Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A (MEN2A)
To anyone and everyone who may someday take prescription medication: generic drugs and brand-name drugs are not equal. They may have the same active ingredients, but there is no regulation as to the types and amounts of inactive ingredients which are added to the drug. And inactive ingredients can interfere with absorption or cause a multitude of side effects. I have two recent examples for you.
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It’s been five years since I lost my adrenal glands. For the first few of those, I was on a roller coaster…until the electronic adrenal gland machine landed on my arm.
Read More...Here’s the short version: the amazing and very knowledgeable doctors at MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Endocrine Center don’t recommend surgery right now. They said to go home, live my life, and “learn to dance with my disease instead of battling it.”
Read More...I long to be normal. Just normal. Oblivious. Like I was for 34 years (well, kinda). Some days it’s exhausting to be a mutant.
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Most parents worry about having “the Talk” with their children. “The Talk” I worry about is different.
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Ah, thyroid cancer. That beautiful thing that people assume is curable and “no big deal.” The truth is there is no good type of cancer. Anyone who says there is hasn’t had it or watched a loved one go through it. Actually, people who say that are just relieved because when you say thyroid cancer they don’t think they have to feel sorry for you because they assume you’re cured or will be soon. They don’t have to get emotional or know what to say. Be sensitive. Don’t say that shit. (Excuse the language.)
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I gave my son cancer. Not a lot of mothers can say that and I’m sure none would want to. I also advocated for him and ensured that his cancer was taken away before it could spread.
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