PALTOWN goes to ASCO 2017, or how cancerland has finally seen the light.

Erika and I recently attended the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago, aided in part by a patient advocate scholarship offered by ASCO and its Conquer Cancer Foundation. ASCO is the largest gathering of cancer researchers and clinicians in the world, and it attracts a considerable number of advocates, patients, drug […]

Facing scan-anxiety: small acts of hope and defiance


By Robin McGee, Dec 12, 2016

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 Tomorrow is my five-year CT scan.  Two days later is my five-year scope.

My rational mind knows that these tests are simply pictures of my reality.  And rationally, I know that whatever they reveal I will somehow cope.

But my subconscious mind has other ideas.