Category: Perspectives
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Perception
Clinic ended in the usual way. A daughter and her father came to have a closure visit. The Cancer Center was quiet as I made my way to the room where they were waiting. I walked in and we hugged each other deeply remembering the moments we had spent and the many struggles we had…
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Fabric
“Is it a myth?” My colleague standing next to me asked in the back room. “Treating cancer, are we really doing anything to help these patients?” I pulled up a scan of a patient diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to the lungs, who was receiving a novel agent and showed the questioner the response.…
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Defeated.
Defeated. She sat there, her swollen abdomen so uncomfortable. The news of her heart function excluding her from the clinical trial I had planned on enrolling her in like a trigger to an explosion brought a flood of tears. I pull up a chair and hunker down for my discussion. It is just that, hunkering…
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The Love of This Momma in My Own Suit of Armor
9 months and 25 days ago my life was forever changed; it was the day I found out that one of my babies was diagnosed with cancer. The diagnosis was a very rare and aggressive cancer usually found in children or young adults called Ewing’s Sarcoma. For those of you who have had a child…
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2 Minutes
I have been in practice now for 10 years, not counting my training and medical schooling. My practice and approach to patient care has evolved over time. I started blogging 1 year ago, and this has uncovered emotions in me that I did not know existed, and has proved to be an amazing way to…
Mo About Cancer 