Medical Sabbatical

Hello fellow hypochondriacs! I just wanted to pop in and apologize for my long absence. I had been intending to write another information-laden post about, of all things, appendix cancer. (Yes, there is such a thing - and a friend of mine was recently diagnosed with it.) But I haven't had enough time and energy recently. (Do you think there's something wrong with me?)

I still want to write about that cancer, but was sidetracked for the entire month of February due to some family issues. Then I was on vacation for two and a half weeks, and have just gotten back into the swing of things. In addition, politics, my other obsession, has been taking up what time I have had for blogging, on my other site, Mauigirl's Meanderings.

I think to get back to my medical calling over here, I will write some shorter posts about recent medical developments before writing the long post. I hope to have something up in the next day or two!

In the meantime, no, that hacking cough you have is NOT lung cancer. It's from the dry heat in your house. Or the pollen that I hear is already blowing around out there despite the fact that every tree in my area is still starkly naked.

Of course, if the cough doesn't go away please do get it checked out...Just because you're a hypochondriac doesn't mean you don't have a fatal disease!

Back Again

After posting every day for the month of November on my regular blog, Mauigirl's Meanderings, as part of NaBloPoMo, it is finally over, and we can return to normal programming.

In other words, I should have time to post on this blog again and give you all some new medical information. Many apologies for the long silence.

I have not yet written the next post but have two topics pending that I intend to write about very soon. One will be on prostate cancer and the other on ovarian cancer. I've known several people with the former (one of whom was just diagnosed) and I know someone else with ovarian cancer, and would like to do research to understand more about what causes these cancers, learn how they are treated, and find out whether there are any new treatments being studied today.

So, hang in there, and I'll be posting a real post shortly!

Comments are welcome at Medicana

In the course of checking my Sitemeter from time to time I notice a lot of people find this blog via Google. And often they are searching for symptoms that the blog doesn't address so I assume they move on to greener pastures.

But sometimes I wish they would comment and ask their question, as I may be able to provide information on what they're looking for.

Also, you readers may have more information about a subject than I have provided, or new treatments that I did not come across in my research. So please, feel free to comment and add to the knowledge!

Please note I've added a new search bar to the right of the posts - it is specific to medical subjects. You may be able to learn more there about whatever you're looking for, without having to wade through non-pertinent information.