Coping with Cancer / Social Work
For those of you who hadn’t heard yet, I’m saddened to report that Randy Pausch, computer science expert and inspirational exemplar for legions of people after confronting his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer with positivity, wisdom, and wit, died at his home yesterday.
I described his book and lecture in a prior post, but there’s […]
Recently one of our readers wrote about her “scanxiety”, the anxiety and fear she feel whenever it is time to have another scan that has the potential to show growth or progression of her disease process. There is not a cancer patient I know of who has not suffered this kind of […]
3 CommentsThere’s a book that’s making the circuit in the world in general, but it’s probably especially relevant here. The Last Lecture, by Dr. Randy Pausch with very helpful editing by Wall Street Journal writer Jeffrey Zaslow, is a book based on the lecture last September by Dr. Pausch, a computer scientist and virtual reality […]
4 CommentsAmong the many problems with lung cancer that everyone in the lung cancer community experiences is that the field does not receive the attention and the resources it deserves. And one of the leading reasons for this is the perception that there is less reason to support research to prevent or combat a disease that […]
2 Commentsby Leah deRoulet, MSW
After covering the highlights of Medicare parts A, B, and C in the last post, we’ll now move to Part D, the plan that provides outpatient prescription drug coverage. If one can afford it, it is usually best to purchase the plan that covers most of the medications […]
by Leah deRoulet, MSW
Recently I’ve had a few patients who wanted to come in and discuss their confusion about all of the Medicare plans since they had to make decisions whether or not to actually accept Medicare as their health insurance plan or stay on the plan they currently had. Patients […]
Here’s more on methods for coping with cancer, by Leah de Roulet:
Hello again! Last time I talked about ways to cope with the roller coaster of cancer, and I was reminded of one I left out when I read a column recently in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, or PI, one of […]
Hello again! After my first column Lola’s daughter asked me to discuss what is helpful in negotiating the emotional roller coaster she and her mother, and every other cancer patient and loved one experiences during the cancer journey. I thought it was a question that is very relevant to any reader […]
5 CommentsToday’s post comes from Leah de Roulet, a great oncology social worker I introduced in my last post. She has kindly agreed to share some of her insights about coping with cancer as well as practical issues of navigating financial and insurance issues from her decades of social work experience. […]
10 CommentsI have long intended to have expert advice from OncTalk comprise more than just statistics and data about cancer outcomes, but I also think that it’s important to leverage the true strengths of everyone. I have an expertise in the clinical management of lung cancer, but that doesn’t mean I’m an expert […]
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