One thing I appreciate about the blogosphere is that when a topic stirs people up, a passionate discussion often follows. This week the hot topic was a certain Pancreatic Cancer Action ad. Most of you know the one I’m talking about. Basically, a couple of people in the ad were stating that they wished they …
Cancer
One of the very first thoughts I had this year when I flipped over the calendar to 2104 was gosh, it’s been ten years. I then wondered if anyone else in my family had had a similar thought. I didn’t ask them. I don’t know why I did not.
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. …
Ever since the firestorm started over the “Double-Kellering” (a term I’m borrowing from my friend ChemoBabe) of Lisa Bonchek Adams over a week ago now, I’ve been thinking about some of the additional various issues and angles there are to this story. Perhaps this is a far bigger story than two journalists bashing one woman …
I was first drawn to the blog of Lisa Adams about three years ago shortly after I began blogging myself. I was immediately drawn to her style of writing and to the topics she chose. Lisa and I both write about breast cancer. Lisa and I both write about grief and loss. Lisa and I have …