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April 2023

The technician makes light conversation as Christine eases herself onto the table. Lifting her top, lowering her pants slightly.  Slapping away her mum’s attempt to help. Let’s see what we can see.  No point being nervous.  She lies back and lets the room swim. One last prayer.  Cold gel is squished onto her tummy. On goes the paddle.
There’s a swishing sound, a knocking noise arises from the background. The confused rhythm of two tiny heart beats.  Christine holds her breath. Two healthy blobs are identified. Smidgens of life.  Her heart dances, her prayers answered. Her mum squeezes her hand till Christine yelps.
“And how have you been feeling? Rotten, I bet.”  The tech offers her congratulations.
Behind her mask, Christine gives a wan smile.  The truth hurts and speaking is risky.  She braces for whatever random crap her mum will say.
“Blood speckled vomit” her mother announces, true to form. “It’s like watching the Exorcist through rose coloured glasses.”
Hardly, thinks Christine.  One marked cough amidst all that sickness, and suddenly her head is revolving. She’d heard stories of her reflux as a baby, sicking up bloody scabs from acid burns in her throat. Her parents had rushed her to the Children’s Hospital, only to be told it was perfectly normal. This is something similar now. A declaration of life so intense it’s scalding her insides. Concerning, yes. Emergency? No.
The tech drops the paddle. Shaking her head, she says “Haven’t you seen the news?”

EXCERPTS FROM MELBOURNE NEWS ONLINE (MNO)
10 November 2022
Five full time workers at a Community Bank branch have been diagnosed with an aggressive, uncommon stomach cancer. The patients have been referred for specialist examination and ongoing care at the Melbourne Cancer Centre. Upon visiting the site for comment, this reporter found mobile phone antennas being removed.
16 November 2022
Further cancer clusters are suspected at various work places and some residences across Melbourne. Investigators continue to search for a cause of this alarming issue. 
3 April 2023
The State Parliamentary Inquiry has heard expert testimony that the cancer source is dangerous levels of radiation, from roof mounted mobile phone antennas.
Mobile phone antennas normally distribute EME (ElectroMagnetic Energy) safely through large areas of open space. Incorrect installation of rooftop antennae may have allowed concentrated levels of radiation to be transmitted directly through the roof, onto inhabitants below.
13 April 2023
The Health Department has released a list of sites affected by misfitted mobile phone antennas.  If you have visited these sites, or are exhibiting symptoms, you are asked to attend the newly formed Stomach Cancer Clinic at the Melbourne Cancer Centre for an urgent medical review. Symptoms include nausea, fatigue, difficulty eating, weight loss and most critically, coughing or vomiting blood.