Few phrases in cancer care can stop a day cold like “your scan is indeterminate.” Because of the complexities involved in diagnostic imaging, these results occur more often than many patients realize. You hear it,…
A phone lights up at 10:47 p.m., and the whole room changes. With one notification, your personal health information moves from the secure clinical environment onto your nightstand, and with it, the potential for lost…
How many times can you share hard news before the words start to bruise? A phone lights up, people mean well, and suddenly your day fills with questions you do not have the strength to…
The scariest part of a first radiation treatment is often the blank space around it. You know you are going in for care, but your mind can fill the room with noise, uncertainty, and worst-case…
In the waiting room, there are people everywhere, and I have never felt so alone. A woman across from me flips through a magazine. A man near the window scrolls through his phone. A cooking…
