Coping

Recently I was reading a post by one of my favorite bloggers, the Cancer Curmudgeon, and I had one of those light-bulb moments. Let me just stress, this was NOT an epiphany. No, I have not had one of those, nor do I expect to. It was more a realization that I need to remember …

Cancer is all about worry.  Cancer causes a domino effect of worry. One worry leads to another. When you first find your lump or whatever clue finally gives your sneaky cancer away, you worry about what might or might not be. You worry about if you should tell anyone, make that doctor appointment, or schedule that …

November is National Family Caregivers Month. This post offers eight tips for caregivers because their needs matter too. Have you ever been a caregiver? Have you ever been on the receiving end of caregiving? I have experienced both sides of this particular “coin” and in some ways, being a caregiver is a lot harder. Along …

Let’s stop telling cancer patients how to feel and what to do! I don’t know about you, but sometimes it seems to me like there are way too many people telling cancer patients how to feel, how to act, how to do cancer and yes, how to do survivorship, too. Do you remember when you …

Seven tips for the newly diagnosed. After you hear those words, you have cancer, it can seem like the floodgates have opened up because in a very real sense, they have. Suddenly, you are forced to deal with countless medical appointments, personnel and procedures. You are poked, prodded, examined, questioned, analyzed and subjected to all …