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  • May is Melanoma Awareness Month

    Dear Friends, May 1st kicks off Melanoma Awareness Month. Guest bloggers will take over my blog on May 7th, 14th and 21st and share their stories of melanoma. I will wrap up Melanoma Awareness Month by blogging on May 28th. Monday, May 5th is Melanoma Monday and the American Academy of Dermatology asks that we…

    momilhem

    April 30, 2014
    Connections, Melanoma
    melanoma, Melanoma Awareness Month, Melanoma Monday
  • Is It a Choice?

    The research coordinator sat next to me and said “his insurance will only approve a phase 3 or phase 4 trial, and while this trial you are offering him is a phase 3 they have denied it anyway!” Frustrated she also added “we are in the process of appealing this, but it could take up…

    momilhem

    April 23, 2014
    Perspectives
    cancer, clinical trials, Insurance, Politics
  • Blog Holiday!

    Dear friends, I have enjoyed writing to you every week on my blog. We have had a few guest bloggers as well and the feedback from all of you has been great. This week I will not be blogging and will start doing that every 2 weeks with an occasional guest blogger jumping in on…

    momilhem

    April 16, 2014
    Perspectives
    blogging, cancer, Iowa, Oncology
  • “Stay out of trouble”

    “Nice to meet you Dr. Mayhem” he said mispronouncing my last name, but he had me smiling. “A pleasure to meet you too” I replied to my newly formed friend. In the background of the clinic, the laughter this word created reaches out to my depths and pulls out something I have longed to share.…

    momilhem

    April 9, 2014
    Melanoma and Sarcoma, Perspectives
    death, Helplessness, Life, melanoma, Patient care, Sarcoma, Terminal cancer
  • Ambiguity

    “You have to go home, you have a blog to write” my breathless patient uttered the words as he awkwardly ended our conversation last night. I was tired, but not nearly as much as he was. Yet he was there, caring about what I still had to do tonight. It had been a long day…

    momilhem

    April 2, 2014
    Patient Care, Perspectives, Sarcoma
    Fighting cancer, Inpatient, Relief, Sarcoma
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