- May 12, 2018
- 2 min
Did you read this?
Required Reading: "My Brief Trip to Cancerland" by Jennifer Weiner. NYTimes Opinion Section, May 11, 2018. Go ahead and read it...then come back for some commentary. (I'll wait.) Jennifer really brings up a lot of salient points and gives perfect examples/explanations of some of the cognitive biases with which we all struggle. (Well, some of us struggle...I think many are oblivious to these biases.) Our brains are always messing with us... 1. Anticipated regret: this idea
- May 7, 2018
- 2 min
What is a Tomo anyways?
Who or what is tomo, and why should I care? If you're a woman, by now, chances are you have heard about 3D mammography or breast tomosynthesis, (a.k.a. tomo for short). Maybe you've had one, maybe you're still putting it off, or not quite old enough, but regardless, tomo isn't going away. And that's probably a good thing. A mammogram is a tool that we use to screen for breast cancer. "Screening" is an important concept, and I'll discuss it further in a future blog post, b
- May 1, 2018
- 1 min
An exciting announcement!
Anyone who has visited my office here on Perkins Street knows that its a lovely space, but it is too big for my surgery practice alone. As luck (or perhaps fate?) would have it, I have found THE perfect roommate! I'm thrilled to announce that Cancer Support Sonoma will be joining me here and carrying on their mission of providing complementary therapies, like acupuncture, oncology massage, lymphatic massage, jin shin jyutsu (which is Japanese acupressure), and more, to anyo
