To die, to sleep, perchance to dream...

Oct 01, 2002 08:51

I had to laugh at myself last night.

I read Cicero's On Old Age, and while I agree that overall I do not fear death, as soon as I turned the lights out and tried to sleep, my mind was beset with worrying over certain female problems and the lump that the doctor found in my breast ( Read more... )

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dragesarte October 2 2002, 22:02:38 UTC
You know, I don't know why I haven't brought this up yet, but if it eases your mind, I had a precancerous legion on my head when I was in seventh grade, and they are not a rare thing at all. There are excellent odds this is nothing, and there are great odds that if it is something, it'll just get removed and never cause you problems again. My neighbor and aunt both got cancer actually in their brains and did not suffer permanent ramifications from it, and I've known a few people who recovered fine from breast cancer. So I really doubt this is going to be something that will put you in pain for a long time. They don't talk about the wonders of early detection so much for no reason at all. I hope this makes you feel better.

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