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Show CHRYSALIS PAGE 95 Doctor Sontag estimates 16 weeks. I figure 13 or 14 at the most. "What to do about a. pregnancy?" The doctor shakes his head and taps a pencil on the edge of his desk. "Many doctors would advise a termination, but there is little evidence to support this view. There are studies available which indicate that the outcome of cancer in pregnant women is not different from that in non-pregnant women. Other studies show estrogen levels of pregnancy speed Up the growth of malignant cells." Fifty-fifty. A drawn game. Knowing how this pregnancy may increase the chance of recur-rance of the cancer, all the old dragons have returned. Mark says he had nothing to do with it, that it's something I caught in the hospital from a dirty needle. Ha, ha. I am sick and cross. I yell and complain a lot, and then I feel guilty afterward because I have wasted valuable time in anger and frustration. Abortion is out of the question. I can't even consider that possibility. I am aware of the dangers of radiation and drugs to the fetus. Doctor Sontag emphasized the chances of impairment. It's cold out tonight - very cold. Mark is unusually |