cirianz
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I've just been checking out the find-a-drug site, unfortunately it's not mac compatible yet so I cant download it myself but I did want to say thank you to all of you who donate your PC time to this.
I'm an information researcher, I havent been able to work since a car accident last year but I still do research for family & friends & I have just had to tell someone I care about very much that there is a very high chance that he has cancer. There is still a possibility that it might be something less serious but unfortunately all of the non serious disorders that can cause this symptom cause significant pain & generally a number of other highly unpleasant symptoms, none of which he has. Normally there is a 25% chance that this symptom is caused by a life threatening condition & a 17% chance that it is cancer. But his lack of other symptoms eliminates almost all of the alternatives. & cancer is the only disorder that specificaly list this symptom without pain as the only initial symptom. I have checked every medical database I know, specialist journels & public medical websites. Obviously I didn't give what is just a personal opinion but I am estimating that there is aproximately a 75-80% chance that he has either cancer, or the most likely alternative, which is a progressive & degenerative disorder also with no cure. He is young, an athelete who has spent the last year training in hopes of making the NZ team, & has just reached that age where he has started talking about wanting to 'meet the right girl & settle down'.
I have had to give all sorts of people, including family members, bad news before & I always hate it. But I've never had to tell a 'family member' that there's a high probability that he has cancer. It's different & makes me feel sick. I so hope I'm wrong. At least I've convinced him to go & see a doctor about it. If I believed in a God I'd be praying to be wrong.
I'm an information researcher, I havent been able to work since a car accident last year but I still do research for family & friends & I have just had to tell someone I care about very much that there is a very high chance that he has cancer. There is still a possibility that it might be something less serious but unfortunately all of the non serious disorders that can cause this symptom cause significant pain & generally a number of other highly unpleasant symptoms, none of which he has. Normally there is a 25% chance that this symptom is caused by a life threatening condition & a 17% chance that it is cancer. But his lack of other symptoms eliminates almost all of the alternatives. & cancer is the only disorder that specificaly list this symptom without pain as the only initial symptom. I have checked every medical database I know, specialist journels & public medical websites. Obviously I didn't give what is just a personal opinion but I am estimating that there is aproximately a 75-80% chance that he has either cancer, or the most likely alternative, which is a progressive & degenerative disorder also with no cure. He is young, an athelete who has spent the last year training in hopes of making the NZ team, & has just reached that age where he has started talking about wanting to 'meet the right girl & settle down'.
I have had to give all sorts of people, including family members, bad news before & I always hate it. But I've never had to tell a 'family member' that there's a high probability that he has cancer. It's different & makes me feel sick. I so hope I'm wrong. At least I've convinced him to go & see a doctor about it. If I believed in a God I'd be praying to be wrong.
Hopefully a doctor will be able to clarify this and it may be treatable depending on the stage?
