Caroline Crampton
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No matter how long I slept, and I was sleeping like 12, 14 hours a night at some times, I never seemed to be anything but tired. I never got better. So after three weeks of this, of complete rest and not being better at all, my mother went, no, this is not normal. We're going to the doctor. And it all unraveled from there, really.
No matter how long I slept, and I was sleeping like 12, 14 hours a night at some times, I never seemed to be anything but tired. I never got better. So after three weeks of this, of complete rest and not being better at all, my mother went, no, this is not normal. We're going to the doctor. And it all unraveled from there, really.
It really is, yes. It took me a long time to get my head around the idea that I had done all the things I was told I was supposed to do. I'd accepted all the treatments, even though they were unpleasant and in some cases painful. I'd done all of it. And then I felt a bit betrayed, not necessarily by the the doctors or anything themselves, but almost by the science.
It really is, yes. It took me a long time to get my head around the idea that I had done all the things I was told I was supposed to do. I'd accepted all the treatments, even though they were unpleasant and in some cases painful. I'd done all of it. And then I felt a bit betrayed, not necessarily by the the doctors or anything themselves, but almost by the science.
It really is, yes. It took me a long time to get my head around the idea that I had done all the things I was told I was supposed to do. I'd accepted all the treatments, even though they were unpleasant and in some cases painful. I'd done all of it. And then I felt a bit betrayed, not necessarily by the the doctors or anything themselves, but almost by the science.
I felt a bit betrayed that I'd been told that this would cure me, but actually it turned out it could make me ill in another way. And so, yes, now I have to have this annual round of monitoring under the breast cancer centre near where I live, all aimed at early detection of any potential breast cancer that might be caused by that radiotherapy 15 plus years ago. And
I felt a bit betrayed that I'd been told that this would cure me, but actually it turned out it could make me ill in another way. And so, yes, now I have to have this annual round of monitoring under the breast cancer centre near where I live, all aimed at early detection of any potential breast cancer that might be caused by that radiotherapy 15 plus years ago. And
I felt a bit betrayed that I'd been told that this would cure me, but actually it turned out it could make me ill in another way. And so, yes, now I have to have this annual round of monitoring under the breast cancer centre near where I live, all aimed at early detection of any potential breast cancer that might be caused by that radiotherapy 15 plus years ago. And
I really, really hate it and I find it mentally very difficult to do. I really have to psych myself up every year to go through those scans and those treatments. It gives me some comfort to understand that I don't think anyone getting a diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma today would be given that treatment.
I really, really hate it and I find it mentally very difficult to do. I really have to psych myself up every year to go through those scans and those treatments. It gives me some comfort to understand that I don't think anyone getting a diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma today would be given that treatment.
I really, really hate it and I find it mentally very difficult to do. I really have to psych myself up every year to go through those scans and those treatments. It gives me some comfort to understand that I don't think anyone getting a diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma today would be given that treatment.
I think, you know, just as the science has moved on in terms of the risks, it's moved on in terms of the treatments as well. So I do feel oddly better that People now won't have this same risk, but they might have other risks. The treatments that are being given now might have risks that we don't know about.
I think, you know, just as the science has moved on in terms of the risks, it's moved on in terms of the treatments as well. So I do feel oddly better that People now won't have this same risk, but they might have other risks. The treatments that are being given now might have risks that we don't know about.
I think, you know, just as the science has moved on in terms of the risks, it's moved on in terms of the treatments as well. So I do feel oddly better that People now won't have this same risk, but they might have other risks. The treatments that are being given now might have risks that we don't know about.
It has helped me, I think, to understand science, medicine generally, as a work in progress, that we're always just doing the best we can in any given moment. it's not necessarily the best, absolute, perfect treatment we could ever give.
It has helped me, I think, to understand science, medicine generally, as a work in progress, that we're always just doing the best we can in any given moment. it's not necessarily the best, absolute, perfect treatment we could ever give.
It has helped me, I think, to understand science, medicine generally, as a work in progress, that we're always just doing the best we can in any given moment. it's not necessarily the best, absolute, perfect treatment we could ever give.
And that I found really interesting to think about when I was writing the book, that we have to believe, I think, otherwise no one would ever submit themselves to being injected with chemotherapy drugs if they didn't believe that this was the right thing to do and the best science available. If you had to confront the fact that, well, this is just the best we have today,
And that I found really interesting to think about when I was writing the book, that we have to believe, I think, otherwise no one would ever submit themselves to being injected with chemotherapy drugs if they didn't believe that this was the right thing to do and the best science available. If you had to confront the fact that, well, this is just the best we have today,
And that I found really interesting to think about when I was writing the book, that we have to believe, I think, otherwise no one would ever submit themselves to being injected with chemotherapy drugs if they didn't believe that this was the right thing to do and the best science available. If you had to confront the fact that, well, this is just the best we have today,