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One man’s desperate quest for a brutal appendix cancer surgery
Patients with appendix cancer are often told there’s no cure. Google tells them otherwise. And so begins an odyssey to get the Mother of All Surgeries. By Eric Boodman.
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This is harrowing. I had never heard of appendix cancer before...and would never have imagined this little organ could be so destructive if it turned cancerous.
So why,when I had a colonoscopy (was awake during it) did the Dr. not look inside my appendix? He showed me the opening, to it. Next time,I'll ask for a peek inside.