My husband, Wes, and I moved to The Woodlands — a suburb of Houston about 30 miles north of downtown — in September 2019. We made that decision primarily to be closer to MD Anderson. I am a survivor of a rare type of cancer called undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, and I need to be monitored closely in case of a recurrence.

By the time we finally moved to Texas, I thought I was done with cancer. MD Anderson had already saved...