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posted 05/01/2008, comments (7)

My Cancer…

There’s a blog I read called “My Cancer.” It’s on the National Public Radio Web site, and is written daily by Emmy award-winning TV journalist Leroy Sievers, formerly of NBC nightline and CBS News. Sievers covered more than a dozen wars in his career; now he’s covering his own, with cancer. And it’s a war... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/01/2008, comment (1)

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posted 04/29/2008, comments (0)

Cutting Health Care Costs, Saving Lives

Big business. Big Pharma. Those words don’t create a particularly happy picture in your mind, do they? So often we think, “Big business. Out to get the little guy. A bunch of fat cats.” Or “Big Pharma. Only in it for the profits. Wringing every last penny out of their desperate customers.”But quietly, without any... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/27/2008, comments (9)

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Hi everyone, Today is Sunday and it is 10:45 at night. Cheryl's last visit to the oncologist was Thursday. No chemo was decided on because the Dr. is not sure of what angle to take since the markers had elevated. We thought that with the last tumor marker that the Ixempra was working as the results were decreased. He said he... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/27/2008, comments (4)

Chemobrain: NOT from Chemo?

“ ‘Chemofog’ effects on brain may be a myth- Two studies showed no memory impairments as a result of chemotherapy.”msnbc.com, April 17, 2008.Wait a minute. Are we going down that “chemobrain isn’t real” path—again?! Just reading that headline on the MSNBC Web site today got my hackles up. All of the... Read more Chevron

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