Options. That's all Richard Ware wanted when he was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a form of leukemia, in July 2013.
Unfortunately, the doctors he saw in his hometown gave him onlyone."In my first consultation, I felt very rushed into a certain type of treatment program," Richard says. "As I asked questions about how the treatment would affect me, I felt very pressured into this one form of treatment...
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At first, Mai was...
As I reflect on my chordoma diagnosis, surgery and setbacks, I think back to my most recent surgery and smile. I remember Sujit Prabhu, M.D...
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In April 2013, a mole on my right shoulder began to itch. I thought little of it, but a week later, I noted the same itch and decided to pay...
That third week in August 2011 is one I will never forget. That's when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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I lost my dad to lung cancer. Thirteen years later, I was diagnosed with the same illness that took his life.
The difference was...
In June 2012, I was a 41-year old husband, father of three and Army squadron commander in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky...