I’ve received a lot of nice notes and emails this week. Dan’s mom Cicily sent these pictures to me along with a few words about him.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SbWo_k7pTlo/S5hUXCUVAMI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/lc2ScvWzKgA/s1600-h/dan_0026+3.jpg”img...

Many people have asked what I will be doing next week to mark the one year anniversary of Dan’s death. I have to admit that the topic was causing me stress, as I am sure it was others who are trying to figure out what to say to me or even do on their own. I really did struggle with it. Dan died...

Many of us put off taking really good care of ourselves until a diagnosis of cancer forces us to pause and focus on our own needs. Then, between treatments and trying to maintain their health, patients often tell me that they feel as if it is a full time job. Given the challenges of radiation or chemotherapy,...

Well, the appointed month is here… many of us have commented that it can’t possibly be a year since we lost Dan, and I am at the top of the list. I have never been one for anniversaries of bad days. Mainly because if I wake up and feel ok… then what- should I feel bad that I feel ok?...

Today I had the opportunity to film for a show called World’s Strictest Parents. The premise of the show is to take 2 difficult teenagers and place them in a home with more discipline and rules for 5 days- sorta like Wife Swap. Anyways, as part of the show, the host parents and teenagers participate...

Seems like lately I’ve been more on the fleeing side than fighting. Probably because it was this time last year that things really hit the fan. Bad news seemed to come daily, and there was nothing we could really do. I admit, it’s a tough time. Not just for me, but for everyone in our little...

I have no connection to the University of Rochester in New York other than I interviewed one of their scientists while researching and writing Your Brain After Chemo.  Perhaps if I did, I wouldn’t sound like some gushing M.C. But here goes: Boys and girls, brothers and sisters, give it up for...

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday and New Year. The past weeks were filled with activities for me, and I was blessed to spend them with family and friends. Many people expressed to me that it must be a hard time for me. I definitely found myself reflecting on the past year and all that happened-...

After climbing the stairs to the L platform I am so out of breath I can’t talk.  This is pathetic.  Aside from having two tumors in my neck, which have no impact on my lung capacity, I’m not sick.  I’m just lazy. I’m a skinny, out of shape weakling.  I hate to exercise and I always have. ...

More about me later… this story is really what the holidays are about. Even those living with cancer just want to celebrate and do all the normal things that others can. I am passing along a nspan style=”font-size:100%;”ote I received from Brock at the Ulman Fund….br /br //span...