Cancer patients and their caregivers often share with me things that people say that hurt their feelings.  Recently a caregiver recalled an incident where a friend saw her and asked how she was doing?  The caregiver assumed her friend really wanted to know how she was doing so she began […]

I was talking with Ann in the cancer clinic the other day.  She told me she has been under treatment for ten years.  She is pretty fragile right now.  Her body has taken a beating but Ann is hoping there are a few more years left for her on this […]

Patients who come to the cancer center for treatment find that their appointments are not always on time.  For various reasons there are times when patients find themselves looking for something to fill the time while they wait for their name to be called.  Some patients like to work on […]