caregiver month

Laura Loughlin shares the story about how her cousin Diane stepped in to serve as her caregiver during a particularly difficult time of her cancer diagnosis. This week, we’re celebrating the many different caregivers that help improve the lives of cancer patients.  I was diagnosed with Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma in 2016.  Following surgery, my cancer was found to have spread to my thyroid and was treated with high dose radiation. Since then I have remained stable without additional treatment.  Several weeks ago, my CT detected a new mass in my neck.  Local efforts to confirm what the mass was were not successful and I needed to be seen by specialists in Boston.  Needing to see a doctor in Boston always causes me stress, as I have to arrange for rides to get back and forth to Bos...