tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post3413748535410430290..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: In the Empire of the Sick, Cancer is KingVictoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-19797479568001062272014-08-21T20:25:44.436+02:002014-08-21T20:25:44.436+02:00@Anonymous, Agree with you 100%. Saving a life a...@Anonymous, Agree with you 100%. Saving a life and quality of life have to be balanced. The issue of pain control, the author said, was very controversial at one point. I found that horrendous.<br /><br />@Catherine, I understand. I think I would have found it interesting and informative before I was diagnosed but not during active treatment or that first year of recovery. At that point I think it would have made me unbearably depressed.<br /><br />@Andrew, You read correctly. The surgeons at one time though that they could cure cancer by removing more and more tissue which in the case of BC meant crippling the patients. <br /><br />The irony here (in my case) is that my surgeon actually argued for my keeping the right breast (the left one was a lost cause). He thought a lumpectomy was quite sufficient and told me that there was only a 30% chance it would come back if I kept the breast. I said "no" and he respected that and removed both. After surgery he came by and asked me if I was still Ok with my decision and I said "yes, absolutely" and he was visibly relieved. Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-20796538121263569372014-08-20T14:00:00.048+02:002014-08-20T14:00:00.048+02:00I also found it an impressive overview of cancer a...I also found it an impressive overview of cancer and cancer treatments (some of them horrifying, if I recall correctly that 'esteemed' surgeon who basically butchered women with more and more radical mastectomies).<br /><br />But it did provide perspective and context to my cancer journey, although I only had the courage to read it a few years in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-59625771271303537992014-08-19T23:47:09.899+02:002014-08-19T23:47:09.899+02:00I've heard a movie is being made from this boo...I've heard a movie is being made from this book. Should be interesting, I think. More than once this title has been recommended - but I cannot bring myself to read an entire book about cancer. A movie, perhaps that could be done. Sounds like a good narrative, either way. Catherinehttp://www.facingcancer.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-15868829779975772112014-08-19T18:14:12.276+02:002014-08-19T18:14:12.276+02:00Cancer sucks on all levels - the process is physic...Cancer sucks on all levels - the process is physically painful and the results can create disabilities that don't go away. This is not to say that your medical team is fully engaged in doing their best to save your life. I believe that speaking up about pain and effects is key to helping make treatment more palatable. Speaking up is not self-pity but helpful to progress toward a better treatment protocol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com