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As I get deeper into chemo rounds, what side effects will I encounter? What kind of pain will I experience? Will I throw up every time?...

What is your chemo team like? How important a role do your nurses and infusion team play in your journey? Your nurses, pharmacists,...

Will I be having chemo on a hospital bed? Will I experience any side effects while I'm receiving chemo? If so, how quickly? What is...

I've just been diagnosed with cancer and I'm starting chemo, what is chemotherapy like? What should I know going into my first round? Is...

How will I feel after radiation? What side effects does radiation have? Much of the fear that we have around radiation treatment is based...

What is the actual radiation procedure like? Do you feel any pain during the actual treatment session? What should I or my loved one be...

Timing Matters. When you discuss radiation with your oncology team for the first time, you will learn that timing is everything. So,...

So many of us have heard bits and pieces of stories around radiation and we've developed our own mythology on what it is and what it is...

Just because someone isn’t facing cancer doesn’t trivialize what they are facing in life. There’s a moment from our past that Pete and I...

Shara Heiniger is a spouse of a cancer fighter continuing her story from the perspective of a loving caregiver, but also one who suffers...