I can recall my first consultation appointments with my radiation oncologist and my colorectal surgeon at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America back in January as if it were yesterday. Even though I admit that I cried through the beginning of each appointment, and my head was still swirling in the clouds from my diagnosis…I 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
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
Just imagine being hit by a bus…….then being asked to get up, shake it off, and run a marathon right after. Pretty crazy and unbelievable, right? Well, that is EXACTLY how I felt about meeting the colorectal surgeon my Gastroenterologist pulled strings for me to get an appointment with only a mere 16 hours after Read more
