by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jan 21, 2022 | Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Treatment, Faith, Medicine, Ovarian Cancer, Science
Majestic Night Sky with a Full “Wolf” Moon over Istanbul (or anywhere you are!), January 17, 2022 I have always been a big believer in science. All the way to a Ph.D. in chemistry at MIT. That’s commitment. My career has also included lots of technology-related...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jan 18, 2022 | Cancer, Dreams, Empathy, Resolutions
View of hilly Istanbul from our kitchen window “it’s a low low road You’ve gotta roll down Before you find your way, my friend And it’s a high, high hill You’ve gotta climb up Before you get to the top again” -Grace Potter and Mark...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jan 7, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #LifeOverCancer, Cancer, Healing
One of the last casts supervised by Auguste Rodin of “The Thinker” in front of the Cleveland Museum of Art (acquired in 1917) “In short, Beauty is everywhere. It is not that she is lacking to our eyes, but our eyes which fail to perceive her. Beauty is character and...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jan 1, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #EmpathyStartsAtHome, Cancer, Empathy, Healing, Ovarian Cancer
In a boat on the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey I am alive today because of love. That’s true for all of us. At least one person loved us into being, growing, and sticking around for the fun. Parents. Spouses. Children. Friends. They give us empathy which is how we...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Dec 18, 2021 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Faith, Healing, Istanbul
Çamlıca Mosque, Istanbul Why do bad things happen to good people? Forget about my cancer. What about kids? Babies? What did they do to deserve suffering? Better people than me have died from cancer, war, neglect, violence, and more. If we believe in a good...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Dec 6, 2021 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Empathy, Empathy in Medicine, Healing from Cancer, Istanbul, Ovarian Cancer
Jackie and John, date night 12/5/21 The answer is simple: a chance to live. Three weeks ago, I could not eat. I had the equivalent of labor pains all day long. Our oncologist gave us devastating news then tussled my hair and left John and me sobbing and holding each...
