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kmakm
8 years agoMember
CHEK2... my genetic plot thickens?
Today I went to have genetic testing for the CHEK2 gene mutation. Simply put the CHEK2 gene regulates cell division. If it's mutated the cells go on dividing and, well, cancer. It's also linked to ...
AllyJay
7 years agoMember
Hi there @kmakm...the physio as the hospital wanted me to get some special exercise dough (available from a medical supplier in the hospital foyer) to strengthen my grip too. My husband went down and priced it...$42.75 for a small tub. To heck with that, so he bought a tub of playdough from Kmart for 75 cents. I split it in two and squeezed the hell out of it whilst reading my kindle. In between did my good old knitting. This was during the time I was having my chemo with all the hospital admissions and I was as weak as anything. I had just basically been lying in bed, feeling like death and so needed to build my strength even to just sit in bed, never mind walk.