Throat cancer survivor: Caring made the difference at MD Anderson
When I was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the vocal cords — a type of throat cancer — in the summer of 2016, there was no question about where I would go for treatment.
I’m originally from Waco, but I’d been living in Houston for about 10 years by then. And as a part of my job as a local news photographer, I’d covered dozens of stories at or about MD Anderson. So, I already knew it had the best Head and Neck Center in...
Throat cancer survivor: The good, the bad and the ugly of treatment
After seven chemotherapy cycles and 35 days of radiation, I sat in my bedroom thinking about what words best described my seven-week treatment...
Staying positive during my squamous cell carcinoma journey
During one of my early visits to MD Anderson, I noticed a sign that read, "You became a survivor the day you were diagnosed." That...