Great 'My Turn' in Newsweek

The March 24, 2008 issue of Newsweek has a great "My Turn" piece about the power of the Web to help someone with cancer.

"My Turn" is written by Newsweek readers, and it's a feature I almost always read. (I've also pitched "My Turn" pieces unsuccessfully a couple of times over the years, but that's another post for another day.)

In "An Electronic Cure for Despair," Rich Thomas writes about the e-mails that raised his wife's spirits--and probably prolonged her life--when she was battling cancer, in the hospital, and in pain.

If you don't get the print edition of Newsweek, here's the link to the story online:

An Electronic Cure for Despair

Comments

[amy]

This was really touching. I found that the Internet helped me during my husband's cancer too, specifically when he was gone for five weeks getting his stem cell transplant. I used two services, lotsahelpinghands.org and caringbridge.com. The helping hands site saved my sanity, let my friends sign up to help me with rides for my kids, etc. The Caring Bridge site let my husband keep daily journals and the responses and well wishes he received in turn were real highlights of his foggy, sad days. Both were free, and I wish more people with cancer knew about them.

[amy]

This was really touching. I found that the Internet helped me during my husband's cancer too, specifically when he was gone for five weeks getting his stem cell transplant. I used two services, lotsahelpinghands.org and caringbridge.com. The helping hands site saved my sanity, let my friends sign up to help me with rides for my kids, etc. The Caring Bridge site let my husband keep daily journals and the responses and well wishes he received in turn were real highlights of his foggy, sad days. Both were free, and I wish more people with cancer knew about them.

[jeanne]

Amy--thank you for posting these. You've helped a lot of people today, I'm sure.

Jeanne

In NYC!!!!