Mar 01 2008
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If you or someone close to you has received a cancer diagnosis, your first instinct may be to destroy the disease as quickly as possible, by any means possible. But this can lead to a barrage of questions: “What are my treatment options?” “Where can I get the best care?” “What will my insurance cover?” “How can I cope?” Continue Reading »
Aug 28 2008
Our When It’s Cancer public workshop walks cancer patients and their families through the Personal Cancer Management System (PCMS). The tools and exercises from Drs. Bernay & Porrath’s book When It’s Cancer the 10 Essential Steps to Follow After Your Diagnosis, gives patients and their families guidance to take control and become empowered and informed as they walk the cancer path.
Each attendee is given a tote bag containing the book “When It’s Cancer, the 10 Essential Steps to Follow After Your Diagnosis and a starter notebook to organize their medical information.
Our first workshop, hosted by Gilda’s Club Rochester, NY was a resounding success. The turnout from the members attests to the need cancer patients and their families have for this information.
We are hoping to work with other organizations to host future workshops. If you are interested in the workshop contact ms@porrathfoundation.org.
A participant of the workshop
Mar 03 2008
Mar 03 2008
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The following chart includes a list of important documents, with space for you to write down where you’ve stored them. Make photocopies of the chart—one for your cancer notebook, plus extras for your medical and legal designates, as well as any family members or friends who may need this information.
Mar 03 2008
This exercise can be deeply rewarding on a personal level. It requires you to think about what your life has meant to you and what you hope it has meant to others.
Mar 03 2008
To help track the various tasks that you will assign to yourself, your personal advocate, and your cancer patient advocate, we have included a chart like the one below at the end of every step.
Mar 03 2008
At 5:30 p.m. on September 12, 1999, Saar was gone. We buried him at Hillside Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles the day after his death, in accordance with Jewish tradition. Ever in control, Saar—who had promised to provide the jokes for his funeral—had written his own eulogy, with plenty of punch lines. Continue Reading »
Mar 03 2008
To help track the various tasks that you will assign to yourself, your personal advocate, and your cancer patient advocate, we have included a chart like the one below at the end of every step.
Mar 03 2008
Sixty-year-old Casey thought that his stage I melanoma had been cured. Eight years after his original diagnosis, he returned for his annual checkup with his treating oncologist. This time, his lab results were positive. Follow-up tests revealed stage IV melanoma, metastasized to the liver. His cancer had returned with a vengeance.
Mar 03 2008
Attorney Jim Towey—a former legal advisor to Mother Teresa and founder of the nonprofit organization Aging with Dignity—developed Five Wishes, an eight-page form that serves as a legally binding advance directive in 34 states and the District of Columbia.