There is no question that completing a course of chemotherapy treatment is a milestone in the life of a patient. Tomorrow, my eighty-nine-year-old mother will receive her sixth and final dose of... Read more >>

Look at me, I’m bald! With ten years of life as a bald woman behind me, I’ve experienced my share of head turns, inquiring comments, unwanted stares, and assumptions that my hair loss is... Read more >>

  “Every cloud has a silver lining” is an idiom I’ve often heard but never really associated with any specific experience in my life. I’ve probably used the expression in... Read more >>

“Help! I’m losing my hair rapidly—all is gone except a two inch patch right in the middle of my head. I’ve been diagnosed with Alopecia and I’m completely clueless. This... Read more >>

Mom eats breakfast and moments later doesn’t know whether she’s eaten or not. You might assume such memory loss is to be expected at age eighty-nine, but just two months ago—when she... Read more >>

As my mom continues to suffer the side effects of a fluoroquinolone drug, I am more convinced than ever of the importance of patient advocates, especially for the elderly. Mom has lymphoma, the bad... Read more >>

Last year at this time I was in the middle of chemotherapy for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, stage 3. I am a different person these days. I learned so much for my cancer journey that I now realize... Read more >>