Author Stan Goldberg

My new book “I have Cancer” 48 Things to Do When You Hear Those Words, has a Kindle #9 rank in cancer today—the day of it’s release. So why shouldn’t I rejoice rather than be anxious? Making a...

THOUGHT OF THE DAY  When I was listening to a PBS tribute of Richard Pryor, it became apparent how our history plays out in the present. It’s especially true if you have a friend or loved one living with,...

It’s Thanksgiving and yesterday I promised myself I wouldn't think today. But I woke up, and there they were--those pesky thoughts of the day. I'M GRATEFUL FOR Being an old man and not just a...

Although many physicians fear death, my oncologist doesn't. The relationship I have with him is one I would like with everyone in the medical community. “I have two goals,” he said when I recently was in...

At a party the other day I had a conversation with a friend who is my age (69) about our children’s generation and those who came afterward. I’m told the newest is the ME generation. I enjoy my children...

As violence continues in the Mideast, people who are attacked ignore the past—only the present is important to them, as it is within some families. Those who are doing the attacking take a 180 degree turn on...

Living with cancer

When friends die death comes closer to us

11/18/14  I often think about a patient I served in hospice who was dying from cancer. Once a week we would go to a place he chose—usually somewhere he knew he’d never see again. Once it was to his...

suicide often involves facts we don't understand

11/12/14  I've been called "courageous" and a "survivor" for battling my cancer for 12 years. I take the compliments as compassionate thoughts, but do they reflect what I and other people living with cancer...

11/10/14  In the Netherlands a village for people living with dementia was structured based on their needs and limitations. The result was a safe place for people to live until they died. The idea of...

11/07/14-I love my psychologist friends and have great respect for what they do, but too many overestimate the malleability of the mind. Until you DO something, everything is theory. When I counsel...

11/06/14  I just spent a week at the John Campbell Folk Art School in North Carolina attending a class on bowl making, despite my fear of the lathe; a turning devise for spinning a five pound block of raw...

11/05/14  I’m going to miss those impassioned personal calls from Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and the various supporters of the right to life and the importance to bear arms ranging from unregistered...

11/04/14  A few days ago I was running alone of a backroad in North Carolina hoping this wouldn’t be a repeat of the scene in the movie “Easy Rider,” were two country boys shoot Peter Fonda off his...

11/03/14 With each passing day we can see the irrational fear of an Ebola epidemic becoming the bread and butter of politicians feeding on our fear of death. It’s like watching a professional boxer...

10/31/14-While filling out my absentee ballot I had the shocking realization that choosing politicians is like living with a chronic illness  With chronic illnesses people often are forced to make choices...

10/29/14-Although I’ve lived with prostate cancer for twelve years, it’s not something that I dwell upon. But inevitably, at least once a day, it grabs my ass and says, “gotcha!” It can be when I’m...

10/28/14 The last time I ran was more than 15 years ago in the Treasure Island Triathlon. What followed was a less than successful hip replacement and years of lamenting losing an important part of my...