When you're a newly diagnosed cancer patient, all the questions and concerns can be overwhelming.
How will you tell your family and friends? Will your friends treat you differently? Will you have to quit your job? Who will take care of your kids? It's normal to have these questions and thoughts. But it's important for you to know that you're not alone and that many others are facing these same challenges.  ...
As I get ready to go to Houston for a follow-up appointment, I'm having scanxiety. It's that feeling of anxiety and worry that comes with...
I've worked for MD Anderson for over six years now.
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. And, although many cases of skin melanoma can be prevented, it's becoming increasingly...
My friend, Julie, a cord blood transplant survivor, wrote me a sweet note a few weeks ago. She mentioned that she was trying to find her &...
Chemotherapy. It's not a word people want to hear and certainly not something they want to go through. But, for those of us with cancer, we...
In summer 2012, I participated in a volleyball game at church camp. At times, I felt slightly lightheaded.
This sensation had been...
This is a continuation of yesterday's post on how pre-surgery visualization helped me.
Telling my surgical team about visualization...
In July 2010, I was diagnosed with a serious disease that required three major surgeries over the course of a year-and-a-half.
Because...