Bob Riter's Cancer Columns
Bob Riter is the Executive Director of the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes and writes a regular column about living with cancer in the Ithaca Journal (reprinted here). Bob's involvement with cancer education and advocacy began with his own diagnosis of breast cancer in 1996 at the young age of 40.
It's OK to Ask Your Doctor!
The Good That Emerged
Doctor-Patient Interactions
Nurses & Radiation Therapists
Survivor's Guilt
Telling The Kids
Thoughts & Prayer Tree
Partner in Denial
Being Single With Cancer Is Difficult
If You've Had Cancer, You Know This Look
Holiday Gifts When the Cancer is Advanced
Part of Bob Riter's Cancer Columns, Holiday Edition
Working in the Cancer World
Young Adults with Cancer
Donating Blood and Organs
Advice for Those Newly Diagnosed
Second Opinions
New Nurses and Cancer Patients
The Human Side of Treatment
How Old Is Too Old To Treat Cancer?
New Year A Time For Wishing
Having Cancer Can Make Us Change Our Concept of Hope
Holiday Gifts
Part of Bob Riter's Cancer Columns, Holiday Edition