Palliative Care: 8 Real Stories
8 stories match palliative care. 4 of them mention chemotherapy.
Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Emil’s Patient Story
Emil Groh was 56 when he described living with end-stage rectal cancer that had spread to the lungs and liver. About 1.5 years earlier, blood in his stool and major weight loss led him to medical care. Blood tests prompted hospital admission, and colonoscopy…
Read this storyStage IV Cancer Patient Story
The patient was a father whose cancer was found in April 2009, at a time when he and his adult child were living together and his wife had been away from the home for about 4 years. The diagnosis showed Stage IV disease, and the family understood that the…
Read this storyStage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Tim’s Patient Story
Tim Monds was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2016 after chest and left-shoulder pain led to imaging and then further testing. He was 57, had never smoked, and initially had Stage I disease. Surgery removed the upper left lobe of his lung on 29 June 2016, and…
Read this storyEducational / palliative-care content; no patient cancer case Patient Story
This educational palliative-care discussion focuses on a subject many cancer patients, families, and clinicians avoid: talking openly about death and dying. Dr. Kathryn Mannix, a palliative care physician, joins Dr. Liz O'Riordan to reduce fear around…
Read this storyStage IV Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Corky’s Patient Story
Corky Thacker was 64 when breast discoloration that first seemed like a heat rash eventually led to a Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis. She was careful about annual mammograms, but inflammatory breast cancer can be hard to detect because it often…
Read this storyStage IV Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Doran’s Patient Story
Doran Barro was a healthy, active 75-year-old woman living in Arizona when she began feeling acid reflux, early fullness after only a few bites, nausea, and a tightening sensation in her stomach in March 2014. After repeated testing, she was diagnosed on May…
Read this storyStage III Gastric Cancer: Holly’s Patient Story
Holly Clegg was a cookbook author and culinary expert who had spent years helping people eat well during cancer treatment. On August 8, 2018, after only 5 days of symptoms, she was diagnosed with stomach cancer despite having no known risk factors. She…
Read this storyLung Cancer Patient Story
This final Noxte blog entry was written by the patient’s family, honoring the wish of their father and husband to keep readers informed. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer in February 2014 and had used the blog to share the medical course, the emotional…
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