Let me rephrase this.....

Let me rephrase this........


So I say to you:
Weekly I have to take medication that is used in some cancer treatments.
What is your immediate reaction? 


Now, lets say it a completely different way.

I say to you, I have arthritis. What is your immediate reaction?

I bet it is nowhere near the same level as the first comment.

So,  what has changed?


In reality, nothing has changed. I have a form of inflammatory arthritis so severe, that one method of weekly treatment is also used in some leukaemia treatments. It will remain that way until either my body reacts to the toxic levels it produces, or it stops working. This usually happens, most patients do begin to suffer either with the treatments becoming ineffective over time, or extreme reactions to the medicines themselves because they are so strong and we have to hope we can swap to yet more toxic medicines.
And yet, it isn't something most people even realize, but they can immediately sympathize with cancer treatments.


We have to educate this. Its one reason I'm writing this all down. If just one person reads it and they change their perceptions, I'll be happy.