{"id":3317,"date":"2018-06-22T03:24:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T08:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2018-05-28T10:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T15:27:26","slug":"living-with-cancer-the-new-normal-for-some-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/22\/living-with-cancer-the-new-normal-for-some-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Living with Cancer – the New Normal for Some Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Living with Cancer – the New Normal for Some Patients<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not so long ago, a diagnosis of cancer was the worst news a patient could hear. Flash forward to today when, thanks to remarkable improvements in cancer treatment<\/a>, patients are learning to live with the disease as their “new normal.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Liz Burke: One Woman’s Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

In TheJournal.ie, an Irish news website, a woman named Liz Burke shared her experiences in honor of Daffodil Day, a fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society. Liz was originally diagnosed with breast cancer<\/a> in 2007.<\/p>\n

After a lumpectomy, Liz underwent a course of chemotherapy followed by another of radiotherapy. She demonstrated her sense of humor by relating a story about purchasing a wig to cover her baldness and finding it one day in the mouth of her Jack Russell terrier.<\/p>\n

Two years later, Liz’s doctor discovered that breast cancer cells had metastasized to her liver<\/a>. This triggered another nine months of chemotherapy followed by two years of maintenance, but the good news is that the tumors became inactive.<\/p>\n

Finally, one more blow. After five years, the breast cancer metastasized again, this time resulting in a brain tumor. Liz had surgery to remove the tumor and radiotherapy treatment afterwards.<\/p>\n

“People Survive Cancer”<\/strong><\/p>\n

These days Liz follows a regular schedule of MRIs, CT scans and weekly infusions. Her message? “People can live quite happily alongside cancer.” Liz believes we’re lucky to live in a time when so much progress is being made with new and effective cancer treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Issels\u00ae: There IS Life After Cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of our patients at Issels\u00ae have similar stories of hope and recovery. Visit our website<\/a> to read and hear their testimonials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not so long ago, a diagnosis of cancer was the worst news a patient could hear. Flash forward to today when, thanks to remarkable improvements in cancer treatment, patients are learning to live with the disease as their “new normal.” Liz Burke: One Woman’s Story In TheJournal.ie, an Irish news website, a woman named Liz … Continue reading Living with Cancer – the New Normal for Some Patients<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,480,231,204,2],"tags":[487,527,275,710,220],"class_list":["post-3317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-care-tips","category-cancer-caregivers","category-cancer-survivors","category-living-with-cancer","category-news","tag-cancer-care-tips","tag-cancer-survivor","tag-cancer-tips","tag-life-with-cancer","tag-living-with-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3330,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317\/revisions\/3330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}