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Did you have a conversation about the ethics of attaching a camera to an animal before you designed the camera?

Hi there, Patrick. I read your story, and because I'm a nursing student studying oncology right now, my questions have to do with your treatments. First of all, I am so sorry that you had to endure such a long time - about six months, it looks like - with excruciating pain, every single day, culminating with paralysis. I really am sorry that happened to you.

My questions have to do with treatments...

What were the names of the chemotherapy and immunosuppressant drugs you had to take, and what side effects did you, personally, experience? Did you ever have any vesication - when the chemo drug infiltrates out of the vein and into the surrounding tissue, and destroys it? I hope not. Professors always warn us about chemo meds, and to STAY ON TOP of them, checking the IV site ALL THE TIME to make sure that vesication never happens.

What are some of the things that your nurses did that you appreciated, and what are some things they did that you wished they didn't do?

I've been reading your answers to other people, so some of my questions were answered already, but I just wondered - when you get a craving for a certain type of thing, who gets that food for you? If I was your nurse, I would understand that if you actually wanted any food, then I should get that food for you NOW, but logistically, how does it work? If I was your nurse, I couldn't just leave the hospital and drive to Sonic or wherever you like your cheeseburgers from. Who gets them?

Do you have any tips for college instructors or teachers for how they can help you in the classroom or an online setting? What can teachers do to make you feel welcome and to prevent barriers to learning?

When you get a cold, flu, or if you suffer from regular seasonal allergies, how does your nose react? What I mean is, when you blow your nose with a tissue, and you have to do that many times a day, what happens to the skin on your nose?

What about washing your hands if they get dirty? Do they swell up from that?