Unexpected consequences
Unexpected consequences can be rather scary. On the other hand, they can also be rather sweet. In case I haven't mentioned it before, leukemia was not my first cancer. In 1996, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. Unlike my journey through leukemia, the road back to robust health from colon cancer was a one and done. Fortunately, I had watched all the Public Service Announcements on TV as a kid, and when the telltale sign of CC (blood in the stool) reared its ugly head, I hied myself to the doctor very early. He ordered a sigmoidoscopy (a kind of junior colonoscopy that focuses on the sigmoid colon near the tail end of the colon). Being naturally curious and having a background in a health science, I asked to watch the monitor during the procedure. Eww, right? Well I have also watched my own knee surgery among other things, and somehow I am able to disconnect my mind from the fact that it is my body that is being invaded and view the proceedings like a medical student sitting in the...