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July 14th 2024
Here are eight poems about my experience as a caregiver to my wife during her final days.
PET Scan Stirs Old Memories, Prompts New Dreams for Patient With Cancer
August 18th 2021There’s been joy in the journey, along with the drugs, the endless waiting in chilly waiting rooms, the lab work, shaving my head twice, the CT scans every three months and the steady hum of anxiety in my brain. The time with my husband, kids and grandkids has made it worth every minute of cancer treatment. Bring it on, cancer.
Making Room for Miracles And Modern Medicine as a Patient With Stage 4 Cancer
July 20th 2021“I could’ve implemented my bucket list, backed away from writing contracts, outlined my end-of-life wishes and prepared my children for my possible, impending demise,” writes a woman with ovarian cancer. “Instead, I signed a four-book publishing contract and started a full-time career as a fiction writer.”
When Oncologists Retire, Their Patients Must Learn to Embrace Change
May 6th 2021“We’re all blessed that there are so many dedicated, caring health care professionals willing to step in and fill the void when members of the team move or retire,” writes a patient with cancer. “We can never forget how tough a gig it is or say thank you enough.”
Surgery With Chemotherapy Extended Progression-Free Survival in Relapsed Ovarian Cancer
April 5th 2021Patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer who underwent surgery then chemotherapy had a progression-free survival of 17.4 months compared with 11.9 months in those who underwent chemotherapy alone.