News - Part 3
Racing for Life
On the racetrack as in the cancer annals, “Fast Jack” Beckman has beaten the odds. Not too many of us would argue that piloting a three-million-dollar-per-year, ultra-supercharged automobile at speeds exceeding 320 miles per hour over a short, quarter-mile track requires nerves of steel. Nor is anyone likely to quibble that doing so while undergoing…
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 We Can Go Forward Luncheon 2014
CancerForward’s We Can Go Forward Luncheon 2014 will present as keynote speaker New York Times number one listed author and ABC News anchor, Dan Harris. Harris will share how meditation and mindfulness have entered the mainstream health care continuum for cancer survivors and their caregivers. His recently-released book, 10% Happier, tells of Dan’s 2004 live-on-national-TV…
Passing it On: Life Does Return to Normal After Cancer
In her book, Passing it On, Susan G. Baker describes in the afterword how a routine check-up turned into a summer of suffering and soul-searching as she faced one of the greatest challenges of her life: ovarian cancer. I interviewed Susan as the wife of former Secretary of State James A. Baker III prepared to…
CancerForward’s Saks Fifth Avenue Key To The Cure Kickoff 2014
Including personal appearances by American classic prep designer Tommy Hilfiger and wife, luxury handbag designer Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger, Saks Fifth Avenue Key To the Cure Kickoff 2014 benefits CancerForward: The Foundation For Cancer Survivors. The event will honor The 2014 Class of CancerForward Houston Forward Movers, eight civic leaders who are also cancer survivors
INFORMATION ABOUT DISEASE SPECIFIC CANCER CARE & SURVIVORSHIP SUPPORT
ADOLESCENT & YOUNG ADULT/PEDIATRIC CANCERS American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) ACCO is one of the largest grassroots, national organizations dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with cancer and their families. It produces high quality materials on childhood cancer, and has over 40 local affiliate organizations across the country providing direct services to…
How To Avoid Worrying About Pain
One day a breast cancer survivor came to my office with a bump on the back of her heel. She told me that it was painful and she was worried her cancer had returned. This woman, an executive and a runner, had a smooth, soft and tender mass about the size of a walnut. Immediately…
More Than Good Enough: The Rene Syler Story
Rene Syler is a cancer advocate and survivor, a best-selling author, a long-time broadcast journalist, a former morning TV network anchor, and, most of all, a good enough mother. That last title might not sound like a ringing endorsement, but from Syler’s point of view, it certainly is. Her first book, “Good Enough Mother: The…