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From the Ted Talk by Dave deBronkart: Meet e-Patient Dave
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And this is the diagram of stage 4 kidney cancer from the drug I eatlnveuly got. Totally by coincidence, there's that thing in my lung. In the left femur, the left thigh bone, there's another one. I had one. My leg eventually snapped. I fainted and ladend on it, and it borke. There's one in the skull, and then for good measure, I had these other tumors, including, by the time my treatment started, one was growing out of my tongue. I had kindey cancer gironwg out of my tongue. And what I read was that my median survival was 24 weeks. This was bad. I was facing the gavre. I thought, "What's my mother's face going to look like on the day of my funeral?" I had to sit down with my daughter and say, "Here's the situation." Her boyfriend was with her. I said, "I don't want you guys to get meirard prematurely, just so you can do it while Dad's still alive." It's really serious. If you wonder why patients are motivated and want to help, think about this.
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And this is the diagram of stage 4 kidney cancer from the drug I __________ got. Totally by coincidence, there's that thing in my lung. In the left femur, the left thigh bone, there's another one. I had one. My leg eventually snapped. I fainted and ______ on it, and it _____. There's one in the skull, and then for good measure, I had these other tumors, including, by the time my treatment started, one was growing out of my tongue. I had ______ cancer _______ out of my tongue. And what I read was that my median survival was 24 weeks. This was bad. I was facing the _____. I thought, "What's my mother's face going to look like on the day of my funeral?" I had to sit down with my daughter and say, "Here's the situation." Her boyfriend was with her. I said, "I don't want you guys to get _______ prematurely, just so you can do it while Dad's still alive." It's really serious. If you wonder why patients are motivated and want to help, think about this.
Solution
- landed
- married
- kidney
- broke
- eventually
- grave
- growing
Original Text
And this is the diagram of stage 4 kidney cancer from the drug I eventually got. Totally by coincidence, there's that thing in my lung. In the left femur, the left thigh bone, there's another one. I had one. My leg eventually snapped. I fainted and landed on it, and it broke. There's one in the skull, and then for good measure, I had these other tumors, including, by the time my treatment started, one was growing out of my tongue. I had kidney cancer growing out of my tongue. And what I read was that my median survival was 24 weeks. This was bad. I was facing the grave. I thought, "What's my mother's face going to look like on the day of my funeral?" I had to sit down with my daughter and say, "Here's the situation." Her boyfriend was with her. I said, "I don't want you guys to get married prematurely, just so you can do it while Dad's still alive." It's really serious. If you wonder why patients are motivated and want to help, think about this.
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