in the waiting room this week i heard a social work, patient (mom) and daughter behind me talking about her palliative care plans. "well i work full time and have kids and can't bring her here." my heart dropped for this woman. whole waiting area heard it (top cancer center no less)
totally annoyed with the balance of managing cutting edge therapy with really poor people skills.
Caco CG to Dad. Biopsy 5/11 non-op, SCC stage IV poorly dif at base of tongue with nodes, quit smoking in '85, ChemoRad began 8/2/11 ended 9/22/11 with NED. Distant mets 11/11, clinical trials. War raging on!
