(The following is the text from Wrestling With Cancer. The article appears below.) Cancer and the sport of wrestling have at least one thing in common: there are situations you get in that you can’t easily get out of. At least wrestling has a final whistle to end the match. Cancer […]
COPING WITH CANCER: EVERYDAY, OR JUST WHEN IT COMES UP
May 30, 2018 by
The first thing I read in a cancer waiting room was Coping With Cancer magazine. Articles and essays defined cancer, breaking down a most unimaginable deal to human understanding. The snippet for Coping on google says, “Coping with Cancer. A wide variety of professionals share their knowledge and experience in easy-to-read, relevant articles, and patients, […]
BILL GATES KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HPV AND HIV?
May 20, 2018 by
Bill Gates is not a doctor. Nor is he a college graduate. So how is it he’s smart enough to know the difference between HIV and HPV? This is a man smart enough to give medical advice to the most powerful man in the world, leader of the Free World, President Donald […]
KNIGHT CANCER vs THE HUTCH
May 18, 2018 by
Portland and Seattle have a storied rivalry throughout history, especially sports history. Now it’s competition to find the cure for cancer. Let the games begin. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle has a super story out yesterday, huge story in the Seattle Times. “The Hutch closes in on […]
HOW TO COACH CANCER SURVIVORS
May 17, 2018 by
The impact of cancer news hits far and wide, but it is a fastball to the face of the patient and they have no defense. Imagine getting clocked in the head like Tony C and waking up to that ‘new normal.’ Watching it happen in 1967 made a lot of Little League […]
NIKE CANCER TEAM TRAINING CAMP REVIEW
May 15, 2018 by
After a diagnosis for hpv throat cancer I found a cancer team. An Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist, a radiation oncologist, and a chemo-therapy oncologist, all gathered data for my best outcome. That was the shared goal. I had a couple of others I shared with them, like avoiding opioid addiction and secondary […]
CANCER SURVIVOR ESSAY STRUGGLE
May 14, 2018 by
Stories about a cancer survivor are an inspiration to all cancer survivors. Even a cancer survivor essay about the trauma of being a cancer survivor holds important hope. Pam Parker gets into it with a cancer survivor story in the Chicago Tribune. It’s not pretty and sweet and all dolled up […]
CANCER ESSAY GIVES DIRECTIONS TO ‘CANCERLAND’ AND BACK
May 13, 2018 by
The ties that bind us are few and far between. Instead of vines like Tarzan’s jungle swing time, they’re more like rope climb in junior high gym class. You get to the top and back down and collect your honor: another chance to climb to the rope top and touch the roof […]
MORE PORTLAND PLEASE
May 11, 2018 by
In a snap shot of urban life, Portland looks best in large format. Walking the northwest streets of The Pearl a few hours before the curtain rose inside The Armory showed a city with connections between the dots, enough dots to create the web of destination we read about all over the country. […]
CANCER EXERCISE EXPLAINED BY CHEMO RADIATION
May 7, 2018 by
An article came out yesterday supporting the connection between cancer treatment and cancer exercise. It’s a positive connection in case there are doubts. ‘The Guardian’ rolled out a well studied post with a sub-title, “Leading Australian researchers back world-first campaign for activity to be part of any treatment,” under this title: […]
