Tag Archives: Elaine Waples

Truth at the End of Life

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Elaine Waples Posted 3/5/13 on TEDMED Most of us have spent some time thinking about our own deaths. We do it with a sense of dreadful curiosity, but then we push it aside with “well, we’ve all got to go sometime.” … Continue reading →

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Hospitals: Are We All Talking?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Elaine Waples Complications from my cancer sent me to the hospital again recently. The news that I was in trouble came unexpectedly from my oncologist’s office Thanksgiving eve, following a routine blood test. “Your liver numbers are out of whack.” … Continue reading →

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Getting Engaged

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

Elaine Waples We hear inspiring things about patient engagement.  The very concept has a hearty, spirited, “do-right” sound to it. I spent many years in human resources. I remember the conversations we had around employee engagement as we searched for … Continue reading →

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Attitude

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

Elaine Waples Posted 8/31/12 on The Doctor Weighs In I’ve come to believe that seriously sick people are often subject to some very interesting comments from well-intentioned non-sick people. They are frequently inspired by #platitudes from self-help-books, Google chat rooms … Continue reading →

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Is Genomic Medicine Clinically Useful Yet?

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Brian Klepper Posted 7/16/12 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost The news of my wife Elaine’s primary peritoneal cancer 27 months ago began a fevered effort to learn all we could about her disease and our options. Peritoneal cancer, which is close … Continue reading →

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Cancer Survivor on N-of-One’s Direct-to-Patient Ombudsman Model

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

Kevin Davies Posted 5/31/12 on Bio-IT World The long-term success of N-of-One, a Waltham Mass.-based company offering personalized cancer information, will undoubtedly be shaped by the vision of its newly appointed CEO, Christine Cournoyer, and strategic partnerships with companies like … Continue reading →

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Four Perfect Questions

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

Elaine Waples In the fall of 2010, Atul Gawande, surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, delivered a touching speech at the October New Yorker Festival.  My husband attended with a … Continue reading →

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Marcus Welby, House, and the Wizard of Oz

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Elaine Waples At a recent dinner party my husband and I joined two other couples in a lively discussion on the frustrations of American health care. We rounded up the usual suspects – cost, quality, access, politics, and broken systems. … Continue reading →

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Is My Cancer in the Wrong Body Part?

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Elaine Waples Recently, our city hosted the fifth annual national marathon to fight breast cancer.  This is not part of the Komen “race for the cure” but rather a grassroots effort that mushroomed from its inception five years ago into … Continue reading →

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Hello? Its Your Body Talking

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

Brian’s Note: For the uninitiated, Elaine – aka “The Boss” – is my wonderful wife, and this is her debut on C&C. As you’ll see, she’s a comfortable writer. Her message here is hugely important, and was made all the … Continue reading →

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Who is in Charge of Naming These Drugs?

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Brian Klepper Over at The Doctor Weighs In, C&C regular Dov Michaeli posted a column on exercise and longevity, in which he asks as an aside, “Who is in charge of naming these drugs?” My wiseacre wife Elaine, unable to … Continue reading →

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Seeking What’s Possible

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

A little more than 13 months ago, my wonderful wife Elaine was diagnosed with stage 3c primary peritoneal (ovarian) cancer. So the last year has been filled with the ravages of chemo-therapy and all the miseries that attend it. A … Continue reading →

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The Makings of A Great Outcome

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

By BRIAN KLEPPER Last week my wife and best friend, Elaine, had massive abdominal surgery. We fully expected her to be an inpatient for a week, but she was home in four and half days. To watch her recover was … Continue reading →

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