Oncology

I am excited to share a guest post by my friend, Alene Nitzky. Alene shares about her wonderful (and very much needed) new online service now available for people who are trying to reclaim and restore their lives following a cancer (any sort and any stage) diagnosis. Read what drives Alene’s passion and then let …

Last week I had my checkup with my oncologist. Sometimes I’m not even sure why I keep having these appointments because as I’ve mentioned before, we pretty much have the same discussions now at each one. This is a good thing. A really good thing. I am not complaining. I don’t want to have a …

Cancer is all about worry.  Cancer causes a domino effect of worry. One worry leads to another. When you first find your lump or whatever clue finally gives your sneaky cancer away, you worry about what might or might not be. You worry about if you should tell anyone, make that doctor appointment, or schedule that …

I have written several times about the dreaded aromatase inhibitors, or as many of us prefer to call them, the drugs we love to hate. Those posts are among my most-read and most-commented-on posts. Plus, I get emails regularly from women who are sharing about their struggles and frustrations with these drugs. So yes, it’s …

Recently I had my six-month oncology checkup. In some ways, these appointments have become routine-like. In other ways, the very fact that I have oncology appointments at all still seems quite remarkable. Requiring an oncologist is not something one ever expects. Still, after four, almost five years, I am not as nervous about oncology appointments …