It’s been a while since I posted any new status entries. Life has been busy with good things. Work is keeping me occupied, my oldest daughter left for a gap year/study year abroad and my younger daughter is in the all-important 11th grade, preparing for college entrance exams and deciding what her path will be […]
Welcome!
Welcome to We Can Survive Cancer. I am a cancer (leukemia) survivor who has, over the years, counseled other cancer patients through their journeys. My upcoming book puts that experience to work in crafting a guide for others in their battles against cancer. One of the many things I discovered during the course of my cancer battle and since is that we, as patients or survivors -- or the ones who love them -- are actually a family. We are a community of friends in waiting. We recognize the value of time and are willing to share what we have with each other. That's what this blog is designed to do. In it I hope you will find both information and inspiration. I look forward to taking the journey with you.
Milk, Honey and a Cure for Cancer?
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Israeli researchers have made many advances in the field of cancer detection, treatment and cure, ranging from immunology, proteins, vaccines scans.
Why Me? Why Not Me?
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In my book, The Layman’s Guide To Surviving Cancer, I discuss an issue that touches most cancer patients at some point, either at their initial diagnosis or somewhere along the way on their road to survival: “Why me?” It’s a question that affects us on numerous levels. In an initial sense, “why me” asks why […]
What’s Been Going On
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Hi everyone. I have to apologize for a couple of things. First, the past couple of blog posts were kind of heavy. Unfortunately, over the past few months, several people I knew died in an untimely fashion, and some very tragically. Although I always try to see the blessing in each situation, needless to say […]
Grades, Not Numbers
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. once wrote that “The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.” It is one of the most wonderful sounds in this regard. But there are other sounds that reverberate notwithstanding that they are not loud at all, […]
