‘Nurse’ etiketi için içerik arşivleri
It’s interesting. Since my own diagnosis, my view of cancer and cancer treatment has changed. I think many of us have thought of cancer as an “all or nothing” disease for a long time. We are either cured or we aren’t. We survive or we don’t survive. Our cancer is either gone or it’s there. [...]
I am waiting for results from yesterday’s CT scan. My oncologist said that I should call him for results after five days, so I am going to start calling on Friday (it’s only four days post-test but what have I got to lose by calling?).
Just got my CT results from a very up-beat sounding nurse. No change.
In a moment….our lives can change. In an instant. Safety is an illusion. I work as a nurse in an intensive care unit. Last week a health care worker drew blood on an HIV positive patient and then accidentally stuck herself with the dirty needle. A life-changing moment, a life-changing instant.
I’m reading the book “Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond”. The book is well written, and even includes some tasteful comics (“Grandpa’s secret to longevity is life support”). It is a book we all need to read. We all need to think about living wills and our feelings about life support. We all need [...]
I’m struggling a bit with this series of posts….I want to be positive and hopeful that everyone will fight and survive and beat their cancer odds. I want us all to be survivors and to live long and healthy and productive lives. I want us all to be poster children for cancer survival.