Yeah, that bothered me too, but I suppose it does feel very alien to have something so very abnormal growing from within.

I don't think people realize that cancer is just a very slightly modified you. Hitch factually knows this, I'm sure, but it's a damn hard thing to conceptualize.

I heard someone on reddit the other day say that at conception, you've selected yourself to exist, which I thought was equally as mind bending :P