by Joe Birch | Oct 28, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
When I returned to Santa Monica in September, after 2 months in Santa Fe, I had weakness and numbness in my right hand, wrist, forearm and upper arm. I was unable to type on my computer. I went to UCLA Urgent Care and they had me admitted to the Emergency Room. The...
by Joe Birch | Oct 20, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
A Very Important Day For Me When I was first told by my Radiation Oncologist that he ordered 10 consecutive business days of radiation to my umbilicus, I thought it was a grim, impossible task. In five years as a Pancreatic cancer patient, I never had radiation. This...
by Joe Birch | Sep 29, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
A major investment in Life and my commitment to Live and to keep my garden beautiful.Please watch my story...
by Joe Birch | Sep 25, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
I have been my Heavenly Father’s child my whole life, but I came to know Him personally in 1976 – when I cried out in pain and asked Him to help me, a divorced young mother raising two little children, alone and poor. He entered my life and began to...
by Joe Birch | Aug 15, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
Until today, I have purposely avoided any posts about cancer.I came with Lakota Joy to recover from 8 months of 2 chemotherapies and their cumulative side effects – which caused me to almost lose my Self and gave me a severe depression.We have now been here for...
by Joe Birch | Jul 11, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
I am back in my role as a writer and investigative reporter in this article. You may be wondering why am I writing about this topic? I have been unable to have a Mani-Pedi for 8 months because my fingernails and toenails were severely damaged by my chemotherapy. The...