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Sunday, April 19, 2009

 

still don't

More conditions my patients have had that I'm glad I don't:

  • Huntington's disease. And a big honkin' meningioma as a "bonus".

  • Multiple enterocutaneous fistulas secondary to surgeries to treat colon cancer.

  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma - this was actually a patient who had undergone chemo in the past, and when it was discovered that the cancer was back, she declined further treatment and went on comfort care. She died on my shift.

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    # posted by girl_in_greenwood @ 11:42 AM
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    My husband had diffuse large b-cell lymphoma and it was in stage 3b when they found it. He went through 8 months of chemo and he has now been in remission for almost 6 years!

    Do you know how long that girl was in remission before her relapse?
    # posted by Blogger Sarah : April 19, 2009 1:04 PM
     
    Life is just NOT fair, is it? No where do you learn that more than working in a hospital.
    # posted by Anonymous Caroline : April 19, 2009 4:42 PM
     
    Comfort care...that term sounds so much nicer than palliative care.
    # posted by Blogger Heather : April 22, 2009 9:10 PM
     
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