At the end of this post I’ll discuss the important exceptions that make the rule. What rule? We proton patients are a happy bunch—maybe even happier than the rest of the general population. This is a non-scientific personal observation based on more than seven years of being a prostate cancer proton patient. The notion occurred to me after a recent trip to my treatment alma mater, the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville. I visit UFHPTI several …
People say that we cancer survivors are fighting a courageous battle. The see us as brave warriors—even heroes—in the midst of a war. I have always had trouble relating to that characterization. I never wanted to fight in this war, and I don’t feel brave or heroic. But now, seven years post-treatment, I’m beginning to agree: maybe we are warriors. Of course, neither you nor I volunteered for this. We were forced onto a battlefield of cancer-related choices full of …
In past years I resolved to refrain from making predictions. In other years I predicted I would lose that resolve. This year the latter prevails, so here are my proton predictions (and one resolution) for 2018. Possibly plausible, perhaps impossible. You decide. This is my third year gazing into proton’s future. To better gauge my accuracy, you can review my predictions for 2017 and 2016, too. You might be surprised (or not) at my clairvoyance. Just to be fair, please click …
Remember when we could ask a question and have a reasonable expectation of a truthful, clear, direct and to-the-point answer? I’m not sure I do. We Americans seem to have boxed ourselves into a prison of vaguery, avoidance, and circumvention. There is no one else to blame—we did this to ourselves, intentionally or not, and now we are paying the price. We have made it horrendously difficult to distill the precisely pertinent information we seek about nearly anything. This certainly …