After you heard those terrible words, you have cancer, did you ever stop and ask yourself, or ask anyone for that matter, why me? I’ve heard, rather I’ve read, some say they never thought or asked why me? In fact, some even take it the other direction and ask, why not me?
Cancer diagnosis
Back in 2004 when my mother was first diagnosed with breast cancer, the very first online resource I turned to was Breastcancer.org. I don’t remember how I ended up there or exactly why; I only know that I did. I still have articles I printed off from the site during that tumultuous time.
Are you feeling confused by the ongoing debate about mammography? Who isn’t, right? Mammography has been in the news a great deal of late; but the debate about it has been going on for years now. I have wanted to write about this issue ever since I started blogging, but haven’t gotten around to tackling …
It’s been over a decade since I heard those words, you have cancer. Actually, the words I heard were, you have ‘a’ cancer. I’ve always wondered about that little ‘a’ inserted into the conversation I had on the phone with ‘a’ doctor that spring day. Yes, ‘a’ doctor delivered the news, not ‘my’ doctor; another …
Sorting out the confusion between palliative care and hospice care matters because they are not the same thing. Do you understand the differences between palliative care and hospice care? If you’re unsure, you’re certainly not alone and even people who do understand the differences, don’t always properly distinguish between them for the rest of us. …