The show, “New Amsterdam” features a medical director of a hospital who has cancer. He talks honestly about his cancer journey. One of the statements he made to a colleague was, “Cancer changes everything – and nothing.”
PUBLISHED January 17, 2019
Jane has earned three advanced degrees and had several fulfilling careers as a librarian, rehabilitation counselor and college teacher. Presently she does freelance writing. Her articles include the subjects of hearing loss and deafness, service dogs and struggling with cancer. She has been a cancer survivor since 2010.
She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
I was watching a television show I have mentioned in some other articles. The show, “New Amsterdam” features a medical director of a hospital who has cancer. He talks honestly about his cancer journey. One of the statements he made to a colleague was, “Cancer changes everything – and nothing.”She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
I stared at the screen and knew exactly what he meant. The day we are diagnosed the world stops. Everything is in slow motion. We watch our world change more than we ever thought possible. We go to work, we brush our teeth and we take a shower like before. We wait what seems like forever for tests to get completed and treatment plans drawn up while we go on like robots.
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