The Cancer Truth notes are here to highlight those truths  we survivors and caregivers are facing every day, but no one is talking about. Let’s make the leap from surviving to thriving together, even on those days you might just want to stay in bed! Participate in the conversation in the Facebook group Surviving is JUST the Beginning or on Instagram.

Cancer Truth Notes: #211

Cancer Truth Notes: #211

Cancer Truth Note: #211 If the quality of your sleep is poor, it does not matter how many hours of sleep you are getting. I mentioned yesterday that since my surgery, I am working on getting to bed...

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Cancer Truth Notes: #210

Cancer Truth Notes: #210

Cancer Truth Note: #210 If you cannot get enough sleep, due to the impacts of treatment, you cannot function at your best. Following my recent surgery I was having trouble sleeping. Which made...

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Cancer Truth Notes: #209

Cancer Truth Notes: #209

Cancer Truth Note: #209 Treatments can impact hormones and sleep. There are a lot of things about cancer survivorship that can disrupt our sleep. You may not even consider that treatments impact on...

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Cancer Truth Notes: #208

Cancer Truth Notes: #208

Cancer Truth Note: #208 Challenge is in the eye of the beholder. We all come to a situation with varying perspectives. Hard for one person may be easy for another. It is impossible to tell from the...

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Cancer Truth Notes: #207

Cancer Truth Notes: #207

Cancer Truth Note: #207 Taking the extra time to listen to patients, really hear their concerns, and educate them on what to expect or what the next steps might be saves doctors TIME and patients...

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Cancer Truth Notes: #206

Cancer Truth Notes: #206

Cancer Truth Note: #206 How we make decisions after cancer may not be how we made decisions before cancer. I do not have children, I am guessing this manner of decision making may not be that...

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Cancer Truth Notes #205

Cancer Truth Notes #205

Cancer Truth Note: #205 Who you are before cancer is NOT who you are after cancer. This is just a fact, no matter how much we would like to think that we go through treatment and go back to being...

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Cancer Truth Notes: #204

Cancer Truth Notes: #204

Cancer Truth Note: #204 Listening to your body when it whispers so it doesn’t scream is even more important when you are in a phase of healing. Our body gives us all kinds of alerts depending on the...

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Cancer Truth Notes: #203

Cancer Truth Notes: #203

Cancer Truth Note: #203 Downtime is less enjoyable when it feels like it is forced on us. Can you relate? I require a minimum of one day of downtime a week, guilt free. However, when I was forced...

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