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Advice to Those who Give Care

by Suzanne on 19. Aug, 2010 in Care-giving/getting, Critical Illness

Richard’s post  “Advice to a friend with critical illness” inspired me to think about advice to the person who provides support and care to the friend/family member with life-limiting illness.   Let me take myself as a starting point.  I ask what advice should I give myself in this situation with a spouse with life-limiting illness.  [...]

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Advice to a Friend with Critical Illness

by Richard on 02. Aug, 2010 in Cancer, Care-giving/getting, Critical Illness, Energy: positive & negative, Healing Practices, Health & Illness, Healthy Living, Inspiration & Resiliency, Loss, Grief & Survivorship, Love, Mind body harmony, Psychology, Quality of Life, Relationships

The cell call confirmed our worst fears. “It’s not breast cancer” said our best friend’s daughter. My initial reaction was relief. “Thank God” I said. Then before I heard her next words “NO! Not good!” I knew it was worse. Days before we had discovered that something had spread to five places in our best [...]

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Musings on Clincal Trials, Gender & Timing of Immunotherapy

by Suzanne on 23. Jun, 2010 in Care-giving/getting, Experts, Prostate Cancer

Last week at an US Too New York meeting, Dr. Daniel Petrylak (Columbia University Medical Center) observed that many more women go into breast cancer clinical trials than men go into prostate cancer clinical trials.  Interesting.  And why? My guess is that 1.  Women are offered more clinical trials than men. 2.  Men may be [...]

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Rhythm

by Richard on 26. May, 2010 in Care-giving/getting, Diet & Exercise, Inspiration & Resiliency, Mind body harmony, Quality of Life

Today we went to see my oncologist (to whom we are extremely grateful) at Sloan Kettering (MSK) to find out if my current cancer treatment is working. Finding meaning is one present of advanced cancer. Another is to be able to share what we find with those who we love or who may benefit. Suzanne [...]

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Shifting Shades

by Richard on 20. May, 2010 in Care-giving/getting, Inspiration & Resiliency, Mind body harmony, Quality of Life

We arrived at Sloan Kettering ½ an hour earlier than our 8:30 AM appointment for my PET scan. The nuclear medicine procedure takes two hours, during which Suzanne may remain in the waiting room. Before we entered the hospital I suggested she go up the block to buy a cup of coffee and something to [...]

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