mental health Archives - Colon & Rectal Surgery

Treating a Colon Cancer Diagnosis

Kathryn Janicek2020-10-01T17:21:39-04:00

After you're diagnosed with colon cancer, what comes next? Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be incredibly hard to take. It can be overwhelming to think about your next steps. What comes next? Do I need surgery right away? How will my colon cancer be treated? Is chemotherapy my only option for treatment? It's natural to have questions about how to tackle a colon cancer diagnosis. In this video, Dr. O'Connor explains the process of treating colon cancer from her conversation with Nurse Alice Benjamin and Dr. Scott Metcalfe. https://youtu.be/ew724eRBxCI Transcription Dr. Lynn O'Connor: You get to the point where [...]

Coping During COVID-19

2020-07-24T15:05:26-04:00

“I hope you are doing well” Nowadays, that seems like a loaded question. I hope that everyone is doing as well as they can be in the face of this international pandemic. We have over 120,00 cases of coronavirus in New York State, and collectively in the United States we have more cases than any other country. Many of us have been furloughed, laid off, fired and released from our places of duty without knowing if these businesses will ever re-open. And many of us on the front lines are going to work each and every day, despite [...]