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- From: dougb@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Douglas Bank)
- Subject: Re: Cancer scare
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- References: <AfAIrai00iUxM5SUxA@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Dec21.180711.24406@ll.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:23:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.180711.24406@ll.mit.edu> nanis@ll.mit.edu (Jeff Nanis) writes:
- >In article <AfAIrai00iUxM5SUxA@andrew.cmu.edu> tg2n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Tami Grudzinski) writes:
- >>I believe that the scares are not all that uncommon.
- >
- > Unfortunately, you're right. Based on both my own experiences
- >and stories I've heard at my cancer survivor support group at the Deaconness
- >in Boston, every doctor's exam with less than immediate results, every
- >unexplained fever or persistent pain is a potential scare.
- >
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- As soon as you adopt the "better safe than sorry" attitude, scares must
- happen - often. I'm sure one of these months I'll get some ambiguous
- result. Hopefully, I'll get the test repeated more someone decides to
- start pumping me with chemo.
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- Scare are one thing, but how many people have unnecessary treatment
- because of inaccurate test results?
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