What to Do When Things Go Better than Expected: Finding My New Normal with "NED" Ten Years Later by Lindsay McDonell Strangers by Nancy Novack This Might be the Best Day Ever by Annie Lamott The Doctor-Patient Relationship by Rachel Remen M.D. Changed by Cancer by Suleika Jaouad Holding … [Read more...] about Stories of Hope
Archives for November 2017
Stupid Cancer by Jessica
My name is Jessica. I’m twenty-one years old, and my cancer story began two years ago. My aunt passed away from stomach cancer at the age of forty-three. Because this type of cancer predominantly affects older men in Asian countries, my family knew something was wrong. After genetic testing, we … [Read more...] about Stupid Cancer by Jessica
Rachel Remen M.D., Author, Mentor
Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF School of Medicine and Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal. She is one of the best-known of the early pioneers of Holistic and Integrative Medicine. As a … [Read more...] about Rachel Remen M.D., Author, Mentor
Pricing a Year of Life
By Susan Gubar A radio producer investigating cancer costs once asked me, “What is another year of your life worth?” During my flummoxed silence, she informed me that experts mention the figure $50,000. Can patients like me — older people with recurrent disease — estimate the expense of a future … [Read more...] about Pricing a Year of Life
Facing Cancer in Your ’20s by Suleika Jaouad
Cancer doesn’t just put your life on hold, said Ms. Jaouad, who was diagnosed with leukemia a year after she graduated from college. It’s not like you get to skip back a few months and pick up exactly where you left off. I wasn’t going to get my old life back. I was so excited for what lay … [Read more...] about Facing Cancer in Your ’20s by Suleika Jaouad
How Generous Are You Willing to Be? by Jesua
When I was 20 years old, a junior at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, I made an incredibly brave choice. I decided to dedicate one third of my college curriculum to the studying of modern dance. Prior to that point, I had been studying psychology, philosophy, writing and religion, as well as … [Read more...] about How Generous Are You Willing to Be? by Jesua
A Golden Opportunity
By Suleika Jaouad Earlier this week I found myself surrounded by journalism royalty. Many of the most-talented and most-courageous broadcast journalists, editors, producers and videographers had gathered at New York’s Lincoln Center for the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. But to my … [Read more...] about A Golden Opportunity
Thanks, Cancer! 5 Things to be Grateful for Despite Disease
By Jason Decent and Jeff Tomczek Image credit: CSG LTD, https://www.cheapsurfgear.com As high-school friends, we complained about bad teachers, girls and minimum wage. As young adult cancer patients both facing the greatest challenge of our lives, we realized there are far worse cards to be … [Read more...] about Thanks, Cancer! 5 Things to be Grateful for Despite Disease