My mama had endometriosis

If I had... If my wife had cancer of the breast.

An illusive cyst: should my mother have had her surgery?

An ultrasound showed about 2x1 cm cystic lesion in the body of pancreas. This followed by a referral for the abdominal CT scan that was done 1-month later and showed a “2 cm lobulated cystic lesion in the neck of pancreas with no pancreatic duct dilatation”. Due to a suspicion of MCN, she was referred for a pancreatic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with biopsy. EUS (#1) was done soon after at the ...

Keep on Laying Eggs Mama, RNAi My Reproductive Aging Blues Away

The study of aging has been dominated by the analysis of degenerative changes in somatic tissues that influence life span, since the decline of life support systems is the cause of age-related death. Reproduction, which is a vital goal of all organisms, also displays an age-related decline. However, this aspect of aging has received much less attention, since the consequence is not death but ra...

“My Mom Had a Stroke”: Understanding How Patients Raise and Providers Respond to Psychosocial Concerns

In the following transcribed excerpts, drawn from a routine medical interview, a patient repeatedly discloses that “My mom had a stroke.” On three different occasions, over the course of a single medical encounter, the patient invokes his mom’s illness as a significant factor influencing key health behaviors that are eventually discussed: excessive drinking, inadequate exercise and diet, and sl...

‘It had to be my choice’ Indigenous smoking cessation and negotiations of risk, resistance and resilience