Stan Goldberg
March 14, 2010 – 1:10 am | No Comment

As someone who’s living with prostate cancer, I applauded Louis Gossett Jr.’s testimony in Congress on the importance of prostate cancer research funding. If Congress was listening, maybe I’ll live long enough for something else …

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The Yin and Yang of Caring for Terminally Ill Child
December 14, 2009 – 1:00 am | One Comment
Lisa Buell

Alternative therapies weren’t the first line of defense when our five-and-a-half month old was diagnosed with cancer. We opted for what was proven; we put Madison’s life in the hands of exceptional pediatric oncologists, surgeons, radiologists, nurses …

Giving Away Stuffed Animals Eases Grief
December 9, 2009 – 1:10 am | No Comment
Bob Baugher

On January 11, 2003, I visited my dad who was recuperating from pneumonia in a care center. That night, as always, we talked about the old days, something we loved to do. Sometimes the topic …

Return to Ensenada: A Father’s Journey Two Decades Later
June 21, 2009 – 1:44 am | No Comment
Mitch Carmody

By Mitch Carmody –
On December 1, 1987, life as I knew it ceased to exist. I watched helplessly as my 9-year-old son’s tired and cancer ravaged body slowly released his spirit. ?I saw his partially …

Let’s Stop Judging Others’ Pain
April 17, 2009 – 1:27 am | No Comment
Alice Wisler

By?Alice J. Wisler –??
“Never criticize a man unless you have walked a mile in his shoes.” ?Many of us repeat this line, most likely when we have been criticized as opposed to when we are …