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  • The Will to Live- by Guest Blogger Suzanne Ruggieri

    Today’s blog comes from the wife of an osteosarcoma fighter. Together, they fought the disease as a team and beat the odds they were given, at least for a couple of years. Their story together may have ended early but it lives on through the eyes and spirit of their daugther. I remember the first…

    momilhem

    February 4, 2015
    Perspectives, Sarcoma
    Brain lesions, Hospice, Metastasis, Osteosarcoma, Paralysis
  • Closure.

    Originally posted on Mo About Cancer: “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.…

    momilhem

    January 23, 2015
    Melanoma and Sarcoma
  • Permission

    “You’re a good man”, said my patient as he hugged me. He was tapping me kindly on my back. He had waited for over an hour to see me. Wheelchair bound I was saddened when I walked in to see him. I was realizing the end was near as the quote of the series Dr.…

    momilhem

    January 21, 2015
    Melanoma, Patient Care, Perspectives
    death, Hospice, Living, melanoma, Transition
  • Injured

    She died on Saturday evening. A wonderful woman; elegant, sophisticated and intriguing. She had battled her cancer; therapy after therapy, always trusting the decisions being made always trying to remain ahead, never giving up or in, never wavering. Her last therapy I recalled had injured her lungs making it hard to continue. I go back…

    momilhem

    December 30, 2014
    Patient Care, Perspectives
    cancer, Healing, Life, Perspective, Writing
  • Fog

    I sat with my patient to discuss her progressive disease. It has now spread to many sites and it was deemed incurable. We had done several tests, and that much was certain at this point. I sat across from her and her mother. I started the conversation about treatment, but I felt I could not…

    momilhem

    October 24, 2014
    Connections, Melanoma and Sarcoma, Perspectives
    cancer, Iowa
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