Category Archives: Cancer

Nairobi

By ctaylorphoto | Published: December 17, 2011
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 [...]
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Final Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society post

By ctaylorphoto | Published: September 11, 2011
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, [...]
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My Father

By ctaylorphoto | Published: September 6, 2011
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 [...]
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Back on Track, I hope…..

By ctaylorphoto | Published: September 5, 2011
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

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 29, 2011
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

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 26, 2011
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

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 3, 2011
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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My final BA flight

By ctaylorphoto | Published: March 13, 2011
I can’t believe that a year has gone by since I took my first trip to Geneva to start this project rolling.  It has literally flown by (haha, pun intended).  Honestly though, as my flight was taking off from NY last Wednesday night I was deeply emotional.  What a year it has been for me. [...]
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Patient’s in Can Tho

By ctaylorphoto | Published: February 13, 2011
Ngu Hue Chau was diagnosed in 2003 with breast cancer, she was 35 years old.  She was petrified.  She is a single woman, supporting herself working as a seamstress.  She underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy.  In late 2009 her cancer returned.  By the time it was found it had metastasized to her lungs and brain.  [...]
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Can Tho Survivor stories

By ctaylorphoto | Published: February 2, 2011
On our first morning at the hopsital, Dr. Thang introduced us to some wonderful women cancer survivors. I was honored to hear their stories and share mine with them. Le Thi Hoang is 82 years old and a 10 year survivor of breast cancer.  She had a mastectomy, chemotherapy and hormone replacement.  She is a [...]
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