In my last blog I described three cases in which a breast cancer patient experienced a disturbingly unprofessional medical situation. In each case, their distress was based on several events—not just one—leading up to the corker. And there were two other similarities: each event occurred during a significant procedure and was witnessed by at... Read more
A popular magazine used to run a feature called “You Be the Judge,” which highlighted sticky situations and how they were resolved. The magazine asked the reader to render a decision, which he or she could then compare with the actual judgment and course of action. I propose to do something like that here, in my blog. As those of us... Read more
Fifteen years ago a mammogram found a lump in my right breast, which was biopsied and removed and turned out to be benign. That experience, plus a few insensitive mammogram techs, turned me against mammograms. I thought I was put through a lot of surgery and anxiety for nothing and I really hated the unfriendly staff in many of the hospitals I... Read more
Yesterday a friend sent me another one of those chain letters for a good cause, this one urging me to go to thebreastcancersite.com and click on the Free Mammogram button. Apparently every click there helps provide a mammogram for a woman who can’t afford one. I was also urged to send the email to ten more women.
I’m all for the cause but I... Read more
These days almost everyone I know knows someone who has or had breast cancer and as a survivor I’ve become a magnet for their stories. Sometimes a person, upon discovering my survivor status, will tell a sad and scary story and I listen to it sympathetically, having lost a few dear friends myself to the disease. Often, however, it’s the story... Read more
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