Surviving Cancer
Today’s conventional cancer treatments are the same as they were hundreds of years ago:
Cut
Poison
Burn
They call it:
Surgery
Chemotherapy
Radiation therapy
Surgery (cut) is successful if the cancer is removed before it has spread. So it could be called a cure for cancer. I had a very successful surgical procedure just a few days ago. I had a growth surgically [...]
Do you have a relative, spouse or friend who has been diagnosed with cancer? Are you serving in the role of “Caregiver?” What do you say to them? Coming up with the words can be easier said than done. Yet they need your support. I don’t think I would have survived my cancer without the [...]
Before being stricken with cancer, like most people, I saw cancer survivors being interviewed on television. From time to time I would read articles about people who won the battle against cancer. I wondered how they mustered the strength and courage to fight that horrible battle. Although I don’t recall, I’m sure I wondered how [...]
In April of 2005 I was diagnosed with stage 4 head and neck cancer.
Last year I was diagnosed with Barrett’s esophagus, which is a pre cancerous growth on the esophagus. Fortunately less than 5% of the people with Barrett’s esophagus develop cancer of the esophagus.
A few months ago I had another growth removed from my [...]
On the “My Story” page I mentioned that I went to a “very well known” Cancer Treatment Center in Boston.
They almost killed me and then told me to go back to the cape for my treatment because I didn’t respond well to their chemotherapy. I mentioned (on the My Story) page, that although my primary [...]
Pretty devastating, isn’t it?
Don’t despair! I know, I know, that’s easier said than done in the beginning.
There is hope!
There is survival!
There is recovery.
There is a full life after a cancer diagnosis.
I know, I am a stage 4 cancer survivor
I have created this site to provide a place where newly diagnosed cancer patients, caregivers, cancer survivors, [...]
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