by benforred | Apr 7, 2017 | Health, Procedures
The year 2015 ended my 8 year streak of being free of cancer screenings and hospitalizations. During an unexpected hospitalization for dehydration, I finally consented to undergoing scopes again to screen for cancerous polyps in my GI tract. I had previously...
by benforred | Aug 30, 2016 | Health, Pain, Procedures
I’ve been through worse. I’ve survived worse. I can survive this too. I chant to myself, reminding myself, preparing myself. I underwent a biopsy of a section of my last stoma site, now a scar, that never healed. It would become irritated and...