Cancer Survivors Park

February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 1,379 views  
Filed under Design Background, Programs

We believe that the second greatest correctable cause of cancer mortality (smoking being #1) is relating death and cancer. Many have been brought up to believe that a diagnosis of cancer means automatic death. Some believe that treatments are worse than death. When they are diagnosed, they give up and do not try to fight. [...]

Knowledge Heals – Ignorance Destroys

February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 289 views  
Filed under Attitudes, Knowledge

Being diagnosed with cancer is the most traumatic event that can happen to an individual. Someone who has not been there cannot possibly appreciate the gravity of this event. Normally, the diagnosis comes from a visit to a physician for a supposedly innocuous illness while the patient feels relatively healthy. All of a sudden they [...]

Emergency!

February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 239 views  
Filed under Attitudes

For years we have preached to cancer patients to find a qualified oncologist who believed he could successfully treat you. Now, more than ever, those words are vital! Curable individuals are being told, “There is nothing that can be done” or “The treatments are worse than death.” It is terrible to believe that individuals might [...]