Finding Healing in Ourselves Not a White Lab Coat
We grow up thinking “doctor knows best.” When the serious, forlorn doctor comes in his/her white lab coat in front a wall of fancy degrees and says, “you have cancer and it’s incurable,” our natural instinct is to grab on to whatever life vest they throw us. In America, that will either be surgery, chemotherapy, […]
Conor’s Story: A Toddler’s Cancer Inspires a Powerful Patient Empowerment Innovation
The daunting challenges Beth Anne Baber and her husband faced when their son Conor was diagnosed with cancer in 2005 spurred the oncology researcher to launch a technology start-up called STORM Real World Health to give other patients the tools and data they need to make more informed treatment decisions. Conor was an extremely happy, […]
Gregory’s Story: How an Infant Helped Advance A Breakthrough Treatment For Infant Leukemia
When little Gregory was born on May 11, 2016, he immediately became the apple of his parents’ eyes. He was a happy baby, always with a smile for his family and favorite people. His affectionate soul and grace-filled eyes conquered people’s hearts wherever he went. At 10 months, little Gregory’s world turned upside down. “He […]
Cancer in Kenya: This is the Story of Laali Mainah
Laali means “strong girl” in the Kenyan Kikuyu language. Laali, second born in a family of nine, raised by a single mom, lives in a small village in Laikipia County, Kenya. In 2009 when she was an 18-year-old student, Laali noticed swelling in her groin. It reoccurred each […]
A Cancer Breakthrough Could Have Been Life-Saving If Not Impeded by Fear, Stigma, Assumption and Ignorance: This is the Story of Ariel Goodman
Mutation of the BRCA breast cancer gene and its link to hereditary breast and ovarian cancers has been well established for over two decades now. In fact, medical advances have enabled a number of commercially available BRCA genetic tests to be purchased through physicians today for as little as $69. Armed with the genetic knowledge, […]
From Motorcycles to Muscular Atrophy: This Is The Story Of Christina
I worked as an automobile salesperson at a very large dealership. On this particular morning everything changed, from zero to one hundred miles per hour. It all began when I started to sweat uncontrollably and was immediately rushed to the emergency room. After blood tests, X-rays and a CT scan, I learned that I had […]
“Will Chemo Be of Benefit for My Form of Cancer?”
A cancer diagnosis is quite a journey, as you go from zero to 100, forced into a crash course on a subject no one wants to know intimately. You quickly find out that there is no template to follow. Though many have gone before you, each road is different. As a patient, one thing you […]