Randy Pausch – Such an interesting man, my thoughts are with his family.

I figure I should put my PC site up here  

Rachel

I’m just starting to use Planet Cancer, if youre a member send me a message, if youre not then join its a great site connecting young adults with cancer in a myspace type format. Loves it.

 

So about a year ago a friend of mine and my first boyfriend IMed me to tell me that the ex had cancer.  Maybe he told me because he was my ex, maybe he told me because he knew of my own experience, whatever the reason he sure as hell didn’t tell me what kind of cancer he had, and how he was doing.  

I’ve thought alot aobut this guy, nothing in terms of romance, any dates we ever went on  hinged on the availability of our moms to drive us to the mall that friday evening.  I guess its because I don’t actually know anyone locally that has been through a similar situation, and I guess I find it some what fascinating that the two of us were both handed down prize.

I know the his gf/ or his ex or whatever she is, is on myspace.  Can I message her and ask her how he’s doing? I mean I know the girl so it wouldnt be completely out of left field, but we were friends back when boys were still groooooooossss.

On the other hand I remember randoms that I never told, asking me how I was because they heard it through the grapevine and I was PISSED.  What if Im crossing some sort of line?

I just dont know. I’d just like to know he’s ok.  What do you think?

Geez sorry about the wicked long hiatus, but now that I’m out of a job I’ll be able to post more frequently. 

U.S. News & World Report’s July 21-28 issue features their annual America’s Best Hospitals cover story.  I am posting the magazines ranking of the America’s top 50 cancer centers below.  I guessed a few of these, mine isnt here though :(  which is interesting since its an NCI cancer center. Hmmm.

1.  University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

2.  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

3.  Johns Hopkins, Baltimore

4.  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

5.  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

6.  University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle

7.  Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

8.  University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

9.  Standford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.

10.  Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

11.  Duke University Medical Center, Nashville

12.  Hospital of the University of Pennsyvania, Philadelphia

13.  Cleveland Clinic

14.  Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

15.  Fox Chase Cancer, Philadelphia

16. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa

17.  University of Michigan Hosps. and Health Centers, Ann Arbor

18.  University of Chicago Medical Center

19.  Ohio State University James Cancer Center, Columbus

20.  University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham

21.  Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis

22.  City of Hope, Duarte, Calif.

23.  University of Iowas Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City

24.  UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

25.  Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

26.  Wake Forest Univ. Baptist Med. Center, Winston-Salem, N.C.

27.  University of Minnesotta Medical Center, Fairview

28.  Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia

29.  Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.

30.  University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison

31.  Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago

32.  Oregon Health and Science University, Portland

33.  Methodist Hospital, Houston

34.  Clarian Health, Indianapolis

35.  New York-Presbyterian Univ. Hosp. of Columbia and Cornell

36.  University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville

37.  NYU Medical Center, New York

38.  University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill

39.  Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha

40.  University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City

41.  Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

42.  University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland

43.  University of California, San Diego Medical Center

44.  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H.

45.  USC Norris Cancer Hospital, Los Angeles

46.  Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville

47.  Emory University Hospital, Atlanta

48.  University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore

49.  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

50.  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston