Image Source: FreeImages When your immune system is fighting an infection or virus, it releases stem cells to help repair the damage. If you’re healthy, the stem cells go back into hiding after the battle is over. But when you’re sick, those hidden stem cells are exposed. They get confused and start multiplying uncontrollably…
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What does remission mean to you?
I found myself looking for a nebulous condition called “remission.” In talking with other cancer patients, I find that one word has a special connotation. It is the word “remission.” I have found that I can be in “remission” and feel that I am cured. Yet this word does not mean that I have completely…
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