What About Our Brains? (article)

So cancer didn't kill us. Our cancer treatment didn't kill us. But our brains no longer function as well as they did before. At my k...

Mammograms Under or Over Diagnosis? (article)

There has been a long debate, since mammograms were put into use in the early 1980s, if they over or under diagnose breast cancer. Now someo...

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...

The Combination Diagnosis (article)

Presto, you were a healthy person, who in addition to going out for drinks and appetizers with friends on weekends, you also used to go to t...

To Test or Not To Test (article)

Once you are diagnosed with cancer, you have two key desires: Get the damn thing out of me!  Make Sure It Doesn't Come Back! So you have...

What To Do When A Family Member Has Cancer (article)

Its different when a friend has cancer than when its a family member. When you live in the same house as someone with cancer, you need to be...

A Well Explained Reason for Ditching the S-Word (article)

I hate the S-word. I am not an s-word. I am a person living with cancer. Its always just bugged me. A lot. I hate the fact that ACS designat...

Biting My Tongue (Or Letting Others Learn By Themselves) (article)

At one's first cancer diagnosis, you are welcomed shoved into Cancerland, where no one wants to be. You learn about your cancer and pro...