tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741672436160438708.post7759590921403398337..comments2024-03-26T12:50:32.070-07:00Comments on Learning from and about cancer (chronic lymphocytic leukemia or CLL) by Dr. Brian Koffman: The profundity, shame, and denial of cancer and what Viktor Frankl might have to sayBrian Koffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13250684684103918493noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741672436160438708.post-28279970492784607102010-06-26T08:07:17.116-07:002010-06-26T08:07:17.116-07:00Cancer strikes those with immune system deficienci...Cancer strikes those with immune system deficiencies, IMO. Certainly we see that in CLL; secondary cancers are much more likely with an impaired immune system. <br /><br />I, too, dislike the idiotic notion that not being vegan causes cancer, or that I'm not positive enough or something. And CLL has few if any strong links to lifestyle or external factors. <br /><br />I suppose the one thing having CLL for 11 1/2 years is that we are all dying. I kept telling myself that I shouldn't do this or that, because I probably wouldn't be able to finish the project, or I would be too sick to get to the end of the semester. But, that means turning your back on many things. <br /><br />We are all dying. The only thing that any of us can do is to muddle on, and make the best of what time we have left. And to make our life count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741672436160438708.post-82631213723007296762010-06-16T16:14:42.745-07:002010-06-16T16:14:42.745-07:00Thanks for posting this my friend!Thanks for posting this my friend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2741672436160438708.post-33670603763591281952010-06-16T09:49:52.465-07:002010-06-16T09:49:52.465-07:00Brian,
Feeling raw already and this article was ju...Brian,<br />Feeling raw already and this article was just what I needed to be fully cooked. "Dad's numbers have gone down" this is what I hear from my Mom lips in slow motion the minute Dad walks out of the room. No more appetite for me, lump in throat, twisted gut..i am done, want to run from the sadness that has been hiding like a grim Lord or the Rings character.<br />I have had a year off from the worry. He has been in remission for a year. I have been as creative as a 6 year old but with 40 years of know how.<br />Numbers down is not awful news but it's the fear in her eyes that drowns me. I can handle my Fathers death, I can survive the misery of people bugging me, trying to ram rod me with Christian love.<br />Can I remain a float in my always cheery Mom's tsunami?<br />Today I think maybe, but it's going to take a huge pre-social purge on my part.<br />A 46 year marriage , the only man she ever kissed. I am just not sure how she will survive more health drama...it's changing her.<br />Tuesday it's marrow tapping time so I will have to wait, she will have to wait.<br />I will have to go on like it's all OK until it's not... on the outside.<br />good thing I have a puppy and a new bike.<br />Love X1000Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com