Category: Melanoma
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Tad
He was very young and it had recurred in his brain. Tad was playing on his computer when I walked into the room. He looked healthy, his eyes bright and beaming with intelligence. I sat across from him in the old cancer center and he asked me question after question. I connected with him instantly…
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Eclipse
It is hidden, and it is beautiful. It is like a veil that conceals but it is a phenomenon worth watching. Over time we have come to understand how and what it is. Does this knowledge subtract from its beauty when we know the truth of what actually happens? I feel that it adds a…
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Closure.
“I didn’t know I could talk to you” he said to me in the clinic today. We hugged and he sat down, “It happened so fast.” We were both fighting back some tears. “She was an amazing woman” I chimed, trying to find the right footing as we talked. It was the end of my…
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Connections.
What an interesting two days I have had. Has me thinking about the matrix of talent that I live amongst. I was chatting yesterday with Ben Miller, our orthopedic surgeon who handles all the limb surgeries that sarcoma patients need. We talked about a sarcoma symposium and how to bring more talented researchers to understand…
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Melanoma, Iowa and Our Story.
Melanoma has been a disease that has fascinated me. Unpredictable, dangerous and exceptionally intelligent. Its funny to talk about a disease this way. I have been wondering how one actually starts blogging, thought about a start but perhaps I can talk to all of you this way. Through the science that is attached to our…
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