Drew Olanoff, Cancer Survivor, gets Tattoo of Biggest Donor’s Twitter Handle
Jay Scott, huffingtonpost.comThe name Drew Olanoff may be one that you have heard before. If you are a twitter aficionado (like me!), you may have once utilized the hashtag #blamedrewscancer. If you haven’t, well here are a few things you should know: after being diagno…
Surviving cancer is tough. Not only do you have to get through the many diabolical treatments which destroy health tissues along with disease and leave you crippled and disabled for life, but there are powerful social stigmas that can limit your career and lifestyle after the treatment. Fortunately a number of online communities for cancer survivors are springing up. Be sure to check out Mycancerplace, Cancercompass, Blogforacure, Ihadcancer, and Acor
For many cancer survivors, the conventional mainstream treatment, radiation and chemotherapy come with a host of side effects which are crippling and sometimes lethal, which might be slow growing or treatable more conservatively. For example, new studies show that survivors of Hodgkin’s disease once considered the lone example of the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy are significantly more likely to die of heart disease in the years following treatment due to the toxic effects of these treatments on the cardio vascular system.
Cancer Survivors Need Heart Disease Screening : Internal Medicine News.
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