Hi all! I wanted to share a really great pamphlet that I picked up on Colorectal Cancer on my last day of radiation treatment at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philly. It does a good job summarizing the critical information you should be aware of. Please share this knowledge with everyone you know. Read more
Ahhhhh side effects. Don’t you just love them? To borrow a quote from Forrest Gump…… side effects “are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get!” Doctors go through these long laundry lists of things that MIGHT happen to you…making your head spin….but you don’t really know what you are going Read more
I really had no idea what to expect when my radiology oncologist told me during my three day orientation that I’d need 5 1/2 weeks of radiation treatments to attempt to kill and shrink my tumor, and attempt to eradicate any cancer in the surrounding rectal lymph nodes (the type of radiation I was given is Read more
Do you know what someone who has been diagnosed with cancer is thinking about? I’ll tell you! From the day of diagnosis to at least a week afterwards….your ONLY thought is “am I going to DIE”? This phrase repeats over and over and over and over. You become obsessed with it. At least that is Read more
I remember my first contact with them well. On December 20th I was online checking out the Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s (CTCA) website, and decided to start a chat with them via text. My only goal at this point was to ask them what their protocol was for treating stage 3 rectal cancer. I Read more
Did you know that cancer is a multi-BILLION dollar industry? Oh yes, it’s a huge money maker for sure. With that said, cancer doctors and hospitals are in competition with one another for YOUR busine$$. And to make matters worse, I’ve read that in some cases an Oncologists’ compensation (if not on a fixed income) can Read more
