I've been silent on my blog for a while - many busy weekends on call, many other professional commitments. Not much personal or family time, I might add, but I will start writing faithfully again and will try not to take any hiatus in the future.
Today it's raining in the Bay Area. As I drove into work the rain beat down, and I was listening to "Dusty in Memphis" as I drove. And I felt sad; at first with no particular thought behind it. The music made the sadness a little better, I...
It is breast cancer awareness month, and everywhere pink ribbons abound. I have donned one on my white coat. Why is breast cancer... Read more »
"I feel my oncologist just drops me like a hot potato when the symptom isn't cancer related," wrote a woman on a support website I belong... Read more »
Not all doctors email patients, nor for that matter do all doctors email each other - but I have found it to be helpful for many patients. ... Read more »
One of my colleagues at work stopped me in the hall right before Christmas break to tell me about her daughter’s breast cancer... Read more »
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry over the report today in the New York Times about oncologists enrolled in a class on telling cancer... Read more »
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