Tag: Recurrence

• Do You Read Cancer?

  My patient sat across from me and said “You are the expert.” My mind began a long walk on a desert land, nothing as far as the eye could see. I reached a tree and sat down for a little to rest. Then stood up and continued walking. A nomad with a keen eye in…

  momilhem

  March 12, 2014

  Patient Care, Perspectives

  cancer, Fear, hope, Recurrence, Science

• Stretch.

  I walked into the room and I could see that the surgeon who had seen my patient before me had already relayed the bad news. The cancer was back. The weight of this news still not complete in her mind. How could it be? She had been cancer free for so long. She had battled…

  momilhem

  November 6, 2013

  Melanoma and Sarcoma, Patient Care, Perspectives

  cancer, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa, Recurrence