• Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org
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    12 hours ago

    When I went through breast cancer a couple years ago after the surgery they said I needed radiation therapy and I was so scared because radiation bad, right? Well the end result was like a really nice beautiful suntan on my breasts. But this cartoon is making me wonder again, radiation bad, right?

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      10 hours ago

      Whole body radiation: very bad, big sunburn

      Small targeted radiation beam onto boobz: very good, no more cancer

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      10 hours ago

      Well it should raise the cancer risk in your chest somewhat. But that’s an improvement over dying right away so there’s that