Aileen Holthaus writes about her first day of chemotherapy for follicular lymphoma, and the challenges it presented.
Aileen Holthaus writes about her first day of chemotherapy for follicular lymphoma, and the challenges it presented.
One-Half Teaspoon:
After
first day of chemo
poked, prodded
poison poured in,
after
six hours tethered
to infusion chair,
a necessary assault
on my cells,
after
reaching refuge
of home,
realized sum total
of energy left
in my whole body
was one-half teaspoon.
Used whole amount
crawling into bed.
When the Daughter of a Pediatric Oncologist Receives a Cancer Diagnosis
October 14th 2021“We tried very hard, my daughter and I, to have a daughter-father relationship, not a daughter-doctor relationship,” said Dr. Michael Weiner on this episode of the “CURE® Talks Cancer” podcast, in which he discussed his career, his own cancer journey and his daughter’s diagnosis.
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