Cancer Friends: Conversations With Our Community
Andrew and I are blessed to have the opportunity to share not only our cancer journey as survivor/thriver and care partner, but now we are embarking on a series to share the experiences and insights of our friends who are on their own journeys through the YouTube channel called The Patient Story and the new series, Cancer Friends. We are still very much active with Patient Power which offers a multitude of information across so many cancer types. These two resources complement each other and we hope you’ll explore both and find information and support you need.
Do check out the first few Cancer Friends videos (they will publish every Sunday) – especially the latest one that features our amazing daughter, Ruthie, who discusses what it’s been like growing up in a family touched by cancer.
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- Andrew and Esther Schorr of Patient Power
Andrew Schorr, a medical journalist, has been living with myelofibrosis since 2011. His diagnosis followed being hospitalized for two blood clots in his legs. Andrew, working with his wife of 36 years, Esther, has been a patient education pioneer since 1984 and became a patient himself in 1996 when he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. A clinical trial in 2000 led to a long leukemia remission and he has been treated for myelofibrosis since 2012. He leads a full life.
Andrew and Esther founded Patient Power many years ago which produces and distributes videos, podcasts, and articles with doctors and patients in several specific cancers, including the two Andrew is living with.
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Esther Schorr is a skilled global project manager, and has worked with her spouse, Andrew, on patient and family education projects for more than 30 years. She has supported him in his cancer journey since his initial diagnosis in 1996. Esther is passionate about empowering "care partners" and is a strong believer that education leads to empowerment and better care. Esther focuses her work on building collaborative relationships with other patient-focused organizations.
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Andrew and Esther's Patient Power produces content on the following blood cancers: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL), Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, and Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
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