Cancer

Are you an overachiever, or have you ever been labeled as one? Post-cancer diagnosis, do you sometimes feel pressure to be an overachieving cancer patient? What am I talking about?  Let me explain. I am not, nor have I ever been called an overachiever, and this is okay with me. I don’t need to be …

I can’t believe it’s been three years since my memoir, Cancer Was Not a Gift & It Didn’t Make Me a Better Person, was published! A big thank you to those of you who’ve read it, shared about it and posted reviews here and there! You guys are awesome and I appreciate your support very …

Dear Plastic Surgeons:  14 things breast cancer patients want you to understand about breast reconstruction This post is an open letter to plastic surgeons everywhere sharing 14 things breast cancer patients want you to better understand. Not that most don’t already understand these things, but there is always an opportunity for better understanding, right?

Gratitude is not a contest. Gratitude is November’s theme. A fine theme, to be sure. But sometimes, does it seem like gratitude has been turned into some sort of contest? Do you ever feel pressure to feel gratitude in a certain way and feel badly when you don’t?

What does the American public really know about cancer? According to the second annual National Cancer Opinion Survey, maybe not as much as we all might think. The survey was commissioned by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). It was conducted by The Harris Poll this past summer, and the results may or may …