Caregivers play a vital role in their loved one’s cancer journey. They provide home healthcare, oversee home and family, make sure bills are paid and cupboards are stocked.
You can! In the world of body parts, the appendix is a curious outlier. It’s basically a small pouch of tissue attached to the large intestine, but with an unknown function.
“It literally saves lives,” Jim says. “Men are dying needlessly for want of a simple test and the discomfort of a finger. We should be testing men annually and men have to be their own advocates.”
There are countless things to say about going through cancer treatment and testing, but in my experience, it was the challenges of what comes next that took me by surprise.
If you ever become too sick to communicate clearly, who will make decisions about your healthcare? Advance directives are a helpful planning tool for everyone, regardless of current health, and the forms are free.