things what suck
So I saw the movie Wit, starring Emma Thompson, the other day in the hotel in Wenatchee. While I wouldn't say it's specifically about cancer, it does go pretty indepth with regards to the utter suckfest that is chemotherapy... It's a good movie. Never mind that I cried through half of it.
Anyway, today I was sitting down to the afternoon classless lull that is my blessing and my curse when my supervisor turned to me with this huge long e-mail, in English, mainly salient information regarding a chemotherapy drug called- temozolamide? I suddenly can't remember the name. As it turns out, a friend of his has a high-school-aged daughter with an inoperable brain tumor and they're looking into treatments not available in Japan, which apparently covers a lot of chemotherapy.
I tried to help him through it as much as I could- and I thank god that I did all that magazine research for Mom back in the day- and wondered all the while- what is the recovery rate for chemotherapy, in general? I mean, I realize that the mere fact one has to do chemo means one's chances are a little on the slim side to begin with, but with already established drugs how many people are actually cured and move on to happy, metastasis-free lives?
Just wondering. ._.
Anyway, today I was sitting down to the afternoon classless lull that is my blessing and my curse when my supervisor turned to me with this huge long e-mail, in English, mainly salient information regarding a chemotherapy drug called- temozolamide? I suddenly can't remember the name. As it turns out, a friend of his has a high-school-aged daughter with an inoperable brain tumor and they're looking into treatments not available in Japan, which apparently covers a lot of chemotherapy.
I tried to help him through it as much as I could- and I thank god that I did all that magazine research for Mom back in the day- and wondered all the while- what is the recovery rate for chemotherapy, in general? I mean, I realize that the mere fact one has to do chemo means one's chances are a little on the slim side to begin with, but with already established drugs how many people are actually cured and move on to happy, metastasis-free lives?
Just wondering. ._.