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I'd say it's more like thwarting cancer with chemotherapy: an unpleasant experience necessary for survival.



the analogy doesn't hold for me. my mom just finished chemo the other week, and it definitely wasn't close in effect to what she'd've dealt with otherwise. she went on living her life as usual, minus some household chores




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