The internet is what it is, and one of its charms is its freewheeling nature, but as a source of medical information it must be approached with caution.
Persistent allergies turn out to be symptoms of stage four cancer! A board of specialists decided that mom’s heart was too diseased and she could not withstand an operation to remove the cancer.
The dreams were almost always the same: my teeth were loose or falling out, or I had a huge wad of chewing gum in my mouth that I was unable to remove.
He was in room 302 of the ICU. From his bed he could see the double doors which led out to the corridor leaving the ICU; his room was the last room on that end of the ward.
My life suddenly started to cave in. The pain, which started in my shoulders and back, eventually spread throughout my body. Every part of me ached and burned.
Eerie. That's how it felt. I sat my wallet on the counter and waited for the receptionist to open the thick glass. How could all those people be waiting and it be so damn quiet?
“I don’t want you or your sisters to tell anyone that your mother has a brain tumor. We’ll tell people that she had a stroke. It doesn’t sound as bad.”
