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CancerDoc Blog: "Denmark"

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Saturday, March 20, 2010
"Denmark"

R.N. just died.

She was my first breast cancer patient out of fellowship and training. My first breast cancer patient where I was the "doctor". No backup. Nobody to turn to for advice. I write the orders, I explain the side effects. I hold the hands.

She was only 33 years old when she was diagnosed 4 years ago.

She and her husband had just moved from Denmark only months before for his company. Something with maritime equipment that brought him to the mid-Atlantic...    read more