. MEDICAL UPDATE: Client continues to report arthritis in her left leg and hand, high blood pressure, stomach hernia and hip replacement surgery. Client continues to report she needs surgery and she can wait to be housed so she can schedule both surgeries stomach and hip replacement.…
My granddad has had many surgeries. He’s had knee surgery, hip surgery, and heart surgery. We sometimes jokingly call him the bionic man. His surgeries never stopped him for long though.…
He continued to receive radiation and chemotherapy and after his second procedure, Schwartz was pronounced cancer free. It hadn’t been a year when Schwartz learned that the cancer returned, however, after treatment, Schwartz learned that he had beat cancer yet again. In 2015, Schwartz was diagnosed once again with stomach…
1. Background information The patient is a 64 year old male that was admitted to the hospital the night before with an intra-abdominal abscess. He has a history of Crohn’s disease and has recently undergone a bowel resection.…
In October, a CT scans shows the chemotherapy had failed. She had to switch to a new drug called Pemetrexed. By November, she couldn't walked through the hallway. A few days before Thanksgiving she had a CT scan. She failed on her…
The CT scan showed that my appendix was inflamed and told me I was going to need surgery. The surgeon came in and talked to us. They did the surgery laparoscopically. Through 3 small incisions and one in my belly button for a camera.…
Kooskia City Clerk, a Survivor Will there be a parking space in front or will I have to walk a block? This pops in my mind as I am driving. Every day, I drive by Kooskia City Hall never paying much attention to the big blue building on Main Street. Today is different I’m interviewing the Kooskia City Clerk. As I am driving down Main Street I am still thinking will there be a parking space in front or will I have to walk a block.…
Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating disease that affects millions of people around the world. Since my dad was diagnosed, my family is not able to do as many adventurous and fun things as normal families. I have a great deal of responsibilities in and around my home since my dad can't do much physical labor. My main goal in life is to become a Nurse Practitioner. The money from this scholarship would help me to meet my academic dreams to become a Nurse Practitioner.…
Life expectancy for those with Alzheimer's can vary greatly from person to person. One reason is that the length of each stagediffers widely by individual. Other factors include one's other health conditions and age at diagnosis. People who are diagnosed in their 70s tend to live longer than people who are diagnosed at age 85 or older. People in the early stage at diagnosis tend to live longer than people in the late stage at diagnosis.…
When I was in the sixth grade my maternal grandfather was diagnosed Multiple Myeloma. I didn’t know much about what it was but I knew it was bad. It was cancer and as I sixth grader I knew that cancer was a scary word typically used to describe some sort of disease that would later turn fatal. My grandfather wasn’t given a sentence, none of us were sat down by the doctor and told we sound be preparing our goodbyes, we were told that the cancer wouldn’t kill him and to go on living a normal life.…
Once the surgery is done the patient will be placed in physical therapy where they will be treated with modalities…
The first year of treatment was going good, until they saw that the cancer wasn´t going away and was instead spreading further throughout his body, his healthy…
Stop the Cancer Epidemic and Save Millions Who here knows someone with cancer or a cancer survivor? The word “cancer” has been a large part of my life in the past few years, especially when it comes to my aunt.…
Cancer has many forms of treatment, but the two that are known to most are chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Chemotherapy is the use of drugs like cytotoxic and others, where as radiation therapy is the use of x-rays or other similar forms of radiation to cure cancer. Arguments can and more than likely always arise that one form of the two treatments is more beneficial and effective than the other. Considering this, the type of treatment that may be used can differ for each type of cancer, just depending on which one is more useful for the particular illness. The two treatment may differ in a few ways but the biggest one can be the side effects of each one.…
A : SPORT AS A UNIFIER 1. I believe that sporting events contribute significantly to unifying a nation. Sporting events are a great form of entertainment and attract huge audiences around the world. Spectators either gather at stadiums to watch live events or watch socially on their TV’s.…