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> But this is modern medical science how it should be. These are incredible, life changing drugs. My mother, after an involved but seemingly victorious war wit
by jacobwcarlson 11y ago
> But this is modern medical science how it should be. These are incredible, life changing drugs.
My mother, after an involved but seemingly victorious war with breast cancer, was then found to have stage-4 cancer on her spine. But as you said, modern medical science is pretty amazing. What might have been a death sentence 10 years ago is now just a chronic ailment kept in check by an expensive pill and occasional radiation therapy.