Tag: cancer
How I Survive Cancer with Trusted Tablets
Hey, my name is Jeremy Clark and I almost survive prostate cancer. It sounds like I am visiting Alcoholics Anonymous, but it is 100% true. When I got to know my diagnosis, I was exhausted, terribly fraud, and panic. But my doctor and I started rationally creating my treatment program. My doctor prescribed me several…
Healthcare Leader Dan Wolterman: More Than Skin Deep
The view from Dan Wolterman’s office in the new Memorial Hermann tower at Memorial City shows both downtown Houston in the distance and Uptown Houston closer in. This is where Dan Wolterman works as CEO of the sprawling Memorial Hermann Healthcare System that has in recent months taken the world’s center stage as rehabilitation specialist…
Ted Kennedy Jr., A Commentary on Disability and Determination
Editor’s update: This interview was conducted in November, 2013 in conjunction with Ted Kennedy Jr.’s keynote address in Houston, Texas to cancer survivors and cancer caregivers. It was the 40th anniversary of the date he lost his leg to cancer at age 12. On April 8, 2014, Kennedy, 52, announced his candidacy for a seat…
Cancer Caregiving: Rewarding, Fulfilling, Frustrating, Burdensome, or Spiritually Uplifting?
As I began writing this article, I started to think about the many caregivers I have known and what they have shared with me about their experiences as caregivers. The myriad of descriptors they used are only a few of the words in the title of this article. One caregiver said she had never had…
CancerForward’s The New Summer Standard 2014
Donna & Robert Bruni and Ellie & Michael Francisco Honorary Chairs Gina & Devinder Bhatia, MD and Millette & Haag Sherman Chairs CancerForward’s The New Summer Standard 2014 — celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day 2014 — is a black tie end-of-the-season dinner dance that will evoke an early summer party in the Hamptons…with a new…
Meditation For Cancer Survivors: Getting Started
Editor’s Note: For the first time, researchers have shown that practicing mindfulness meditation has a positive physical impact at the cellular level in breast cancer survivors. For many years, oncologists have known that alternative or integrative therapies likes meditation bolster the emotional well-being of cancer survivors. ABC News anchor Dan Harris, a leading and studied…
Tomorrow’s Pain
It was the size of the needle that made the biggest impression on me. Cindy Sanderson, a clinical psychologist in her mid-40s, was delivering a lecture to the psychiatry service of the cancer hospital where I was training. She didn’t offer the usual research on this or that psychiatric issue; instead, Sanderson described coping with…
Saks Fifth Avenue Key To The Cure Kickoff 2011
Honorary Chairs Kelli & Eddy Scurlock Blanton, Sr., Kickoff Chairs Joella & Steven Mach and Auction Chairs Trish and Ty Whitcomb will launch Houston’s 13th-annual Key To The Cure Charity Shopping Weekend with Saks Fifth Avenue Key To The Cure Kickoff 2011, a cocktail party benefiting CancerForward featuring libations, hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment and Saks’…