The members of the on-line support groups I belong to are in mourning. Susan Niebur-- physicist, mother, wife, and writer-has died of inflammatory breast cancer almost five years after her diagnosis. Susan's cheerful smile is beloved by everyone who has been reading her blog Toddler Planet and following her journey as a mother and a cancer... Read more
When you going through the diagnostic process for breast cancer, you soon get acquainted with a host of medical machinery—mammograms, ultrasounds, maybe a breast MRI. If it turns out that you do have breast cancer, your doctor may order some more tests to see if the cancer has metastasized to other parts of your body. These... Read more
A heart-warming series of commercials currently running on television shows factory workers wishing they could meet the cancer survivors whose lives have been saved by the technology they build. My favorite part of these commercials is the survivor who says that she now has "no evidence of disease." She does not utter the over-used and... Read more
Years ago my babysitter was attacked in her grocery store parking lot. A man held a knife to her throat and demanded that she get into the car. She fought back against her assailant and escaped with cuts to her throat and hand. She needed some stitches but suffered no permanent injury.
She told me the story the next day... Read more
Has your doctor had to change your treatment plan because of a shortage of your cancer drug? If so, you are not alone. Drug shortages, which used to be rare, have been increasing. According to a White House press release October 31, 2011, "While the Food and Drug Administration has successfully prevented 137 drug shortages... Read more
