by OCI | Aug 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
This weekend marked my 3rd cancerversary. I’m pretty excited that I am stable at 3 years with late stage ovarian cancer. Every year, I go back and read the blog I started when I was first diagnosed. As I was going through that exercise, it occurred to me, this might...
by OCI | Jun 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
The research update below was reported by our Chief Research Officer, Dr. John McDonald. OCI Progress Report 2016-2017 Thanks for this opportunity to summarize our progress over the past year (2016-2017). Our research focuses on both improved diagnostics and...
by OCI | Jun 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last month, the Ovarian Cancer Institute suffered a sudden, unexpected, and devastating loss. Ian Walker was our Chairman of the Board, our top fundraiser, and an integral part of all that we do. We asked Dr. Benedict Benigno, OCI’s founder and CEO, to say a few words...
by OCI | May 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
by OCI | May 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s May, and for anyone with ovarian cancer, May 8th is a special day. In 2013, May 8th was declared World Ovarian Cancer Day. On this day, ovarian cancer organizations from around the world united to educate their communities about ovarian cancer and its...
by OCI | Apr 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
In 2013, Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, largely based on the results of genetic testing, and the world started talking about BRCA genes. While awareness is good, education is better – getting the RIGHT information to the RIGHT people. I had genetic...
by OCI | Mar 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ok. Let’s imagine that YOU have cancer. You find a good doc, show up for treatments and fight through the side effects. But what else do you do? How would you take care of yourself? Are you imagining heathy meals, daily exercise and meditation? Lots of green...
by OCI | Feb 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
You know what we don’t talk about enough? Caregivers. Because listen, none of us would be where we are without them. So today, a big shout-out to all of you. I recently interviewed 3 caregivers. Dick, Dara and Dana. Nope, I didn’t choose just people with D names. That...
by OCI | Jan 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
I think as long as it’s January, we can still say Happy New Year so Happy New Year! I don’t know about you, but for me, the holidays can be difficult in so many ways. You see people you haven’t seen in a while, which leads to a lot of cancer talk. The food is...
by OCI | Dec 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Below is a guest-post written by Penny Daugherty, RN, MS, OCN and Oncology Nurse Navigator at Northside Hospital. A diagnosis of cancer catapults you as patients and caregivers into emotional chaos as well as an instant feeling of loss of control over your lives. You...
