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- Final Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society post
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- Back on Track, I hope…..
- More Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong
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Category Archives: Misc.
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, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Children's cancer, Dr. Thang, hanoi, Ho Chi MInh City, Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital, 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, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Kenya, 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, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Dr. Thang, GVI, hanoi, Ho Chi MInh City, India, Jordan, King Hussein Cancer Center, 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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More Hong Kong
Kwong Fung Yee was diagnosed at age 38 with stage 2B breast cancer, that was 22 years ago. She had a lumpectomy and diligently went for her annual check ups. In 2009 she didn’t feel quite herself, she felt a strange lump in her neck. A pet scan revealed that the breast cancer had returned [...]
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Hong Kong
The last stop on my trip to SE Asia was Hong Kong in December. Hong Kong is just as I had imagined it, incredibly modern and totally old world mixed together. I worked with the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society www.hkacs.org.hk (HKACS). I spent a [...]
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Nga Vu
Nga Vu is a unique, strong and beautiful woman. I met her at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital last December. In 2006 at age 37 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was a single mother to her then 7 year old daughter. She had always had cystic breasts so when she felt [...]
Dream large, sometimes they come true…