Vicki Long – Caregiver
I have held the role of daughter, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, aunt, niece, cousin, and friend to cancer patients. I share this to help you better understand the range of emotions and my initial response to my husband’s cancer diagnosis. I felt as though my life had been completely ravaged by cancer. My husband, Dan, and I
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Lee Ann Sanderson – Caregiver
When my husband, Rick, began feeling bad in April 2010, I took him to the ER at a local hospital where he was admitted. Over the course of the next several days, they did a battery of testing with no firm diagnosis. After being in and out of hospital 4 times in 6 weeks we
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Michael Beckner, husband & caregiver and Janet (Sue) Mason, Comprehensive Cancer Clinics of Nevada (Las Vegas)
Life without a rear view mirror! For 28 years I watched a woman travel her road of life without looking back. Sure, she had fond memories, she had valued friendships and experiences, but she never let her focus fade from moving forward. When hardships happened, she looked beyond the event to the steps needed to
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Susanne Johnson-Burns, Purchasing Accounting, Advocate, Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers
CPAN is important because to me Cancer is not just a word, it has a face. It has eyes that can speak volumes. I experience the limitations of cuts and setbacks not only in my work environment but with the patients I interact with and care for. But I also recognize that patients and caretakers
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