Saturday, December 17, 2011

Resources & Blogs I Like

Resources that were particularly valuable to me:

1. http://www.tc-cancer.com - the support forum is amazing. The wealth of knowledge, experience, and high level/intelligent discussions concerning TC is a godsend. My username is underdog521, feel free to reach out to me if you ever want to talk about something.

2.http://www.nccn.org/index.asp - This is pretty much the official resource many, many oncologists (in the US) use to treat their patients. An account is free so just sign up and then flip through the official guidelines for TC treatment in this section: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/f_guidelines.asp



Blogs I Like:


1.http://lessthannuts.blogspot.com This is an amazing blog about one patient's "journey" with TC. Extremely well written, very approachable, witty, and very much reminds me of my internal monologue throughout this entire process. I highly recommend you at least skim through it

2.http://emajoehealth.blogspot.com - This is another nice blog that's written by an American who underwent chemo in Estonia. After reading the first 10 posts closely I've skimmed through the rest and honestly, it's written like a story which I LOVE. It's like an e-book of the tales of a TC patient. <-Awesome

3.http://knowguts.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/how-to-be-a-patient/ - This blog is actually a friend of mine (Benjamin Glickman's) blog about his condition known as Ulcerative Colitis. His blog is actually the inspiration for this one! The majority of the blog is irrelevant to the topic of this blog however this one post titled "How To Be A Patient" conveys an important message and I think is a great message to all hospital patients, including cancer patients. Give it a read, I'm gonna call it the 10 P's of Patienthood!

4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvYoMGy3iHE&feature=relmfu - This is a vlog (for you older folks that's a video log, like a diary) of another stage 3 TC patient! Also, the particular video I've linked shows what hooking up to a portacath looks like since I wasn't able to show you guys that.

5. http://community.macmillan.org.uk/blogs/b/scared_but_in_good_hands/archive/2012/02/20/top-tips-for-making-bep-chemo-manageable.aspx - Found this post online, it's well written and to the point. I definitely found some of his tips (particularly 1,9, and 10) very relatable!

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