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 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 11, 2021 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Empathy, Food, Istanbul, Ovarian Cancer
Turkish Breakfast, including menemen Too many cancer patients die of malnutrition. I understand now how it happens, between the pain and the havoc cancer and its treatments wreak on the digestive system. Cachexia keeps our bodies from using the nutrition we work hard...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Nov 21, 2021 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Empathy, Healing from Cancer, Healthcare, Istanbul, Ovarian Cancer
Sunset view from the balcony of our apartment in Istanbul It’s hard to stay positive when chemo fails, whether you’re the patient, a caregiver, or someone rooting for us. The cancer fight is so brutal. The effort – intellectual, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual...