| Zoom in the hospital. | | | | cells travel fast," says Dr. Cornelio, an oncologist. The |
| Did you know that the Oncology Department is such a | | | | cells has to stop growing and spreading that's why |
| pitiful sight, even if it's a private hospital? I don't mean its | | | | medical practitioners value time and speed. Even |
| yucky ---- I mean its like a death row. The patients are | | | | patients of age 92 get operated on to live longer, and |
| geared and seriously fighting their own wars. Most of | | | | get successfully healed. |
| them go winning with only small bruises. But they're still | | | | Generally, how are cancer patients treated? There are |
| lucky because they could find money to pay for | | | | various ways. Workout procedures are necessary. |
| treatment, unlike those who just die and rot unattended | | | | And of course, a series of doctors and specialists |
| like rats. The oncologist is so concerned to inject the | | | | opinions. |
| taxol, carboplatin, and nausea - to give more days, | | | | Let's take for example Patient A. Patient A has |
| months, and even years adding some life span to | | | | ovarian cancer that crawled to some body parts. So, |
| cancer patients. The nurses and the staff are serious, | | | | the organ that is primarily affected/ with cancer should |
| too, as if the patients are their own families. This is | | | | be treated first. An operation or chemotherapy would |
| vocation, service, prayer. If you see people with wigs, | | | | be advised. It depends on the type of cancer. |
| bonnets, bandannas and hats, It's a sign, they've been | | | | At least, 6 sessions of chemotherapy is necessary. |
| to the war. You wouldn't mess with them, they would | | | | After that, a series of laboratory tests like blood test, |
| have after-shocks and you would taste their | | | | Xray, ultrasound, and CT Scan would again be |
| vengeance. | | | | required. In some cases, the tumor becomes smaller. |
| And so the lecture began. | | | | Then after three or four months tests will be repeated |
| "Do you want another operation to remove other | | | | to ensure the cells wouldn't spread. |
| cancer cells hiding under the lymph nodes? We have | | | | In treating cancer patients, a psychologist and/or |
| to cut the mother tumor so it wouldn't produce new | | | | psychiatrist can offer their help in the acceptance of |
| cancer cells..." the doctor said/specialist. | | | | sickness. In most cases, the patient's decision must be |
| It's funny. It is like star wars, aliens, and Xmen. Here is | | | | considered as to the treatment he/she prefers. |
| mutations, androids, Science. I felt a sting in my | | | | Saint Peregrine is the patron saint of cancer stricken |
| stomach as if I were the one who was sick. "Cancer | | | | patients. |