tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921853553846280994.post4238672888444467217..comments2023-03-25T06:52:25.672-07:00Comments on F-Bomb Café: The Hippocratic Oath Is For Sissies, AnywayRenée Z.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10668428104522914987noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921853553846280994.post-73812217809468216862010-11-30T23:18:22.636-08:002010-11-30T23:18:22.636-08:00Dearest Renee, you are touching upon a pet peeve o...Dearest Renee, you are touching upon a pet peeve of mine, possibly the one at the top of a long list...<br /><br />I am a snarky, middle-aged chick recovering from breast cancer treatment. Notice I don't say I'm recovering from breast cancer. It's the treatment that did me in. Now, when you are diagnosed with any sort of cancer, you certainly want someone to get it out of your body, if at all possible. But if they succeed, and you survive, it'd be nice to be able to enjoy it. However, cancer treatment is about as subtle as killing mosquitoes with a nuclear bomb, so even if one outlasts the cancer itself, the side effects and long-term effects of treatment may ruin your life. Are there options that are less toxic? Frequently. And why is it that many of us never know that? Because our oncologists and surgeons (which frequently include, by the way, plastic surgeons if we elect to have reconstructive surgery) do NOT inform us honestly about such things. In fact, a lot of them out-and-out deny that these effects are caused by treatment. Sigh...<br /><br />Yeah, forget the Hippocratic Oath. "Do No Harm" is pretty meaningless when you're getting slashed, burned and poisoned.Kathihttp://www.accidentalamazon.com/noreply@blogger.com