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joeychenWatching ER last night was a bit weird.
One of the sick people was a pregnant lady, who they discovered had kidney cancer (what my mum has, although on TV it was sarcomatoid type, and mum's is the more common clear cell type).
The Dr's on the show were right in saying that it's very aggressive, very low chance of survival, but they said treatment would be radiation and chemo. Chemo is mostly useless for kidney cancer, so that was kinda interesting.
Then there was a smaller bit about a young woman with Down's syndrome, who came in with VD, which reminded me about![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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One of the sick people was a pregnant lady, who they discovered had kidney cancer (what my mum has, although on TV it was sarcomatoid type, and mum's is the more common clear cell type).
The Dr's on the show were right in saying that it's very aggressive, very low chance of survival, but they said treatment would be radiation and chemo. Chemo is mostly useless for kidney cancer, so that was kinda interesting.
Then there was a smaller bit about a young woman with Down's syndrome, who came in with VD, which reminded me about
applehangover's work. It was sad to see the character reply "What's a condom"
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Date: 2003-04-07 08:34 pm (UTC)It's funny, just about a week ago I went to a workshop on people w/ disabilities and sexual abuse. They discussed another show where something similar happened. Some cop show, not ER. Yeah, it's true, lots of people like that aren't taught anything about sexuality. And look what happens. It is really sad. So what happened on the show is true to life.
Anyway, I know what you mean about ER hitting a little close to home sometimes. That was one of the last things I did with my dad- we watched ER together. What a weird feeling to watch ER when you're actually IN a hospital...