Question of the Day

Say you have stage IV cancer so you get scanned every quarter, and, in addition to the cancer tumors in your liver, your scans also show some spots on your lung, which the radiologists and oncologists all agree are "no cause for concern."

Now say you go off your cancer treatment and roughly three weeks later develop a cough. Do you a) assume that's just a summer cold (despite the lack of any other symptoms) and not worry about it, or do you b) worry that it might be time to start worrying about those spots?

Personally, as much as I'd like to go with "a," I have to admit that it's awfully hard to let go of "b." I guess we'll find out for sure which it is next week when I'm once again scanned.