Proton Mom Dot Com is Born!

I was so fortunate to be able to serve as the moderator of the Pediatric Proton Panel on Tuesday, February 12th at the National Association for Proton Therapy's first annual conference in Washington, D.C. Thank you Len Artz for inviting me to be a moderator at your very first conference! My pediatric panel was outstanding and included:

Dr. Daniel Indelicato, University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute
Dr. Anita Mahajan, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Proton Center
Dr. Andrew Chang, Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute
Dr. Kevin McMullen, Indiana University Health Proton Therapy Center

I can't even begin to describe the variety of information we discussed in our hour long session and as soon as the video is ready I will post it here.  There was a lot of great information shared among our professionals and again as I said in the beginning, "a dream come true for this Mom."  

From all this a new name has emerged, Proton Mom, and that is after another inspiring encounter with Proton Bob.  Bob was at the conference also and his group recently completed a comprehensive survey from prostate patients who had undergone proton therapy for their treatment.  Over 99% stated they would recommend it to others.

 

I met Mike Hyman, Kids-N-Cancer, from the U.K. in person for the first time - we have had conversations on the phone, but not the same. I love Mike for he is dedicated, heart and soul, to helping the children of the U.K. financially when they come to the U.S. for proton therapy. His dedication was palpable.  I was inspired that his sentiments were basically that a parent should never have to bury a child as long as friends and neighbors were willing to pitch in and save a life. We both vowed we could work together in the future.

To my cousin Chuck, who passed away unexpectedly last week - peace and love.