The Layman's Guide to Surviving Cancer: From Diagnosis Through Treatment and Beyond
Each year we make resolution for the New Year. For cancer patients, those resolutions focus on getting through treatments and making it through the next year.
Let’s face it, we all crave comfort foods when we are feeling down or discouraged. As much as we strive to stay “up” during everything that cancer and its treatment brings, I don’t know anyone who is completely immune to the occasional blues. So, every now and then, it’s ok to treat yourself and, in […]
Howard Bressler was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (“APL”) in August 2000. During his subsequent treatments, through his bouts with Stevens Johnson Syndrome and in the course of researching and writing his forthcoming book, Howard tapped into much of what he has learned from his experiences and here, he explains these issues in layman's terms and hopes this to be a place where you can come and gain some insight, discuss treatment options and your own issues in facing this disease.