Comments for R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation

Comment on A Park for Your City by Luella Warren R.N.

Luella Warren R.N. — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:33:11 +0000

My two sisters and I were on vacation in Palm Springs . We visited the Survivors Park there.We shed tears of joy, hope and gratitude for such a place as this.I am a Chemo Nurse, one sister is a throut Cancer Survivor,and the third sister is a Nurse who has worked many years with Cancer.When I returned to work I presented photos of the park and sculpture. Is it ok to post them on the ward for the patients to appreciate?

Comment on PDQ From NCI – Physician Data Query by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos

Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:01:18 +0000

I feel that a reliable online and easily accessible data base that can help cancer patients and their families gather pertinent information is a big plus. There has been a shift in the role of patient and physician. The current trend in cancer treatment is for patients to be participants in the design of their treatment. Patients often do their own research concerning therapy. The PDQ from NCI can be very helpful in this regard by providing accurate and current information.

Comment on ONCIMMUNE Releases test that aids in early detection of lung cancer. by Susan

Susan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:36:19 +0000

Kathy
Right now it is not covered by insurance. The cost is $200

Comment on A letter to all newly diagnosed cancer patients… by EVEANN GIROUX

EVEANN GIROUX — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:26:29 +0000

MY HUSBAND WAS JUST DIAGNOSED W/ SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER OF THE JAW BONE IT WAS FOUND WHEN HE WENT TO A DENTIST TO HAVE A TOOTH REMOVED, WHEN THE DENTIST SAID ” YOU BETTER GET TO AN ORAL SURGEON YOU HAVE CANCER” WHEN HE WAS ASKED WHEN HE SAID “YESTERDAY”. THAT SHOOK HIM UP AND WENT TO AN ORAL SURGEON WHO SENT HIM TO AN ENT DOCTOR. HE SAID THE SAME THING “YOU HAVE CANCER” HE THEN DID A BX IN HIS OFFICE . BECAUSE WE HAVE NO MEDICAL INSURANCE HE WANTS US TO GO TO UMDNJ IN NEWARK. I STARTED TO CALL TO GET HIM IN THE CLINIC ONLY TO BE TOLD THIS MD IS NOT TAKING ON ANYMORE PT THIS YEAR. I THEN CALLED HIS ENT MD WHO WAS VERY HELPFUL AND GOT HIM INTO THE CLINIC. TODAY WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE MD AND GET MORE INFO.

Comment on Latest Links – New resources for you to consider. by Julia Schaefer

Julia Schaefer — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:56:51 +0000

I am interested in writing a book or blog and would like business advise from Mr Bloch. I need a publisher and an advance or grant to see me through the next 2 months to start this project. I am not a doctor but a survivor of an uncommon liver cancer and want to share my experience strength and hope with those persons living with cancer. Is there a way for me to correspond with the Bloch’s or the foundation about this? Thanks, Julia

Comment on Multidisciplinary second opinion centers by Shimon Markel

Shimon Markel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:17:16 +0000

Please add RadiologyOpinion.com to your list of second opinion providers. Our main office is in Tarzana, California.

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Comment on Accessing treatment information – PDQ by Kimberly Smith

Kimberly Smith — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:49:09 +0000

Why can’t i get help.I am 44 years old was diagnosed May 7th with Carcinoid Cancer it does’nt have stages it is rare but if it did i was told i was in stage 3.But i am alone i have no family here,no friends and my husband is an OTR Truck driver.I have Hospitals calling me about medical bills i am uninsured and the only mail i get is doctor bills.My husband makes $25,000.00 a year we are poor have no children together i have ask for help with medical bills and no one listens not even Oprah.I have internet but theres days i don’t want to get out of my bed it is so depressing all of these Charities but none will help me with medical bills and it’s so overwhelming i can’t take it.What does a Cancer patient have to look forward too when you can’t even get any Charities to help you their funds for Carcinoid patients are fore research.Should the mice get all of the treatment and help i need?Kimberly Smith

Comment on Clinical trial terminology explained by Terry Yake

Terry Yake — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:15:42 +0000

RE: The reason drug/treatment trials have such low participation.

Here are several more reasons that are just as important as the only reason you could come up with: distance between patient’s home and trial’s location, health state of patient, trial inclusion and exclusion criteria, timing of the patient’s diagnosis/availability and the trial study period, sponsor’s willingness to pay costs of the trial drug/treatment, wealth of the patient, unwillingness of the patient’s insurance to cover any of the costs, travel, and lodging.

Beyond all these factors add in the type and aggressiveness of the disease of interest and you might also find the study period does not last long enough to sign up enough patients for a rare disease, or the study period doesn’t last long enough to determine survival statistics.

Comment on Fighting Cancer Woodblock Prints by Dale Phelps by Rest in Sweet Peace, Rebecca. Smile Down Upon Us. | Growing Into The Mystery

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:22:11 +0000

[...] (Phelps is a retired Iowa orthopedic surgeon and prostate cancer survivor. http://blochcancer.org/2009/04/fighting-cancer-woodblock-prints-by-dale-phelps/) [...]

Comment on Fighting Cancer Woodblock Prints by Dale Phelps by Paul

Paul — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:05:08 +0000

Hello: In January 2009 I wrote a blog piece about a wonderful correspondence between a schoolteacher named Rebecca Hammann and President-Elect Obama. Rebecca, the mother of two-year old Lucy, had been delivered a terminal diagnosis and wrote on behalf of her daughter. I loved what Obama wrote back.
Early Monday morning, December 7, Rebecca took her last breath. Her sister wrote and asked me to republish the column. I did.
But the more specific reason I write is to tell Dr. Phelps how wonderful and powerful I find his work to be. I am now in my 20th year of living with HIV, and I am an artist (as well as attorney/advocate), and have found that there is something powerfully redemptive about art and illness. Or, put another way,the special sweetness of art to those who have lost the wonderful luxury of taking their good, stable health for granted.

So, Dr. Phelps, or Dale, if I may, I must confess that I have taken the liberty of using a couple of your wonderful images along with the post. (With attribution, of course.) I felt that you wouldn’t mind.

It’s up at http://www.growingintothemystery.com. Take a look. May we all be blessed.

In a spirit of gratitude from the heart,

Paul Hampton Crockett
Miami, FL