The Cancer Industrial Complex Isn’t Finished with Me Yet
<p>Even though I’m an intelligent and well-educated individual, there’s a lot I don’t know. The human body is an exceedingly complex bit of walking science, and since mine has a habit of going rogue and growing unapproved cellular structures, I rely on medical professionals to help me manage it.</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean I always agree with them, though.</p>
<p>In 2022 I was diagnosed and treated for both colon cancer and thyroid cancer. Now I’m a “survivor,” but I am ferociously surveilled for signs of recurrence. They take my blood and look for various things you’ve probably never heard of (lucky you) and they put me in a giant doughnut-shaped machine to look inside me sometimes. It’s stressful and scary but mostly everything looked good for a stretch.</p>
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