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Category Archives: Breast Cancer
K Hospital, Hanoi
We (Chris and I) have been meeting with Dr. Linh and Dr. Thuan at the K Hospital in Hanoi this past week. We are working with them on ways to increase the scope of the Breast Cancer Club and ideas for the development of the Bright Future Fund. Yesterday, we spent some time on the [...]
Also posted in Cancer, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, hanoi, vietnam Tagged breast cancer, cancer, Hanoi, K hospital, vietnam 2 Comments
Global Focus on Cancer
It was impossible for me to ignore the impact traveling for my photo project had on myself and those closest to me. Seeing first hand the devastation that cancer causes around the world left me feeling compelled to do more than just tell stories and take photos about it. In so many of the countries [...]
Also posted in Can Tho Oncology Hospital, Cancer, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Children's cancer, Dr. Thang, hanoi, Ho Chi MInh City, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, Misc., vietnam Tagged breast cancer, Breast Cancer Club of Hanoi, Can Tho, cancer, childhood cancer, Hanoi, ho chi minh city, vietnam 3 Comments
Nairobi
This was my third trip to the African continent in 6 months. I had spent a scant 30 hours in Cairo and an all too brief 10 days in Cape Town earlier in the year, but those places were not the Africa I had envisioned as a child. Sitting on the front porch of Jane [...]
Also posted in Africa, Cancer, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Kenya, Misc., Nairobi Tagged Africa, breast cancer, cancer, Carolyn Taylor, Global Focus on Cancer, Kenya, Kenyatta Hospital, Nairobi, survivors, Thorn Tree Project 4 Comments
Final Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society post
When you first meet Bonnie Kam it is hard to believe that she is 40 years old and has been battling breast cancer for the past 4 years. She looks young, vibrant and healthy. At 36 she underwent surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, yet her cancer continued spreading into her bones. Despite her doctors’ best efforts, [...]
Can Tho, Vietnam
From the street looking through the nondescript gates, one would never know that the Can Tho Oncology Hospital is a very special place. The building looks like all the others on the street except for the constant flow of people around the entrance. Once inside the gates, indoors and out merge into one space buzzing [...]
Also posted in Can Tho Oncology Hospital, Cancer, Carolyn Taylor, Dr. Thang, Misc., vietnam 1 Comment
3rd Anniversary of the Breast Cancer Club of Hanoi