Charlie and Darryl both got me *again* on this false pathway in my brain
> Dee mentioned that cancer sometimes used to be called "consumption".
Arghh, sometimes change is good. Sorry that happened twice, that should be
enough to fully clear it from my brain (I must have just been more interested
in spinning around on the lab stool than listening to her teach).
Consumption was TB before we were really able to diagnosis it, and Cancer was
not usually diagnosed until someone was basically dying. The TB was
debilitating due to the consequences of any activity to the lungs, where
Cancer was often more insidious and harder to diagnose.
Dee
