Recuperating (Or Being A Bad Patient) (article)

I am recuperating from my surgery. It has been 8 days now. I am starting to get to the annoyed stage. The seriously annoyed stage. First of ...

Trapped At Home (article)

I haven't been so trapped at home since chemo. Then I was too sick to care that I spent my life inside watching TV, hanging out with the...

Reminder What Not To Say To Breast Cancer People (article)

As part of the universal pinkification of October, Good Housekeeping magazine has a section on breast cancer (who knew?). But one thing they...

Off To My Primary Care (article)

This morning I go off to my primary care for my annual physical. Although there are lingering thoughts of 'what if she finds something b...

Your Decision, Not Your Doctor's (article)

In years gone by, doctors were regarded as gods. They knew all, were not to be questioned and patients should obey unquestioningly. Those da...

Narrow Mindedness (article)

I realize that a lot of academia, where medical research often happens, primarily uses Apple computers - desktops, iPads, and iPhones. Howev...

Surviving Life With Ailments (article)

What is the best way to survive ailments? First of all, one step at a time. And take as many breaks as possible to have fun. That is what I ...

Doctoring Between The Lines (article)

I don't know about anyone else but I have a primary care and then an oncologist, breast surgeon, endocrinologist, rheumatologist, pain m...

Digesting (article)

One of the big reasons I started my blog in 2007 was to allow time to digest news as I received it through my breast cancer diagnosis and tr...

New Research Says (article)

How many times when you are talking to your doctor have you heard them say 'new research says...' or 'recent studies have shown....

Ailments and Their Add-ons (article)

You get one ailment, and it always seems to bring along its 'friends'. A few examples are cancer with chemotherapy causes digestive ...

People Are Still People Even With Cancer (article)

Life does not stop with a cancer diagnosis. It should not. If you have cancer, you are still a person. You do not need to let cancer take ov...

Its Complicated (article)

Personally, I do not consider myself to be a complicated person. However, alas, my health is very complicated. Yes. I am the kind of patient...

A Rerun: Helping People With Cancer (article)

I know this is a popular subject with people with cancer - how and how not to help them. Some people are idiots. I can tell you story after ...

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (article)

So my life is having its normal ups and downs. There are definitely the good, the bad, and the ugly. What is good? A whole bunch of things: ...

What A Beautiful Day! (article)

After I stretch, I'm going out for my last long run before the Boston MArathon. I'll stick to a few shorter runs between now and the...

My Health Is Trying My Patience (article)

What if I could be normal and when I tried to be a healthy person I could actually do it without having to spend time recovering? Yesterday ...

Managing Weird Symptoms (article)

So we all get these weird feelings sometimes. Something starts aching, or tingling, or twitching, or pinching, or just not feeling right. We...

Once Again I Wasn't The Patient (article)

And it was nice. I went to visit my brother for the weekend. And didn't really see him. He had a kidney stone (and a lot nastier word to...

What An Oncologist Should Not Say to a Cancer Patient (article)

We hear all about good doctors and not so good ones. But every so often we hear about the one's you really do not want. Yesterday someon...