Cancer Truth Notes: #320

Cancer Truth Note: #320 No matter what is going on, try to lead with kindness.  We never know what someone is going through.  A smile. A kind word. Can go a long way to improve someone’s day and smiling is shown to boost your mood as well. How can you spread...

Cancer Truth Notes: #319

Cancer Truth Note: #319 Research shows that it takes 3 positive interactions to offset 1 negative interaction.  Know if you had a bad experience with a doctor, nurse, random person… it is normal to be apprehensive the next time you encounter them, or maybe even the...

Cancer Truth Notes: #318

Cancer Truth Note: #316  Loss hurts. No matter how prepared you think you are for it.   Seven years ago, in the middle of my chemo, on September 10th we lost my grandmother at 100.5 years old. She lived a long, interesting life, and she was ready to move on. It...

Cancer Truth Notes: #317

Cancer Truth Note: #317 You don’t really know what someone else is going through unless you ask. If you ask, be ready to really hear the response.    We are not all fine or good or whatever canned response you may offer all the time. Sometimes we couldn’t be better...

Cancer Truth Notes: #316

Cancer Truth Note: #316  With a lifetime risk for breast cancer related lymphedema, it is best to avoid blood draws, blood pressure checks, vaccines or IVs in your affected arm. While these may not cause lymphedema, they can turn a low level lymphedema into a more...