Which is more difficult, the day treatment started, or the day it ended? How lonely is that space where you’re hoping you’re doing ok, that the cancer will stay away? When your life persists, and your complications insist. When your doctor has walked away, who’s there to hear what you have to say, who’s there to help you find your way?
I've been inspired to write about this since learning about Breast Cancer Index
Cancer treatments often have calamitous effects on patients. Administered with justification of the short term impact against the hope they have against cancer in the long term. In the annals of cancer treatments what works for some may work for many yet, assuredly, won't work for most. In our current era we have the tools to optimize an approach and be more precise to the individual patient, yet physicians don't always find the means to do so. Falling back on old routine, pressed for time, and lacking resources.
With limited capability how do we maximize a physicians possibility at treating cancer best with fewer long term complications?
While we figure this out we should at least recognize the greatest assets we currently have: Nurses. It is here that I offer immense gratitude and praise to our care nurses, survivorship nurses, and the like who understand that care does not cease when treatment does.
Mike
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