(1) When it's curable.
(2) When your doctors thought you had a different, worsening condition that's not curable.
(3) When because you have some cancerous tumors on your lung, you won't be getting that lung transplant.
(4) Since you won't be getting that lung transplant, you won't have to take immuno-suppresants, and you won't have to worry that every little spore of invisible fungus you might inhale in your garden might make you develop a lethal infection.
(5) Since you won't be getting that lung transplant, you don't have to ditch all your houseplants.
(6) Since you won't be getting that lung transplant, you don't have to whack
the spiderwebs off the ceiling with the broom, narrowly missing the
expensive bulb.
(7) You can stop losing weight, something the doctor said you had to do.
(8) Your wife knows your breathing won't get even worse. It might get better!
(9) When your doctor has the mind of Dr. House, but none of the sarcasm.
(10) When, finally, you have the right diagnosis after years of enduring the wrong one.
Trying to log in as myself not unknown. Jeremy
ReplyDeleteMeans good things, we think. Means he has a treatable condition instead of one that is not.
ReplyDeleteI remain baffled by the idea that cancer could be BETTER than anything else. Maybe if there's a perfectly targeted immunotherapy. But can cystic lungs suddenly rejuvenate? I found the cutting-edge oncologists always begin with the idea that *this* patient may be the one who makes their career by getting healthy. Certainly the pharmaceutical company hopes so! I sure hope so, too, but be prepared for the latest panacea not too work that well and keep a palliative care doctor near for side effects.
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