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Category Archives: 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 [...]
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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 Breast Cancer, Can Tho Oncology Hospital, 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, Breast 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, [...]
My Father
In early May, my 86 year old father underwent major surgery to repair an aneurysm in his aorta. While the surgery was successful, sadly his recovery was not, and after a very brave and painful battle my father passed away on June 20th. My parents have always encouraged and supported me in every aspect of [...]
Also posted in Amman, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Dr. Thang, GVI, hanoi, Ho Chi MInh City, India, Jordan, King Hussein Cancer Center, Misc., Nepal, South Africa, vietnam 2 Comments
Back on Track, I hope…..
First of all, let me begin by apologizing for my lack of posting over the past 3 months. Life and work has literally been taking up every spare second of my time. At the end of January and early February I traveled to Kenya and Tanzania and in late March I used my final British [...]
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Le Hoang Rina
Le Hoang Rina is 4 years old and has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. For the next 3 years of her life she will spend more time at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital than she will in her own home. Her mother will be there, by her side for all of it. Taking care of [...]
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The Children’s Ward in HCMC
It is always difficult to see children with cancer and in HCMC this is very much the case. The same overcrowded conditions exist in this part of the hospital. Some families prefer to camp out in the halls or the stairwells because if you can believe it, they actually have a little more room and [...]
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Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital
Take Can Tho multiply it by 10 add a children’s ward and you get the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital. It is a sprawling complex of wards, radiation rooms, chemo units and surgical suites. With 1,100 beds, their inpatient population ranges between 2,000 – 2,500 patients. I don’t know how many outpatients they treat [...]
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3rd Anniversary of the Breast Cancer Club of Hanoi