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I'm feeling better today, other than the tongue sores, emotional outbursts, lack of energy, fear of infection, and other assorted symptoms, that is.  I'm able to read, type, focus more.  I even made dinner in the crock pot today -- and it was edible!  I managed to go to the grocery store and got stuff we needed without using a list.  Mainly because I forgot to make one, but did remember to buy toilet paper this time.

I've had a very strong emotional reaction to the news about the 13 year old boy who doesn't want to get chemo for Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and his mother took off with him to avoid a court order to get him treated.  He has a 90% likelihood of a cure if he's treated, but because he was sick and depressed after 1 treatment, mom decided not to force him to have any further chemo treatments.  I'm not even going to get into the whole "shaman" nonsense that the mom was spouting about her son being able to "cure himself" as part of some cult.

Hello?? Isn't that her JOB as a parent?  You make your kids clean up their room, bathe, go to bed, take medicine when they're sick.  Trust me, I would not wish chemo on anyone.  But, even less, would I wish an unnecessary death from cancer on anyone.