Friday, February 20, 2015

Star Trek or Star Wars? If You're a Cancer Patient, I'm Betting You're the Former


This is Captain Kirk. We'll let him represent the Star Trek camp...



This is Chewbacca (on the left). He's our Star Wars representative...



Now as a cancer patient, anytime anything needs to happen to you the healthcare providers are going to want to access your chest port. And every time they do, even if it's only for a thirty second blood draw, they're going to plaster your chest with an adhesive panel like this one to keep the line in place...



Trust me when I say, that stuff is like gaffers tape. 

Which is why the Trek modality makes a lot more sense for the cancer patient. Even if you start out like Chewbacca, it won't be long before you resemble Kirk -- and the transition between states is going to hurt like hell. 

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