I came to MD Anderson after I'd already started treatment in Chicago
for Stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer with bone metastasis. I had
finished 4 rounds of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with Adriamycin /
Cytoxin and was about to start with Taxol.
I knew I was
likely to be moving to Houston in the near future, and wanted both a
second opinion regarding my current treatment and help deciding
whether to transfer my care to MD Anderson...
You're sitting in the waiting room, your heart is racing, your palms
are sweating and your blood pressure is rising.
You...
This past week I reached a major milestone in my male breast cancer treatment - my last chemo, certainly for now and hopefully forever.
I was diagnosed with metastatic stage IV melanoma in 2003 after a
lymph node resection in Wichita Falls, Texas.
At that
stage in my life, I was very active on the job and off, and I always
felt sure that I was 100 percent healthy. In a matter of moments, I
felt confused and then scared after I did some research and realized
how serious the situation was. At that point, I became very
angry.
The anger, I'm guessing, worked...
Close to 72,000 teens and young adults are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute...
You can't always see cancer's side effects. Yet, changes in appearance or bodily functions sometimes lead to depression, anxiety and...
The Internet can make life easier, but the answers it gives you can
be overwhelming when you're dealing with cancer.
So
what's the...
My most recent appointment at MD Anderson took place a week before Christmas. The hospital was decked out with trees, wreaths and red bows...
As far back as high school, Kendal Mills had numbness and tingling in his shoulder and arm. He was a baseball pitcher, and doctors ordered...
Most people kicked off the New Year with plans for a healthier 2013.
But many of us have already fallen off track.
...