saturday evening, i was so excited about my PBS sitcoms – and i turned on the TV and PBS WASN\u2019T WORKING. Kevin called our cable company, and it wasn\u2019t them, it was actually PBS. very disappointing. instead we watched “minority report,” an intense movie starring tom cruise that i think is pretty good. <\/p>\n
christine wrote to me that she thought camping sounded MISERABLE (she didn\u2019t actually capitalize the word, but that was the thone i got from her e-mail). the thing about camping is, it can be so great. the place where we went, Site M, is a short, hour-long drive from here, and the primitive campsite is so serene and lovely and peaceful and crammed with nature. <\/p>\n
except for the heat and the incredibly loud and rude fellow campers, it was great.<\/p>\n
maybe it\u2019ll cool off again, say, by…october?<\/p>\n
worse, i\u2019m suddenly sick. again. i was just sick a month ago and i never get sick and once again it feels like the flu, with chills and awful achyness and incredibly fatigue. i\u2019m about to back to sleep, as a matter of fact. <\/p>\n
because of my deeply-rooted worrying genes, i\u2019m pretty sure that it\u2019s something very very bad. because why would i get sick two months in a row? it could be lyme disease, although i pulled ticks off my socks but never found any anywhere else, plus it takes at least three days for any symptoms to show up. but maybe i got lyme disease before, sometime before i was sick the last time, and now it\u2019s resurfacing.<\/p>\n
the other possibility is ovarian cancer. how much do you know about ovarian cancer? it\u2019s an incredibly deadly form of cancer, because there aren\u2019t any symptoms, so it\u2019s not found until it\u2019s at a very advanced stage, and by then it has spread and most people die from it.<\/p>\n
but i just read an article a few days ago, stating that now they\u2019re starting to think that there are possibly early signs. <\/p>\n
here\u2019s part of one article:<\/p>\n
Cancer Experts Identify Symptoms For Early Diagnosis Of Ovarian Cancer<\/p>\n
Main Category: Women\u2019s Health \/ OBGYN News<\/p>\n
Article Date: 18 Jun 2007 – 6:00 PDT<\/p>\n
The American Cancer Society, Gynecologic Cancer Foundation and the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists on June 25 are expected to formally announce recommendations for identifying symptoms that could signal early stages of ovarian cancer, the New York Times reports. Experts from the groups are calling on women who experience the symptoms — which include bloating, pelvic or abdominal pain, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly, and a frequent or urgent need to urinate — every day for two to three weeks to see a gynecologist.<\/p>\n
Some physicians said the recommendations will make women and doctors more aware of early symptoms of ovarian cancer and will lead to earlier diagnosis. “The majority of the time this won\u2019t be ovarian cancer, but it\u2019s just something that should be considered,” Barbara Goff, director of gynecologic oncology at the University of Washington and an author of several studies that helped identify the symptoms, said. She added that new and persistent problems were the most important for women to monitor.<\/p>\n
According to the Times, if ovarian cancer is diagnosed and surgically removed before it spreads outside the ovary, 93% of patients are alive after five years. However, only 19% of cases are diagnosed early, and 45% of all women with ovarian cancer survive at least five years, compared with 89% of women diagnosed with breast cancer. About 22,430 new cases of ovarian cases and 15,280 deaths are expected in the U.S. this year, the Times reports.<\/p>\n
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bad, huh? but i guess i don\u2019t have most of the symptoms. and they don\u2019t mention a horrible achy feeling and having chills and a temperature.<\/p>\n
so maybe i\u2019ll live.<\/p>\n
goodnight.<\/p>\n
grace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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