Yesterday a lovely 81 year old came in with a tiny gynecologic problem and a huge anxiety issue. She gets up too many times at night to empty her bladder and worries she might leak and, one day...
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How I ever got the idea of tent camping for Thanksgiving with our family, a friend John, and six children between 11 and 15, I’ll never know. I had an idyllic notion of breaking bread outdoors...
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I have a friend who is super-special. I will call her Cate (not her real name). Cate is special because she is a dynamic, loving wife and mother and a caring individual on top of all that. Cate is...
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Should Cancer Be a Secret |
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When an elderly patient came in complaining of difficulty holding her urine, I was ready with a few possible diagnoses: Perhaps a urinary tract infection or a dropped bladder. In medical school I was...
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This week I read that Ruth Bader Ginsberg was treated for pancreatic cancer after surviving colon cancer. She is already back at work weeks later. What an amazing feat! Even more so for someone in...
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My feet hurt, my knees are sore, my back is out and I have a low-grade headache. Swine flu? No, the end of another fantastic day hiking in the Alps. Today we hiked, or rather stumbled through fog...
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I suspect readers of my column are against stereotyping. We don’t believe most blondes are dumb nor most Arabs are terrorists. As members of this cancer community, we pride ourselves on being...
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Did stress cause my cancer? I’ve heard that question way too often. Well, let’s see.
There are a lot of medical issues brought on by stress. Some stress is invigorating and...
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Changing Doctors – What Matters |
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Changing doctors is hard to do. Especially when that doctor is your oncologist. I know. I did it. I still feel guilty, but it is a common story.
In 2000 when I was first diagnosed with cancer...
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Cancer treatment becomes learning lab about patience |
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There is nothing like a bout of cancer to teach you how to be patient. First, there is the endless waiting at the doctors' offices to find out what test(s) need to be done to determine more about the...
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