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A Trip to the Block Center near Chicago, Illinois

For good or bad, I’ve been completely honest on this blog. It can make me feel exposed, but my prayer is that, by being transparent, God can use this to help someone else in the future. It is so helpful to think there is meaning in all of it – that it is all not just a haphazard series of events that lead to nowhere.  We came to Chicago to the Block Center for Dr. Keith Block’s opinion. He is an integrative oncologist which is very hard to find. They have a day long series of organized appointments they put you through as their new patient. Then you go from there, deciding if you want to get treatment at the center in Skokie, Chicago or from home. There are good reasons to travel there versus doing chemo the way others do it. It's called chronomodulation.  The place is more impressive than the other places I have been to – the building is large and you can see the sign on the big 3 story glass building from the freeway, “Block Center.” You are greeted by receptio...