I probably wouldn't have been so irritated if it weren't for the fact that five minutes on the subject of scrambled eggs makes me feel nauseated.

There have been several studies that showed that even after being told numerous times that the treatment being offered will only make them feel better, by reducing pain or other symptoms, cancer patients believe the treatment is curative.

How interesting, Teppy. Does it hold other benefits, like stopping some of the angina?

It does alleviate the angina more rapidly than drug therapy does, but the effect diminished over time; conversely, drug therapy is initially slow to alleviate angina, but as long as the patient is adherent to therapy, it is effective over a longer period.

While I'm whining...

Dear guy who said "My wife thinks I complain too much":

She's right.

Dear guy who said "My wife thinks I complain too much"

Ha! Listen to the wifey.

t does alleviate the angina more rapidly than drug therapy does, but the effect diminished over time; conversely, drug therapy is initially slow to alleviate angina, but as long as the patient is adherent to therapy, it is effective over a longer period.

Can they do both? Or is that contraindicated?

There have been several studies that showed that even after being told numerous times that the treatment being offered will only make them feel better, by reducing pain or other symptoms, cancer patients believe the treatment is curative.

Yeah, sadly, given my line of work, I'm aware of that. On the other hand, I think some patients hear that and think "OMG I'll be dead in a month", when sometimes people can live for years and years with not-cured-but-not-worsening cancer.

t does alleviate the angina more rapidly than drug therapy does, but the effect diminished over time; conversely, drug therapy is initially slow to alleviate angina, but as long as the patient is adherent to therapy, it is effective over a longer period.

Can they do both? Or is that contraindicated?

They can do both. I think that, from a managed-health/cost-savings perspective, the goal is to not perform angioplasty in patients for whom it has no mortality benefit. And that makes sense to me. (Plus, there's always a risk when you do an invasive procedure in an artery with blockage. Better to avoid that risk if you can.)

Dear guy who said "My wife thinks I complain too much":

She's right.

Hee.

I feel very smart in that I had two meetings this afternoon in which the participants just went there and told the truth about all kinds of things, and it was enormously satisfying and now it's almost time to go. FRIDAY!

You are killing this week, Jesse. Well done.

AND I told my cousin I don't have to participate in this asinine facebook thing that is supposedly about breast cancer awareness. Are we not all already aware of breast cancer, ffs???

AND I told my cousin I don't have to participate in this asinine facebook thing that is supposedly about breast cancer awareness

Good for you!! That stuff is obnoxious and not at all helpful.

They can do both. I think that, from a managed-health/cost-savings perspective, the goal is to not perform angioplasty in patients for whom it has no mortality benefit.

Well, sure. But I guess I feel like usually if it's not what's indicated the doctor doesn't offer me the choice!

I have poufed my new hair up. I think I want the sides shorter and the top a tiny bit longer. How long should I wait/days do I give to get used to it and test it out before calling the hairdresser to get a new appointment to fix the sides? (We went back and forth a bit before she cut it because I was saying I didn't want them buzzed, but I think she went a little too far toward not-buzzed)