by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Nov 10, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Death and Dying
Lunar Eclipse by Mark Moore of Brighton, Michigan, via Jonathan Gold What do you do “in hospice” when you have an upcoming expiration date but still a clear mind? I’ve never done this before and am no expert, but life and death are so fascinating….and mysterious…that...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Oct 2, 2022 | Cancer, Empathy
Photo credit: Sophie LeMay I am done being poked, prodded, cut, and poisoned. Somehow, it seems I am finished with my work here on earth as well. Chicago treatments aren’t working. Why? They were not able to replicate what I was receiving in Istanbul closely enough....
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Aug 26, 2022 | Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Empathy, Empathy in Cancer Research, Empathy in Medicine, Immunotherapy
Photo Credit: Sophie LeMay By Jackie Acho and John LeMay We have long believed that immunotherapy is the answer to cancer. For many people, and certainly for me. I’m not one of the lucky minority with late-stage ovarian cancer for whom chemo catalyzes remission. We’ve...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jul 23, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Empathy in Medicine
Our Turkish Team, led by Dr. Slocum (back center, in the suit), who is one example of a wonderful oncologist In the two and a half years since I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, John and I have experienced a range of medical, oncological, naturopathic, and healing...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jul 7, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Empathy, Ovarian Cancer
Shaker Heights is my home. My people are here. John, Sophie, Grant, Rocky (he’s a person too, really). Our friends. My colleagues. My kitchen. My bed. My life is here. Istanbul was a great adventure…enough of one to see me through 6 months of brutal cancer treatments...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jun 20, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #EmpathyStartsAtHome, Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Healing from Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
I am home, most of the time, these days. John and I packed up in Istanbul and flew home on May 20th. On May 22nd I rallied to give a commencement address. On May 23rd, I felt the weight of the moving, the 7-hour time difference, the ongoing cancer battle and...
