“A Chinese pharmaceutical company that exports to dozens of countries, including the United States, is at the center of a nationwide drug scandal after nearly 200 Chinese cancer patients were paralyzed or otherwise harmed last summer by contaminated leukemia drugs” says the NY times. What a nightmare. We are lucky those particular drugs didn’t make it to the US.
The NY times published an article that claim,”The reason is that hot water dissolves contaminants more quickly than cold water, and many pipes in homes contain lead that can leach into water. And lead can damage the brain and nervous system, especially in young children.”So, don’t drink hot tap water. Cold tap water probably isn’t so great either. That’s just a guess.Probably a good idea for anyone with a compromised immune system to hit the bottled water. The glass bottled water-because heated plastic water bottles are really bad for you. It feels like we are running out of healthy water options.
Fleshbot gives us our first press
A gal who celebrates her double masectomy with a topless pinup shoot? “Cancer Uncensored” magazine Waiting Room spotlights the gorgeously reconstructed hottie Jessica, whose sexy shots are a celebration we can all get behind. (Or in front of, since the view is better from there.) (waitingroommagazine.com; photo by Dave Naz From Jessica’s Blog weetiny.com
Sweet! What a way to start Year 3 Post Cancer! Here’s to porn, remission and new beginnings.
* is it wrong to post up hot pin-up photos of yourself on your own blog?c/o fleshbot, dave nas and waitingroom - oh and Dr. Mary Powers too of course!
Thanks everybody for the gracious support here, over at Fleshbot and in my inbox! Whew. It was a crazy week and all this press was rather unexpected, but most certainly welcomed.I guess I will never be that far from cancer. It won’t matter how long I’ve been healthy, my scars make sure I can’t forget. I used to be so angry that I had been handed this type of cancer. Okay cancer, I’ve got you - but why not leukemia or lymphoma? Do you have to be BREAST CANCER? I think this was the first wave of anger that washed over me (ed. note: I was not angry at being sick, no time. I had to come out swinging), and in some ways the aftermath of that tidal wave has been the hardest recovery.I can’t hide that I had BREAST CANCER. There is no mistaking what these scars are from. The nerves won’t regenerate. I will never feel all types of things again. I don’t have the option of keeping this a secret from someone I date. I HATE THAT PART. I hate lots of parts, but I really hate that one. The normal progression of dating is thrown off. When do you say something? How do you say this something?It leaves you wide open. It ratchets up the seriousness of everything and suddenly you are not just 2 people that are a few dates in, but someone who had cancer and blah, blah, blah…can you handle this? And BOOM the magic is gone, along with all the air in the room. Yeah, dating after cancer is like a vacation in a small land mine filled 3rd world nation.Having cancer sucks (could that be the understatement of all time?), but you can beat it. These pictures are proof of that, the interview is honest support of that, this whole crazy blog proves that there is life afterwards! It just won’t be one you recognize. And you will forever have cancer. Coming to terms with that is what separates the survivors from the rest of the pack.My active cancer fight lasted 11 months. Initial rock finding treasure hunt was sometime in late June ‘04. Final port removal surgery May ‘05. If I were writing a book, I’d call it, “In the Year of the Pink”.
