Hepatitis chemotherapy for twits
I’m so furious! I feel absolutely dicked around. This morning I get a text message from an estranged friend (because you always break important news via free messaging on Verizon Wireless) that she was have ‘kimo’ for her hepatitis. Actually message says “blood is overloaded with toxins liver isn’t working right. going to have to get treatment asap. Kimo…very freaked out.” Assuming ‘kimo’ is chemo, as in chemotherapy, I was concerned. That’s heavy duty. You don’t mess around with chemo. It was common knowledge that she had hepatitis, she’s had if for years, and did not follow doctors orders to preserve her liver from the disease.. I try, via text ‘cause I hate calling or being called, to gather information, of which there is none except it will be a few weeks before the beginning of ‘asap’ treatment. I tell her the basic concerned friend spiel, if you need anything, I’m here, don’t hesitate, blah blah. I really am empathic, and am honestly here for her. It’s hard to get the right affliction over texted messages.
I kept thinking about it this morning. So I did a little research, what kind of treatment was common for hepatitis, what are the effects of hepatitis, progressions of the disease and chemotherapy. I’m not a smart woman, Jen-nay, but I thought chemo was specifically for the treatment of cancer. But I thought I’d give my potentially dying estranged friend the benefit of the doubt. Low and behold, chemo is not used on hepatitis. In fact, chemotherapy can cause ‘chemotherapy induced cirrhosis,’ which most drinkers and anyone having took a high school health class knows is the deterioration of the liver. Cirrhosis is a natural progression of hepatitis. Moving on, I find cases in which previously undiagnosed hepatitis was discovered during chemotherapy because it ‘cause liver damage and failure. I ask a co-worker having gone through chemo, about the treatment. Chemo requires rigorous testing of liver and heart function, as, despite it affecting all organs, it greatly affects these two organs. Looking up hepatitis treatments, majority of treatments, since they can be dangerous, costly and have long-term health effects, are preserved for later progressions of the disease, like moderate liver damage. They rarely recommend use in women because of increased side effects, although it’s not unheard of. Almost never are hepatitis treatments prescribed to otherwise healthy 23 year old women. I haven't completely finished learning all I can about hepatitis and it's treatments, but I've learned enough to know I've been had.
I’ve always known she’s had a flair for dramatics, I’ve known her since high school and have managed the fiascos well. She needs attention, and this is all attributed to her lack of self esteem and confidence. But to jerk a person around emotionally because you want the spot light, that’s irreprehensible. Part of me wants to ask her out for coffee (should she have that, no! Chemo patients aren’t supposed to have caffeine) just so I can interrogate her face to face, then tell her she’s lying, promptly outlining my research (I do work for a law firm, I present cases and information impeccably), stating I find her cries for attention despicable and to find some other sheep in which to suck sympathy. But then again, I’m so infuriated, I don’t think it’s appropriate, although I get great pride at deflating someone’s ego and trampling their fictitious stories with truth, logic and research. One of the problems she had with me was that I was a know-it-all, which I’m not, but I can pretty much find out any information in a short amount of time. Perhaps I just take pleasure in debunking lies and myths, preferring reality and honesty to the deluded fables of an insecure and manipulative twit. Sell ocean front property in Arizona to someone else, and no I don’t want the Golden Gate for free.
I kept thinking about it this morning. So I did a little research, what kind of treatment was common for hepatitis, what are the effects of hepatitis, progressions of the disease and chemotherapy. I’m not a smart woman, Jen-nay, but I thought chemo was specifically for the treatment of cancer. But I thought I’d give my potentially dying estranged friend the benefit of the doubt. Low and behold, chemo is not used on hepatitis. In fact, chemotherapy can cause ‘chemotherapy induced cirrhosis,’ which most drinkers and anyone having took a high school health class knows is the deterioration of the liver. Cirrhosis is a natural progression of hepatitis. Moving on, I find cases in which previously undiagnosed hepatitis was discovered during chemotherapy because it ‘cause liver damage and failure. I ask a co-worker having gone through chemo, about the treatment. Chemo requires rigorous testing of liver and heart function, as, despite it affecting all organs, it greatly affects these two organs. Looking up hepatitis treatments, majority of treatments, since they can be dangerous, costly and have long-term health effects, are preserved for later progressions of the disease, like moderate liver damage. They rarely recommend use in women because of increased side effects, although it’s not unheard of. Almost never are hepatitis treatments prescribed to otherwise healthy 23 year old women. I haven't completely finished learning all I can about hepatitis and it's treatments, but I've learned enough to know I've been had.
I’ve always known she’s had a flair for dramatics, I’ve known her since high school and have managed the fiascos well. She needs attention, and this is all attributed to her lack of self esteem and confidence. But to jerk a person around emotionally because you want the spot light, that’s irreprehensible. Part of me wants to ask her out for coffee (should she have that, no! Chemo patients aren’t supposed to have caffeine) just so I can interrogate her face to face, then tell her she’s lying, promptly outlining my research (I do work for a law firm, I present cases and information impeccably), stating I find her cries for attention despicable and to find some other sheep in which to suck sympathy. But then again, I’m so infuriated, I don’t think it’s appropriate, although I get great pride at deflating someone’s ego and trampling their fictitious stories with truth, logic and research. One of the problems she had with me was that I was a know-it-all, which I’m not, but I can pretty much find out any information in a short amount of time. Perhaps I just take pleasure in debunking lies and myths, preferring reality and honesty to the deluded fables of an insecure and manipulative twit. Sell ocean front property in Arizona to someone else, and no I don’t want the Golden Gate for free.
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TheJoeD on
dude, this is probably gonna sound bad, but anyone who spells chemo as 'kimo' kinda deserves whatever they get.
