Yearly Archives: 2011

THE IMPORTANCE OF COUNSELING SUPPORT FOR THE CANCER FAMILY My very special guest is Ben Weast (MA, LPC, NCC, CT), a medical family therapist at the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Hospital. Ben provides counseling support to patients, their family members, and caregivers primarily with lung cancer, head/neck cancer, sarcoma, or melanoma. It takes a […]

TERRI CORCORAN: WIFE OF A DEMENTIA PATIENT AND BOARD MEMBER OF WELL SPOUSE Terri’s story from my book: Understanding with Compassion: Help for Loved Ones and Caregivers of a Brain Illness Patient: “My husband is severely impaired cognitively and physically by a genetic condition similar to Alzheimer’s in that it attacks the brain. He has […]

CAREGIVER SAFETY: WHEN A BRAIN ILLNESS PATIENT BECOMES AGGRESSIVE On this first show dealing with brain illness caregiving, my guest is Nataly Rubinstein, MSW, LCSW, who authored the award winning book: Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias; The Caregiver’s Complete Survival Guide. Nataly’s advice applies to any brain illness, including brain tumors and brain cancer. During […]

CANCER S.O.S. on Monday, November 21st, at 2:00 p.m. EST on www.W4WN.com JONNY IMERMAN, CANCER SURVIVOR AND FOUNDER OF IMERMAN ANGELS Imerman Angels carefully matches and individually pairs a person touched by cancer with someone who has fought and survived the same type of cancer (a Mentor Angel). Cancer caregivers (spouses, parents, children and other […]

LADIES WHO INSPIRE on Friday, November 18th, at 2:00 p.m. EST on www.W4WN.com with Joni Aldrich KATHERINE BROWN: ARTIST, MOTHER, AND STAGE IV BRAIN CANCER SURVIVER I knew immediately that Katherine inspired me from our first meeting on the Web. As a young, beautiful artist (see the photo attached), she has a great eye and […]

Friday 11/17/2011 on The Adventures of Pipeman Morning Show on W4CY Radio at www.w4cy.com We have a very special guest and one of Pipeman’s favorite subjects. What Is Normal with Author Ginny Scales-Medeiros   Normal is relative and Normal for Sue growing up was High School dropout teenage parents backwoods strict Baptist rituals pedophiles poorly […]

www.W4WN.com SURVIVING SUPER-EMOTIONAL HOLIDAYS With the holidays approaching, there will be much more to do than is humanly possible for the caregiver. Add to that many natural fears and emotions, if you believe that this may be the last holiday for someone you love. Anticipatory grief is an unwelcome visitor. I know this very well, […]

SURVIVING SUPER-EMOTIONAL HOLIDAYS With the holidays approaching, there will be much more to do than is humanly possible for the caregiver. Add to that many natural fears and emotions, if you believe that this may be the last holiday for someone you love. Anticipatory grief is an unwelcome visitor. I know this very well, since […]

LOVE OVER BINGO, special live show on Tues., Nov. 15th at 2:00 p.m. EST on W4WN.com. “Love and Marriage” go together as in the old song, but where does it say that to be married you have to have a marriage license? When you’re a mature single, does it have the same significance as when […]