Update: Side-Out Protocol
June 7, 2016 — Results of a subanalysis of the Side-Out Protocol (Side-Out II) were presented this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, an annual meeting attracting oncology professionals from all over the world. This year’s theme was Collective Wisdom: The Future of Patient-Centered Care and Research. Nicholas Robert, M.D. […]
Cancer is a Team Sport
There seems to be little connection between volleyball and breast cancer, and yet they are inextricably linked in my life. It was my breast cancer diagnosis that led me to the magic of team sports and a new life. Without my daughter’s love for volleyball, there would be no evidence of the confidence building power […]
Staying Positive
ATTITUDE: A positive mental attitude is the key to success in any phase of life. Those Dreaded Words I never thought much of those words until I heard the words “you have breast cancer”. I used to say those motivational words to my volleyball athletes all the time along with “Attitude is a little thing […]
Beyond the Disease: Getting to Know the Patients
This week, we focused our blog posts on metastatic breast cancer, also known as stage 4 breast cancer. We shared facts about the disease (Learning More About Metastatic Breast Cancer), addressed why stage 4 patients feel marginalized within the breast cancer community (Bringing Metastatic Breast Cancer Out of the Shadows) and touched on the lack […]
Addison the Amazing Artist
At each of the Dig Pink® Tour stops this season, The Side-Out Foundation booth has had a card making table available for players, siblings, parents, coaches and friends to sit down and create hospital cards for cancer patients. We have collected a few hundred cards and many tournament attendees have had fun making cards in […]
Fighting the Isolation of Illness
The isolation of illness is real. Not only because you don’t feel well enough to go out in public, but because some treatments suppress a patient’s immune system, making it physically unsafe for them to be around large crowds and even family and friends. Every time I was admitted to the hospital during treatment for […]
Obama Speaks at Town Hall Meeting
I am not a health care expert. I do, however, consider myself an expert patient, so I was excited when Rick asked me to attend President Obama’s talk about health care reform at George Mason University this morning. I admit that I do not follow politics very closely, and I do not claim to understand […]
