Recuperating (Or Being A Bad Patient) - BlogNews-24

I am recuperating from my surgery. It has been 8 days now. I am starting to get to the annoyed stage. The seriously annoyed stage. First of ...

Trapped At Home - BlogNews-24

I haven't been so trapped at home since chemo. Then I was too sick to care that I spent my life inside watching TV, hanging out with the...

Reminder What Not To Say To Breast Cancer People - BlogNews-24

As part of the universal pinkification of October, Good Housekeeping magazine has a section on breast cancer (who knew?). But one thing they...

Off To My Primary Care - BlogNews-24

This morning I go off to my primary care for my annual physical. Although there are lingering thoughts of 'what if she finds something b...

Your Decision, Not Your Doctor's - BlogNews-24

In years gone by, doctors were regarded as gods. They knew all, were not to be questioned and patients should obey unquestioningly. Those da...

Narrow Mindedness - BlogNews-24

I realize that a lot of academia, where medical research often happens, primarily uses Apple computers - desktops, iPads, and iPhones. Howev...

Surviving Life With Ailments - BlogNews-24

What is the best way to survive ailments? First of all, one step at a time. And take as many breaks as possible to have fun. That is what I ...

Doctoring Between The Lines - BlogNews-24

I don't know about anyone else but I have a primary care and then an oncologist, breast surgeon, endocrinologist, rheumatologist, pain m...

Digesting - BlogNews-24

One of the big reasons I started my blog in 2007 was to allow time to digest news as I received it through my breast cancer diagnosis and tr...

New Research Says - BlogNews-24

How many times when you are talking to your doctor have you heard them say 'new research says...' or 'recent studies have shown....

Ailments and Their Add-ons - BlogNews-24

You get one ailment, and it always seems to bring along its 'friends'. A few examples are cancer with chemotherapy causes digestive ...

People Are Still People Even With Cancer - BlogNews-24

Life does not stop with a cancer diagnosis. It should not. If you have cancer, you are still a person. You do not need to let cancer take ov...

Its Complicated - BlogNews-24

Personally, I do not consider myself to be a complicated person. However, alas, my health is very complicated. Yes. I am the kind of patient...

A Rerun: Helping People With Cancer - BlogNews-24

I know this is a popular subject with people with cancer - how and how not to help them. Some people are idiots. I can tell you story after ...

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - BlogNews-24

So my life is having its normal ups and downs. There are definitely the good, the bad, and the ugly. What is good? A whole bunch of things: ...

What A Beautiful Day! - BlogNews-24

After I stretch, I'm going out for my last long run before the Boston MArathon. I'll stick to a few shorter runs between now and the...

My Health Is Trying My Patience - BlogNews-24

What if I could be normal and when I tried to be a healthy person I could actually do it without having to spend time recovering? Yesterday ...

Managing Weird Symptoms - BlogNews-24

So we all get these weird feelings sometimes. Something starts aching, or tingling, or twitching, or pinching, or just not feeling right. We...

Once Again I Wasn't The Patient - BlogNews-24

And it was nice. I went to visit my brother for the weekend. And didn't really see him. He had a kidney stone (and a lot nastier word to...

What An Oncologist Should Not Say to a Cancer Patient - BlogNews-24

We hear all about good doctors and not so good ones. But every so often we hear about the one's you really do not want. Yesterday someon...