I made the trek today, in the gloomy and changeable Seattle Spring weather, to my six month cancer checkup. The routine is this: blood draw about 30 minutes before seeing my community oncologist and friend Dr. Andrew Jacobs. While I dread the day we have bad results to talk about, hoping that will never come, [...]

Never Give Up Hope: Boy Born with No Immune System Now Thriving from Patient Power® on Vimeo.

There were some tears around HealthTalk recently. The sister of two of our co-workers was told her fight against inflammatory breast cancer is not going well. Chemo, then surgery, then more chemo and radiation have not kept it from spreading to her brain. Recurring headaches were a warning sign, and a brain scan confirmed it. [...]