The importance of inflammation

I was reading a text at my office: Medical Care of the Cancer Patient,

http://www.amazon.com/Medical-Cancer-Patient-Sai-Ching-Yeung/dp/1607950081

And, the first pages of the book addressed lymphedema, but there was an entire section on the experience of "sickness" due to inflammation  vs. the experience of depression and how they overlap and how common "sickness" is in cancer patients--the disease and treatment cause inflammation.

And, a lot of the lymphedema researchers are working on the very large role that inflammation plays in LE.

So, I figure, they have to be linked in some way, and a bunch of us have expressed frustration and despair--out of proportion--when we flare, and I think I stumbled across a possible explanation.

It's a whole chapter, and I can't seem to find a way to copy it, but it made a ton of sense.

I guess I should read the text more often--our internet is out (at work), and I was trying to research something, and it's nearly impossible without the internet. But I did appreciate this textbook.

Kira

Here's the description on Amazon, and it's written by a couple of oncologists at MD Anderson

Product Description
Recent therapeutic advances in cancer treatment indicate that rather than a killer, cancer is becoming a chronic disease. This comprehensive text is the first to define and address the broad spectrum of acute and chronic internal medicine disorders that occur in cancer patients and cancer survivors as side-effects of the disease itself, or from treatment regimens. The authors cover non-oncologic aspects of internal medicine such as anorexia, obesity, bone loss, diabetes, depression, pain, fatigue, congestive heart failure, skin disorders, and pneumonia. This book is conceived as a companion to standard internal medicine and oncology texts a comprehensive reference resource for internists caring for cancer patients and oncologists in practice. The text is extensively indexed for easy access and retrieval of information.

About the Author
Sai-Ching Jim Yeung MD, PhD Deputy Section Chief of Emergency Care, Associate Medical Director of Emergency Center (Ad Interim), Associate Professor, Department of General Internal Medicine, Ambulatory Treatment and Emergency Care, Department of Endocrine Neoplasia & Hormonal Disorders, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Carmen P. Escalante MD, Professor and Chair, Department of General Internal Medicine, Ambulatory Treatment and Emergency Care, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Robert F. Gagel MD, Professor and Division Head, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.