So what do you do when you get a diagnosis of terminal cancer? Ok, yeah, you freak out. I’m pretty sure that’s what I experienced the first week of this new life. You start thinking of all the last things you will be doing. That’s where my head went. When we met with our oncologist, who came very highly recommended and, as it turns out, was the Dr my primary Dr team WANTED for me, I had only known for exactly a week and had only had my biopsies done that morning so we still didn’t know exactly what kind of breast cancer I had. The meeting was a blur. I remember having two questions…should I change my diet and what is the prognosis? So, let me step back, Dr V (Dr Maria Vershvovsky…..yeah, no one can pronounce her name well, thus, the Dr V!) is with Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center and associates with Chester County Hospital….the best cancer center in this area of PA and one of the best hospitals….20 mins from home, so we are really lucky. My Dr was very certain that this is t...
I'm sorry for the late and sad news but I just figured out how to access her blog account for on update. My wife, Cyndy Yates, passed peacefully early Thanksgiving morning. She waged a valiant battle with the cancer but it was too far advanced when the diagnosis was finally made. There are no plans for a celebration of life in the near future but as the weather improves there will probably be a casual get-together here at the Farm at Worth's Tavern with appropriate amounts of Jameson's Irish Whisky. Until then, we are asking that in lieu of flowers and donations that everyone schedule their cancer screenings as Cyndy missed one mammogram due the Covid closures allowing the cancer to spread unchecked until is was finally found. She was loved by many and we miss her everyday. Brock
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