 | | Bridges: A Newsletter for Survivors | | | Bridges, Memorial Sloan Kettering’s newsletter for survivors, offers a forum where patients and their families can share stories of inspiration and hope, and of the challenges that can accompany a cancer journey. | | | | | |
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 | | | | Standing Up to Cancer | | In the beginning of living with cancer, in the waiting room of MSK, in a wheelchair, I’d put down my copy of Bridges and wonder why other cancer patients were walking around unaided. Then I’d say, “Stupid, cancer and paralysis do not go together.”
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 | | | | Picking My Brain to Start Over | | One week after turning 50, which I celebrated at a giant blowout on a yacht in the Hudson River, I had a seizure at work. After three MRIs and visits with multiple neurologists, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. In one week, my life had gone from sipping drinks and dancing to a terrifying diagnosis and brain surgery.
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| | Want To Find Bridges Online? | | | We have over thirteen years of the quarterly Bridges issues available online. Go to the Bridges homepage for more information and to access the past issues. | | | | | |
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