Cancer

Mrs.Lee was a 49yrs old cantonese-speaking women who had immigrated years ago from china to the US. she lived with her husband a nd youngest son, arnold,22. studies revealed that mrs lee suffered from lung cancer that had metastasized to her lymph nodes and adrenal glands. arnold did not want mrs lee's diagnosis known to her. eventually, the cancer spread to her brain. her physician, knowing her poor prognosis,suggested a DNR to her son, who refused to even discuss the possibility with his mother. arnold felt thathis role as son and family member meant he must protet his mother"bad news" and lose hope. he belived telling her the dim prognosis would be cruel and cause unnecessary stress. thought futile, the son insisted that all heroic methods be used, including a ventilator, to save his mother's life. he accused the house staff and the physician of racism and threatened litigation. as family member, consider himself, not the doc or patient, responsible for his mother treatment.

2006-10-31 15:54:07 · 1 answers · asked by g2daezo 1

2006-10-31 15:49:03 · 5 answers · asked by stephygigi 2

2006-10-31 15:38:44 · 4 answers · asked by Mishy 1

my friend just told me he has leukemia.
i dont want to ask him too many questions because i know its hard for him.

how cureable is leukemia?
do a lot of people have it?
what happens when you have it?

2006-10-31 14:48:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-31 13:06:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am 14 but i have rectal bleeding when ipoop and it hurts very bad sharply for a few seonds then it goes to noermal its almos as thoit has to get passed something im too scared to tell my mom tho wat should i do it started in december 2005

2006-10-31 12:39:38 · 12 answers · asked by a 1

2006-10-31 12:34:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want some information on it please?? If you could help me out on these..??


*what causes it
*do you have to be a certain age,[for example at least 30 years old] to get it?
*is it true that you can only get it when you haven't had sex for a while because then you're not making a hormone (or something) you need?

help please??

2006-10-31 12:33:43 · 3 answers · asked by E-V 2

Hi,

I cannot fit all the details in here so I have included a link of my question, which is posted on a forum.

http://www.braintumorfoundation.org/forumdetails.asp?ThreadID=%3EUJ654496029

I would appreciate any help on the matter.

Thanks,
Alex

2006-10-31 12:07:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-31 12:05:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I went through hyper cvad with ara c and retuxin the frist of the year had a bad reaction to the ara c on the last treatment. I am still real weak has anyone else had this experience or have any ideas how to build strength. The Dr. is not really any help

2006-10-31 10:36:55 · 5 answers · asked by frannie 1

Why is breast cancer a hot topic? I think that it is wrong to just sell pins none stop and have talk shows about 24x7x365. We also have walks, talks etc.... yes it is terrible thing but if women take care of them self and do check ups they can be proactive... and save themselfs.... how about diseases or illnesses that people cant do anything about- like parkinsons, multiple sclerosis, leukimia, Lou gerids etc... how about them? I think Breast cancer is terrible but you have options...other people dont... why dont we focus on disease in general... or is this a fear thing on women...

2006-10-31 08:13:26 · 10 answers · asked by TheTick 2

she is still in shock over it I believe and refusing to go in for treatments any ideas on how i can help by getting her to do something about it. I love this girl and can't bring myself to stand by and do nothing or let her give up on herself and her life like this, any ideas?

2006-10-31 07:05:53 · 6 answers · asked by lekchenbo 2

2006-10-31 06:45:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

my mom has pain under the nip***. could this be a sign of cancer? pls b serious i am really worried about her. she didn't feel lumps.

2006-10-31 06:28:21 · 12 answers · asked by Who knows ????????? 2

2006-10-31 06:01:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am getting ready to build one of Dr. Hulda Clarks little "zapper" tools that is suppossed to destroy parasites and some bacteria living inside the human body. I was wondering if anyone knows of whether or not this thing is actually effective or not, and does anyone know about safety? Please dont respond unless you have experienced use with the zapper. Thank you.

2006-10-31 05:10:35 · 1 answers · asked by Sir 3

My fiance was diagnosed with Chronic Myloid Leukemia 3 years ago and was told in September 2006 he was in remission (no known cancer cells) and I want to know if he is in remission for a period of time, would he be considered cancer free?

2006-10-31 04:47:55 · 5 answers · asked by curlyqu18 1

2006-10-31 04:45:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sister was diagnosed w/ basal cell carinoma yesterday. She had a spot in her scalp under her hair. The spot was remved and she was checked forther places. No were found, so sheis to go backin a year or sooner w/ changes. Isthis the normal routine? Should any other kind of treatment be preformed? Thanks

2006-10-31 02:10:49 · 2 answers · asked by Dianna 4

2006-10-31 00:14:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-30 23:52:55 · 10 answers · asked by mercy m 1

WE SAY CANCER OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE NODULES. HOW DOES THIS NODULES OCCUR?

2006-10-30 23:39:48 · 13 answers · asked by Hermione 2

constant

2006-10-30 19:36:37 · 1 answers · asked by whel 1

Don't just guess if you don't know. Only tell me if u know. Btw, lung cancer is not the answer.

2006-10-30 18:14:45 · 7 answers · asked by bebeeangeldust 4

regarding urinary incontenence in 12 year old boy. Had spina bifida in birth and was operated for the same. Now has urinary incontenance. Needs treatment regarding the same

2006-10-30 17:59:54 · 3 answers · asked by lakshmi m 1

i already went through chemo and radiation, and am getting the hysterectomy to avoid ovarian cancer and because i am already going through menopause

2006-10-30 16:18:58 · 5 answers · asked by EDDIE H 1

My dad was diagnosed a few months ago with prostate cancer. They've been treating him with some anti-testosterone shot and it seems to be working. His blood work shows an dramatic improvement in the 3-4 months since that started. But, he was told that although it hadn't spread to any of his organs that it had "affected his bones." He's been having a lot of difficulty and pain that has gotten worse and is going to see an oncologist in a week and a half. He isn't sure that he has bone cancer, but he's pretty sure that was what the doctor meant.

So, while I know that the prognosis for prostate cancer is quite good and that there is an excellent recovery rate for that I know very little about bone cancer. I have the impression that it is much more serious. Is it a pretty fatal disease? How treatable is it???

2006-10-30 15:39:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

how can depression affect cancer patients? in which ways?

2006-10-30 14:16:07 · 11 answers · asked by ABC 4

I am sick of cancer survivors being treated like heroes. I survived a brain tumor. I am no hero, I'm just an asshole who got cancer! Heroes do something extrordinary and help people. Thoughts?

2006-10-30 14:00:09 · 14 answers · asked by john h 1