My father died two years ago today after winning his battle with ALS. Here's what I learned about money and family along the way. HT @stephanielieber @DavidLieber https://t.co/LX7qpgaJDs
As the leader of Imerman Angels, a cancer support organization, we hear from patients and their families who need abortions to get safe cancer care. For this reason and too many others, abortion is unequivocally part of essential, life saving health care.
Join us June 1 for our next Community Event: "Living with the Unknowns of Survivorship" presented with @zencaregivingsf.
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Thread about end of life decisions: #EOL
A couple weeks ago, I had a good friend diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma (brain tumor). She underwent surgery. Of course they couldn't get it all and I visited to help her and her children decide on the next steps. 1/x
The more I think about airlines abruptly allowing mask removal w/o warning—mid-flight for many—the angrier I get. People who are #immunocompromised had no choice not to travel or to upgrade their protection at that point. Some will go on to die. As an oncologist, I am enraged.
Our Community Event Series kicks off next month. First up, Imerman Angels is collaborating with @zencaregiving for "What If I Say The Wrong Thing?" on March 2, 2022.
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My brother and I flew to Florida on a whim that night to watch with our dad, who had a terminal disease. He is gone now, but we will never forget this night. Spend whatever you can afford to make memories…
Yes, Colin Powell was vaccinated. But he also had blood cancer, which devastates the immune system.
What his tragic death illustrates isn't the futility of vaccines but the importance of everyone else getting vaccinated to protect society's most vulnerable.
To Alaska (aka Amanda - we figured it out!) Thread - Thank you for sharing this with us. My dad died of cancer when I was 18. Kathryn's parents died within a year of each other when she was 25, her dad of a heart attack while her mom was sick with cancer....