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R : How are you?

Doctor: 

- Hi.

- The patient has been complaining of back pain and night sweats. Blood tests and

urine analysis are normal. MR suggests

a massi!e intradural malignant schwannoma neurofibrosarcoma

e"tending in the psoas muscle with ner!e root compression syndrome

and bone erosion. The growth e"tends from #$ to #%.

&ill send patient for biopsy to confirm .

- 'es( )uestion?

R: *orry( +ust didn,t follow that.

s there something wrong with me?

Doctor:

- 'es. &ell( if you look here on your MR( you see this cephalopod-like ob+ect

that,s spreading down your spinal column. That is a massi!e

schwannoma neurofibrosarcoma.

R: *o sorry. +ust don,t know what thatDoctor: t,s a malignant tumor.

R:  tumor? 'es/

  Me? 'es/

  That doesn,t make any sense though. mean( don,t smoke. don,t drink. ...

'ou know. recycle.

Doctor: ctually( your case is really )uite fascinating because your cancer is the

result of an incredibly rare gene mutation in chromosome 01( the 2%3 gene that

causes the growth of malignant cells . think that gi!en the placement and si4e of

your particular tumor( the wisest course of action is to see if we can possibly

reduce this thing down to a more manageable si4e before we consider surgery . 5ow(

chemotherapy can often result in fertility issues.

R: But ,m gonna be okay?

Doctor: f you need someone to talk to we ha!e an e"cellent staff here

at the hospital of social workers and psychologists. They speciali4e in these

matters(and they would be able to help you . 5ow as said( you should consider

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Girl Friend: 6h dam

R : #isten( ,m not e"pecting you to take this on. mean(it,s not like we,re married

or anything. *o( you know( if you ha!e to bail(then you should. 5o hard feelings.

5ot that want you do. hope that you don,t

G: ,m not gonna bail on you( dam. ,m here for you. 6kay? t,s gonna be okay.'eah. t,ll be okay. ll right?

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Friend: ,m gonna throw up

R: 7on,t throw up. 'ou,re gonna be fine

F:  actually think might throw up

R: 'ou,re not gonna throw up. 5o( open your eyes. #ook at me( look at me.

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F: &hat kind of cancer is it? &hat,s the name of the cancer

R: *ome rare kind of cancer.

F: &hat,s it called

R : *chwannoma... knew this *chwannoma? t,s schwannoma? - *chwannoma...

F: &hat,s schwannoma?

R : That means tumor( basically.

F: 7o you ha!e a picture of it( at least? 8an see it?

R: &hy would ha!e a picture of it?

F: t,s common practice to fucking get pictures of shit now.. re you gonna be okay?

&hat are your chances? &hat are your odds?

R : don,t know. looked it up and it said %9%9. But that,s like the nternet;

F: That,s not that bad. That,s better than thought.'ou,re gonna be fine( man .

'ou,re young.'oung people beat cancer all the time. <!ery celebrity beats cancer.

=ucking #ance rmstrong(he keeps getting it . ( 12’ 48)

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03>03:

=: 'ou got to look at the bright side here

R: Bright side? 6f what?=: 'ou,re gonna be fine. &hat did your parents say? 7id they freak out? 'our mother?

R: ,m not gonna tell her.

=: 'ou,re not gonna tell her? 'ou gotta tell her. *he,ll probably deal with it

better than most people. 'our dad has l4heimer,s( you know

R: *he,s used to dealing with tragedy

=: But you know her ( 6b!iously you ha!e to tell her.

R: ,m gonna tell her .

=: 'ou,re gonna be fine.%9%9. f you were a casino game(you would ha!e the best

odds. 6kay. #et,s get to work.

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R: Hi( Mom. Hi( 7ad.

 Mother: This is dam( your son. Remember? *o( what,s the big news? s Rachael

pregnant

R : Mom( no. ,ll tell you( okay?

 M : 6kay( okay. know you use protection.

R : &ow( you need to do something about this &hat?/ &ell( call the landlord( the

paint,s peeling . i!e me his number( ,ll call him.

 M: That>s new.

R: 'eah. Rachael made it. t,s called 6ppression 5o( it,s #iberation / That,s

right( that one,s #iberation. 6ppression is in the bathroom

 M : *weetheart( your pills . There you go . *o( what,s the special occasionR : want to tell you something( but +ust need you to promise me you,re gonna

stay calm

M: dam( don,t be so o!erdramatic.

R: Mom( +ust promise( okay? 6kay( promise / 'ou always make me out to be

some irrational loon. Ha!e you e!er seen Terms of <ndearment

: @esus( dam. @ust tell her.

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M: Tell me what?

R: ha!e cancer.

M: &hat do you mean you ha!e cancer?

R: ha!e cancer. &hat do you want me to say?

M: &hen did this happen?

R: couple of days ago.

M: couple of days ago? 'ou waited a couple of days to tell me?

R: ,m sorry. 'ou,re right.

M: ,m mo!ing in &hat( no no no/ ,m your mother( dam.

R: 5o. <"actly. That,s why. nd look( you already ha!e enough on your plate with

him.

M: &ho,s gonna take you to your appointments? 'ou don,t e!en dri!e a car.

&ho,s gonna look after you?

: ,m going to take care of him.

R: Mom. Mom. Mom. &hat are you doing?

M: - ,m gonna make you some green tea. heard on the Today show that it reduces

your risk of cancer by 0%A.

R: &ell( already ha!e cancer. *o( can you +ust please comeand sit down. 6kay?