Informed Decision

February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 312 views  
Filed under 2nd Opinions

Every cancer patient is entitled to make an informed decision. While it sounds so simple, it is possibly one of the most difficult aspects in getting started in the right direction. Being told that nothing can be done, that surgery is required tomorrow or take these pills and come back in 90 days is not [...]

Pain control

February 5, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 211 views  
Filed under Treatments

I had never been a pill taker. Twice I tried to quit the five-a-day pills with codeine I had to take to keep my post-lung-surgery pain in control and both times I had to go back to the pills the second day because the pain was so intolerable. On my next regular examination at the [...]