Cancer Resources Stan Goldberg December 3, 2014 Cancer, Uncategorized 4 Comments The Therapeutics Research Institute (TRI) is a non-profit institute dedicated to identifying health care interventions as found in reputable medical literature from around the world, with a particular focus on...
“I Have Cancer” is an Amazon #9 Best Seller Today, But What About Tomorrow? Stan Goldberg December 1, 2014 Cancer, Thoughts of the Day 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...
What Richard Pryor Has In Common with Cancer Support Stan Goldberg November 28, 2014 Cancer, Thoughts of the Day 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,...
Thanksgiving and Gratitude: When Just a Little is Enough Stan Goldberg November 27, 2014 Thoughts of the Day 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...
Do Physicians Fear Death?–How It Affects Your Health Care Stan Goldberg November 26, 2014 End of Life, Thoughts of the Day 3 Comments 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...
Values and Adversity: Boomers vs. ME Generation Stan Goldberg November 25, 2014 Aging, Thoughts of the Day 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...
Family Conflict: Selective Manipulation of the Past Stan Goldberg November 24, 2014 Caregiving, Thoughts of the Day 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...
Bill Cosby and Cancer: The need to believe Stan Goldberg November 21, 2014 Cancer, Thoughts of the Day Living with cancer
Aging and a Shrinking World Stan Goldberg November 20, 2014 Aging, Thoughts of the Day When friends die death comes closer to us
Life Lessons From People Living With and Dying From Cancer Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Cancer, Thoughts of the Day 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...
Not Drawing Conclusions: Robin William’s Suicide Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Chronic illness, Thoughts of the Day 1 Comment suicide often involves facts we don't understand
How Do You React When Someone Says, “I Have Cancer” Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Cancer, Thoughts of the Day 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...
A Dementia Model for Health Care Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day 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...
Why You Can’t Think Your Way to Happiness Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Grieving and Recovery, Life, Thoughts of the Day 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...
Confronting Fear Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Aging, Thoughts of the Day 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...
Thank God the Election is Over Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Aging, Thoughts of the Day 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...
It’s Not About Running–It’s the Endorphins Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Grieving and Recovery, Life, Thoughts of the Day 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...
Ebola Hysteria and Politics Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Aging, Thoughts of the Day 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...
Why Political Choice is Like Living With a Chronic Illness Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Chronic illness, Thoughts of the Day 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...
When Your Cancer Says “Hello.” Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Cancer, Thoughts of the Day 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...