This blog is targeted at the people who take care of their beloved ones. The ones who get the lousy news that their spouse, kid, parent, or close friend has cancer. I remember how it started with Israel, my husband. An irritating cough that would not stop for about two months. I am not sure…
Transcripted by AI Ronit: Good afternoon, Professor Nechushtan. Could you please introduce yourself? Prof. Nechushtan: It’s a pleasure to be here. My name is Hovav Nechushtan, and I’m originally from Jerusalem. I’ve been part of the Hadassah team for many years, primarily treating lung cancer patients and dealing with various genetic mutations. Ronit: How has…
Transcripted by AI Ronit: Hi, I’m here today with Dr. Michael Herling. I’ll let you introduce yourself. Dr. Herling: Hello. My name is widely known as Miki, and I’m a family doctor by day, and at night I’m a husband and father to 4 children. I’ve been a family medicine specialist for over twenty years…
Edited and translated by AI. Itai: Hello, Ronit. Ronit: Hi, Itai. Itai: We’re basically coming to this meeting to launch a new podcast called Caregivers. Yes, or The Caregiver, or you haven’t decided on the final name. Where did the idea to create such a podcast or to explain to people or guide them towards…
Edited and translated by AI. Welcome to the podcast “The Caregiver”. I’m Ronit Shamay Schwartz, editor and host. This time I interviewed Professor Eliad Davidson, a pain medicine specialist. I chose to interview him because I felt he looks at patients in a different way. Professor Davidson came to Israel’s day hospitalization without knowing him…
Different people handle cancer in various ways. Some choose to fight and do everything they can, others let things take their course, some give up immediately, and some completely change their lives. During my husband’s cancer journey, I discovered several books that offer hope, inspiration, and fresh perspectives from interesting people worldwide. Each of us…
There is a very known NGO, Cancer Association, to which I have donated quite some money over the years. My kids even had a yearly project from school, in which they were sent to collect donations, for this NGO, on behalf of our education system. It was fun, you knock on doors and ask for…
It took us a while until we reached the “right” doctor. We met several doctors until we found the one that best fitted Israel. The first doctor we met, was knowledgeable and had a good reputation. Before meeting him I was already digging the internet for solutions. At the time, there were several drugs in…
Many people would rather not tell that they or their loved ones got sick with cancer. Out of shame maybe, don’t want others to feel pity for them, don’t look for mercy, are in denial—plenty of reasons. I can fully understand and respect the will of each person (just please don’t double-check this with my…
Remember your English lessons at school? Remember your parents told you to make an effort as it’simportant to know English? They were right. I’ve always told to my kids they should be good at English as it enables them to communicate withpeople everywhere (almost…), to travel easily, and to work freely. But the importance of…
Once the cancer was diagnosed, I started to look for every piece of information that is related to hisspecific kind of cancer. It took a while for all genetic tests of the tumor to come back, but we were informed quite fast that he was dealing with a mutation in the EGFR gene—epidermal growth factor…
