1:33:00
to whom I had asked
to be present to the operation,
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later told me that the surgeon,
looking in a slide
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and watching a bit of the stuff
he had just removed from my lungs, said:
1:33:12
..."I bet a testicle that this is
Hodgkin's lymphoma."
1:33:16
"Not both, but a testicle yes".
1:33:19
Hodgkin's lymphoma is a tumour
to the lymphatic system,
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a curable tumour.
1:33:26
Then, one day, at home, I skim through
"The Garzanti Medical Encyclopaedia",
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and checking "lymphoma", I read:
1:33:37
...symptoms are: itch,
loss of weight, perspiration.
1:33:43
However I learned something
from this story, maybe two.
1:33:50
The first is that physicians know
how to speak but they don't know how to listen..
1:33:58
...and now I am surrounded by all
the useless medicine that I have bought.
1:34:08
The second thing that I have learned
is that in the morning,
1:34:13
before breakfast, to drink
a glass of water is a good thing.
1:34:18
I was told it's good for the kidneys,
or for something else.
1:34:22
In short, it's good.
1:34:26
Then, please, milk with a dash of coffee
and a croissant...
1:34:30
...and a glass of water.
1:34:49
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