posts about my cancer journey
Way back in October 2012, within the first few weeks of my diagnosis, I received taxol as the first phase of my chemotherapy regimen. It likely didn’t do much, at least for the main tumor, […]
At MD Anderson Cancer Center, where I receive my treatment (and where I work) we have a Survivorship Clinic. Many cancer centers do. Patients are transitioned to this clinic after their active therapy and follow […]
I have been very fortunate – its been nearly three years since my diagnosis and I am NED (no evidence of disease, or the solid tumor equivalent of remission which is more commonly used for liquid […]
Today is day 1,000 since I was diagnosed back in September 2012, and so is as good a day as any for taking stock. Health I am doing fine. I am living the Tamoxifen life […]
A while ago I wrote about my first venture into the world of art (I use the term very loosely here…) with a piece that put my tumor in a box. Several other ideas have been […]
A big thank you to Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times for covering male breast cancer and the new work of David Jay in the SCAR Project: Male Breast Cancer. The piece features photos […]
Earlier this week I blogged about the cancer conference, the WIN Symposium which I attended last week. I summarized some of the current challenges in developing personalized cancer therapies, including the complexity of cancer. The […]
Last week I attended a great cancer conference, the WIN Symposium which this year was titled “Personalized Cancer Therapy – from Innovation to Implementation”. This conference has brought together some of the best thinkers and […]
In another month or so, I am joining an immunotherapy clinical trial that is aimed at suppressing recurrence, by training the immune system to pay attention to cancer cells more effectively. It is a trial designed […]
15I was honored to participate in a panel on blogging today, at an event for survivors and caregivers. We were asked to address what got us to write the blogs. That’s a good question – […]
