304-04:002012-10-12T22:27:20.304-04:00What a lot of posts you would have read to get the...What a lot of posts you would have read to get the gist of this part of my journey, Robin! That touches me.<br /><br />I am ab ig believer in our bodies/cells having memory and that trauma lodges itself there so I can readily believe that the events of 1960 have shaped you in a lasting way. <br /><br />As people say well meaning but painful things to me about having cancer it is a struggle to continue to be gracious and not just shut myself away from taking the chance that someone will add to it. Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-32885517961429286342012-10-12T10:59:53.580-04:002012-10-12T10:59:53.580-04:00Hope, I am deeply moved by the relationship that y...Hope, I am deeply moved by the relationship that your surgeon has opened himself up to with you. I think that in itself must do a great deal to alleviate fear and physical pain.<br /><br />I read all your posts from the beginning of August on, and you have certainly been through a Scylla and Charybdis passage of diagnoses and misdiagnoses and ambiguous diagnoses. But it seems that your doctors have been consistently available to reflect on the situation with you.<br /><br />I wrote a letter to my first breast cancer surgeon explaining how her handling of my case had led me to change surgeons. She never even acknowledged receiving it. Perhaps someday I will print out my blog posts and send them to the breast cancer practice. <br /><br />I think that, for me, as I age, the events of 1960 loom larger than ever, which means that every step into a medical building is one that takes considerable courage for me. And, of course, my son's death has completely altered something in the very core of my being, so that I am very quick to arm myself internally against perceived threats at times when an open acceptance might be far more helpful on every plane -- physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental. Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-25079959069482902142012-10-12T00:23:41.988-04:002012-10-12T00:23:41.988-04:00That particular medical procedure is ahead of me y...That particular medical procedure is ahead of me yet. The surgeon did tell me yesterday that it was not a fun one to go through. <br /><br />I gave my surgeon the bulk of the posts that I have written on my journey through diagnosis/misdiagnosis and back again. I thought it might be helpful to him to read from the patient's point of view. I'm fortunate in that he has done extensive work overseas in countries that have no diagnostic equipment and he told me that he's had to learn to truly listen to patients as they know their bodies. <br /><br />I am sorry that you have had so much pain. Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-86217578525319414422012-10-11T17:17:24.781-04:002012-10-11T17:17:24.781-04:00If you think the approaches to cancer treatment di...If you think the approaches to cancer treatment differ drastically between that provided for children and what is presented to adults, wait until you reach old age. If the treatment offered to adults is unacceptably "un-holistic", what they offer to geriatric patients borders on physical and psychological abuse and/or neglect.<br /><br />Western medicine has gone almost completely over to science...maybe, more specifically, Chemistry. There is very little of the human element left in medical treatment, much to the detriment of our species, I'm afraid...Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.com