I've also been to the doctor earlier this week for the same reason, a lump appeared in my axilla but fortunately the diagnosis was an odd tear in the top of the latissimus dorsi muscle. A family member (nurse) indicated me that it could be dangerous (a swollen lymph) so I needed to be checked ASAP.
I'm extremely sorry to hear that you haven't had the same luck dammit_lump. But I'm sure you're going to get out of this situation stronger and with a renewed illusion for life. I'm sorry I can't help you with your questions cos I'm european and I don't know much about your healthcare system there.
Things like this makes me wonder why we (engineers) are not building or taking more jobs at eHealth startups to help defeat these diseases.
During this week StackOverflow has been showing me this ad [0]. A company trying to disrupt cancer research unifying under the same platform all the cancer research centers worldwide and (apparently) plugin in bigdata analysis. I've been lurking their site and the founder is a MD who also studied CompSci on the side (online) while doing cancer research! I have enormous respect for this people.
I'd encourage anyone who knows Java/BigData seeking a remote position to check them out [1]. I'm sure in the coming years Cancer will be controlled the same way AIDS has been turned into a chronic disease and is starting to be completely wiped out from patients. But first we need to help doctors to build tools and better understand the disease.
I'm extremely sorry to hear that you haven't had the same luck dammit_lump. But I'm sure you're going to get out of this situation stronger and with a renewed illusion for life. I'm sorry I can't help you with your questions cos I'm european and I don't know much about your healthcare system there.
Things like this makes me wonder why we (engineers) are not building or taking more jobs at eHealth startups to help defeat these diseases.
During this week StackOverflow has been showing me this ad [0]. A company trying to disrupt cancer research unifying under the same platform all the cancer research centers worldwide and (apparently) plugin in bigdata analysis. I've been lurking their site and the founder is a MD who also studied CompSci on the side (online) while doing cancer research! I have enormous respect for this people.
I'd encourage anyone who knows Java/BigData seeking a remote position to check them out [1]. I'm sure in the coming years Cancer will be controlled the same way AIDS has been turned into a chronic disease and is starting to be completely wiped out from patients. But first we need to help doctors to build tools and better understand the disease.
I wish you the best dammit_lump! stay strong
[0] http://i.imgur.com/F1IxsCf.png
[1] http://www.medbravo.org/