im writing a diary of a disease sufferer and i choosed lung cancer and this must include the personal suffering of the diarist the symptoms of the disease and any social stigmas attached to the disease the treatment and side effects undertaken to cure the disease the social costs of this disease to society and economy
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symptoms:difficulty breathing, pains in chest, difficulty walking personal suffering: unable to enjoy simple daily tasks such as going grocery shopping, taking walks, being on oxygen due to diffiuclty breathing, unable to spend quality time with family - play with children run around. difficulty breathing lying down (dyspnea if u want to get fancy) treatment: chemotherapy & 5 weeks of radiation therapy everyday another personal suffering causes severe fatigue exhaustion and inconvience.. not to mention depression.. decreased quality of life.. social costs - society .. well if the person doesn't have health insurance and is unemployed (seems to be a growing trend these days) then u qualify for charity care if u really have no money.. unfortuantely if u own a home and have no job or insurance they will take ur house first to cover the medical expenses.. good luck hope this helped
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My sister was diagnosed with lung cancer last August and died in late February. I do believe there is a negative stigma associated with lung cancer because everyone associates it with smoking. Her cancer was not detected until it had spread to her brain. She had headaches and stroke like symptoms which sent her to the ER. She had brain surgery to remove her tumor and after recovering from her surgery she then had radiation to her brain followed by radiation to her lungs. Later she had chemotherapy, but by the time it has spread to her brain her lungs were stage IV..non-curable. The treatment she was given was to prolong her life. She was not on oxygen, she did live alone but we (her family) checked on her daily, we shared making meals for her, and I helped give her baths daily. She was on a pain patch which helped control her pain. She never returned to work but did have health insurance and during her last month of life I called the American Cancer Society who brought a walker to her home so we did not have to worry about her falling and they also supplied us with a bathtub transfer which made it easier for her to get in and out of the bathtub. She never complained and was a true hero, being in the medical field myself I would have to ask her what her pain level was,she would never volunteer the info herself. Toward the end she could hardly walk because of the pain..the cancer had spread to her bones, liver, kidneys, but she was still in her own home. So her insurance covered her costs and she paid her premiums for 30 years and left behind 2 children.
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