Tag: death

• “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

• 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…

  momilhem

  August 7, 2013

  Melanoma, Melanoma and Sarcoma

  cancer, Clinic, Closure, death, doctor, Doctor Mo, Health, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Inspiration, Iowa, Iowa City, melanoma, Milhem, Mo, Mo Milhem, Patient, Sarcoma, skin cancer, University of Iowa, University of Iowa Health Care