Living with Cancer

January 29, 2018

Living with cancer is about dealing with the unknown. It is about trying to grasp the news and starting to understand its life-changing effect. It is about wondering if the treatment is working and whether the side effects will go away soon. It is about questioning whether anything else can be done to overcome this illness. And it is about figuring out what life will be like when treatment is over, while having hope for the future. Sometimes, it is about learning to let go of the possibility of cure.

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Hoag is an approximately $1 billion nonprofit, regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, that treats more than 25,000 inpatients and 369,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals – Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which opened in 1952, and Hoag Hospital Irvine, which opened in 2010 – in addition to six health centers and nine urgent care centers. Hoag is a designated Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services that includes five institutes providing specialized services in the following areas: cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women’s health, and orthopedics through Hoag’s affiliate, Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which consists of an orthopedic hospital and two ambulatory surgical centers. In 2013, Hoag entered into an alliance with St. Joseph Health to further expand health care services in the Orange County community, known as St. Joseph Hoag Health

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