A recent situation in our family left me wondering about my ability to deliver bad news, and whether having gone through the cancer experience gives you special gifts in that department.
A little background: My older daughter, who’s headed to college in a few weeks, got a late opportunity to attend another college, which she prefers. That... Read more
Preventing deaths. Tamoxifen has long been hailed as a wonder drug for preventing recurrences of breast cancer. In the 1990s, studies showed that it could prevent the disease among women who are high-risk. Now, a new study says that taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer may not do much in terms of keeping women from dying of breast cancer.... Read more
Reading an article about the shortage of participants for cancer clinical trials got me to thinking about whether people who’ve had cancer, like us, have any special responsibility to participate. I don’t think so, but here’s what my own personal experience has been.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996, several oncologists who... Read more
OMMMMMM: It sounds like a stretch, but a small study of women who took yoga--which promotes flexibility, strength and mental relaxation--during cancer treatment said they felt better about their health and could function better than women who weren’t taking yoga twice a week. Those practicing yoga, who were having radiation treatments, were... Read more
Maybe it’s a result of being self-employed, maybe it’s a result of growing up on Long Island, and living within 20 minutes of a great beaches, but there’s something about the summer that makes me want to slack off and slow down, and go to the beach as often as possible. As the closest beach to where I now live is a good two and a half hour... Read more
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