Cancer Truth Notes: #80

Cancer Truth Note: #80 It is normal to feel anxiety and/or fear when facing routine scans, screenings and medical tests.    This is likely not a surprise when it comes to screenings for the cancer we had. What I did not expect was the anxiety that I experience with...

Cancer Truth Notes: #79

Cancer Truth Note: #79 Parents struggle with the news that their child, of any age, has cancer.  Today would have been my grandmother’s 107th birthday. She lived to be 100.5, a good long, full life. I cannot believe that later this year will be seven years since...

Cancer Truth Notes: #78

Cancer Truth Note: #78 Memory and the brain are funny things, especially when it comes to the memory of physical pain or trauma.  A very strange thing happened a few hours after I woke up from my bilateral mastectomy surgery. The tech had come into my room to see if I...

Cancer Truth Notes: #77

Cancer Truth Note: #77 Physical Therapy consults are NOT common for cancer survivors.   If you are not back to 100% 6 to 8 weeks post surgery ask for a physical therapy consult. Many years ago when I was recovering from a car accident injury my orthopedic surgeon told...

Cancer Truth Notes: #76

Cancer Truth Note: #76 Self advocacy is YOUR JOB as a cancer survivor! Know your long term risks. As a breast cancer survivor and movement specialist I have experienced this challenge first hand and seen it in action with my clients and friends. You know your body...