Communicating with Your Healthcare Team...Doctors can include an oncologist, pain and palliative care specialist, radiation oncologist, and a radiologist.... By Alison Petok, MSW, LCSW, MPH3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
The New Radioactive Man, Part 2: In Process...But when it comes to a clear palliative treatment with an obvious resolution, I have no regrets about this path I have chosen.... By Jeffrey Poehlmann3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
How to Help a Loved One in Denial About Their Illness...They may not seek palliative care treatments that could help with pain because it may feel like they are giving up.... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Coping with Lung Cancer...to spend their final days (for example, at home versus in the hospital), which treatments for end of life care they want to receive, and what type of palliative... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
Painkillers vs Pain Relievers, Treating the Cause or the Symptom...I had an interesting chat with one of my doctors recently about pain relief. After dealing with quite a bit of nerve pain and ultimately getting an MRI to help... By Jeffrey Poehlmann4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Opioid Stigma and the Cancer Patient...I walked into my pharmacy and handed my prescriptions across the counter. The young man at the computer began typing them in dutifully, then raised an eyebrow and stepped away... By Jeffrey Poehlmann4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Lung Cancer Specialists...Palliative care specialists, or pain/symptom management specialists, are medical doctors who have additional training in managing side effects from cancer... By Editorial Team 3 min readBookmark for later
Take Care of the Dying Stuff so You Can Focus on Living...At stage 4 all treatment is intended to be palliative rather than curative.... By Denise Cutlip4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Chemotherapy Tips...Chemotherapy is an often-essential cancer treatment, attacking cells that divide quickly and helping stop cancer's advance. But, what makes chemotherapy effective against cancer also can make it toxic to healthy cells, leading to side effects... By Jennifer M. Toth2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
Fighting the Good Fight...They all told me I would not survive and they would place me in palliative care, basically keep me comfortable and alive as long as possible, but not trying... By sereic10244 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
Diagnosis of Stage 4 Metastatic Lung Adenocarcinoma....Currently the doctors have him on palliative chemotherapy, Pemetrexed+cisplatin....Reactions 0 reactions Comments30 repliesDiagnosisFriends & Family
Should I be thinking about palliative care or hospice? What is the difference?...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
Minor disease progression means immediately stopping Keytruda (immunotherapy)?...He is already having palliative radiation for the cervical lesions FYI....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
Community Health Leaders...In her current role she serves as the palliative medicine social worker, provides clinical services to patients and families, mentors current MPH students... By Editorial Team 10 min readBookmark for later
What's the End-of-Life Like?...After I started to advocate for (lung) cancer, I got familiar with hospice and palliate care, and inevitably, began to look at end-of-life care again.... By Christine Qiong Wu3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments