I sat there, frozen in time, full of fear, full of anxiety. Waiting for my time to “face the music,” but this wasn’t a dance party. My fellow patients, complete strangers, were seated about me, and each of us kept a safe distance apar…
Category: Oncology/Hematology
The humorous essay that predicted today’s medical anxiety epidemic
In elementary school, we read an essay named ‘The Man Who Was a Hospital’ by Jerome K. Jerome. This is a humorous essay in which the writer describes his misadventure in a humorous way. He says that once, he was reading a liver pill circula…
Inside the heart of a hospital: love, loss, and resilience
“Airports have seen more sincere kisses than wedding halls and the walls of hospitals have heard more prayers than the walls of churches.” – Anonymous It’s 1 a.m. in the night. I am on call duty, which starts at 8:30 a.m. in the morni…
2024 technology trends to revolutionize the field of oncology
Between interest rates reaching their highest levels in 15 years and the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI), 2023 was a year filled with both challenges and opportunities for those of us in the health care technology industry. For better or wors…
It is literally possible to be a woman in medicine! We are doing it every day.
I love America Ferrara’s monologue in Barbie. Similarly, the impossibility of being a woman in medicine, as so clearly stated in Dr. Jennifer Lycette’s recent essay in KevinMD, absolutely resonates with me. And yet, let’s not forget t…
From Afghanistan to hope: a cancer patient’s remarkable story
A few weeks back, a young male from Afghanistan visited us in the oncology clinic. He was in his late 20s and came with a translator to facilitate his consultation. He was not very fluent in either Urdu or English but could still understand most of it….
Surviving my nephrectomy nightmare: the night I’ll never forget
My first post-op night after my nephrectomy was a mix of fantastical and almost devastating. I woke up in the PACU after my surgery, extremely confused and disoriented. I felt like I was trapped inside a video game, desperately trying to escape. Upon e…
Apple Vision Pro rebooting medical diagnosis
An excerpt from Apple Vision Healthcare Pioneers: A Community for Professionals & Patients. In health care technology, diagnostics, and disease detection have undergone significant advancements, notably with the introduction of Apple Vision Pro. De…
Breakthroughs in liver cancer treatment [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! We sit down with health care executive Eugene Chan to explore the rising rates of liver cancer worldwide and the potential game-changer in its treatment: monoclonal antibodies. Join us as w…
Empowering Pakistani women: Surviving cancer and challenging traditional norms
We have a female patient admitted to our oncology ward for a week. I’ve known her for a long time. She works in our hospital’s dental department as a technologist. She is currently 40 years old. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2009….
