There's a really good article in the New York Times about M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.I've been reading Dr. Grumpy in the House for a few months now and while I enjoy it all (maybe it's because I worked in a hospital, maybe it's just because he's pretty funny) I recommend two articles Your Insurance Premiums at Work and Annie's Song. Insurance company issues from the perspective of the physician.What would your insurance company call you? A dog? A trainwreck? The death panels seem to be rig... Read Full Story
Monday night and everyone in the family had gone to bed early so I'm listening to the Stupid Cancer Show. It was an interesting episode about parenting with cancer (raise your hand if you've got that t-shirt) and I'm listening and playing FarmVille, not a care in the world.Next thing I know I hear Matthew Zachary saying "Join us next week when our topic will be chemo fog and our guests are...." and I remember one of them is me. Shit! I forgot all about it. I agreed to this back in July and f... Read Full Story
Well if you are in the Washington, D.C. area this may be your chance.Kaleidoscope a variety special that will be airing Thanksgiving night schedule to tape on November 16th at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C..A celebration of Skating, Song and Survivorship the show will feature the return to the ice of Scott Hamilton, in his first televised performance since his brain tumor five years ago. Hamilton and fellow cancer survivor Dorothy Hamill will skate to the music of Olivia Newton-John, ... Read Full Story
A Dutch study that included nearly 90,000 women finds that liquid-based cytology, a commonly used alternative to conventional Pap tests, is not superior to Pap tests for the detection of cervical cancer precursors or cancer, according to a study in the October 28 issue of JAMA. Due to false-negative and false-positive test results, the papanicolaou (Pap) test is considered suboptimal. For the liquid-based cytology (use of cells), the cervical cells are collected with a traditional sampling... Read Full Story
I went to the local Pink ribbon event a couple of weeks ago. It's held at a lovely resort at Wrightsville Beach that has a three story parking deck. I parked on the first level and went inside. 90 minutes later I came out and couldn't find my car. It took me about 15 minutes to find it and honestly there weren't that many vehicles there.I have chemo brain. At least that's what I think I have but I'll never be completely sure if that's what it is. You see, not only did I have chemo but I also... Read Full Story
Ms. Diana Furchtgott Roth is an economist with lots of experience in the White House when it's been in Republican hands, working for Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. I don't think she expected Senator Franken.I actually wish that he had more time because the agenda that she is trying to sell is opposing health care reform; claiming that is will cause more medical bankruptcies and that it will harm women. I think she's spent so much time with wealthy politicians she does... Read Full Story
In 2008 Americans spent 21.3 billion dollars on video games, 21.7 billion dollars on home videos, 12 billion on plastic surgery, and 43 billion on our pets. There is a proposal to make veterinary bills tax deductible. But when health care for all citizens is discussed we hear people complaining that we can not afford it.Then I read that this man is leaving his wife with cancer in order to serve in the military in hopes of saving her life. He's only able to do this because a couple of years a... Read Full Story
Breast cancer awareness activities often seem to forget that men get breast cancer too.Mike Partain has been working for a long time to help men like him, men who were based at Camp Lejeune who have developed breast cancer. It looks like he may have hit critical mass. There have been dozens of news reports in just the past few weeks.CNN has a video and articles. North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan is on the record saying "I think they have worked their entire careers, successfully completing t... Read Full Story
