Confronting colon cancer: a daughter ’ s regretful journey
My mother. 63 years old. Colon cancer. She first noticed rectal bleeding. She made excuses. Maybe it’s hemorrhoids. She put her physician on a pedestal. He said, “You’re too young to die,” and there was no need for further tests. Her daughters, both RNs (one an ICU nurse, the other an anesthetist), pleaded with her
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Confronting colon cancer: a daughter’s regretful journey originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Debbie Moore-Black, RN Tags: Conditions Gastroenterology Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
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