An Imperfect World

A friend called me in a state of confusion. She said that one of her friends was diagnosed with intermediate stage breast cancer despite undergoing regular mammography. “Isn’t mammography supposed to detect breast cancer?” she asked. So why did the doctors miss my friend’s cancer? I have previously said that none of the...

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The Family Is My Patient

Isolation, loneliness, feeling of being all alone in the difficult journey are emotions that patients go through upon being diagnosed with cancer. Yet, the patient is not alone in the pain, suffering and sadness. His entire family is afflicted with the disease perhaps not literally but figuratively. When a patient is stricken...

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