June 2015 | MD Anderson Cancer Center

Finding meaning in my life after my husband's death

June 30, 2015

Fighting cancer is truly a team effort. But what happens when the caregiver of the team is no longer the caregiver? What happens when your loved one passes away, and you have to find your new normal?

This is what I’ve struggled to figure out since my husband, Dave, died one year ago on June 30, 2014.

Saying goodbye to Dave and my role as his caregiver
For eight years, Dave fought hemangiopericytoma, a type of brain tumor...

Caregiver Lindi Senez shares what she's learned in the process of grieving for her husband, who died of hemangiopericytoma.

Caregiver and MD Anderson dietitian shares how she coped with becoming a caregiver when her husband was diagnosed with large B-cell lymphoma.

My journey from MD Anderson dietitian to caregiver

BY Debra Ruzensky

June 29, 2015

In 2013, my role at MD Anderson changed when my husband was diagnosed with stage three diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Now I wasn't just a...

Learn about the Historical Resources Center of MD Anderson Cancer Center's Research Medical Library.

An MD Anderson time capsule

BY Gillian Kruse

June 25, 2015

The room is kept cold and dim, but it's not for medicine or lab samples.

Instead, this helps maintain the archives in the Historical...

Lenvatinib brings thyroid cancer patient hope

BY Lori Baker

June 23, 2015

Hugh Lokey travels 497 miles each time he comes to MD Anderson for thyroid cancer treatment. Then it's 497 miles back home to Broken Arrow, Okla. He's been making the trip for five years, sometimes twice a month. "It's been tremendously worth it," says Hugh, a 70-year-old Marine Corps veteran who's benefited from, and perhaps even survived because of, lenvatinib. This new thyroid cancer drug was tested here and approved...