Cancer Truth Note: #156 Managing neuropathy or chronic pain can be overwhelming. Without effective tools to manage it, anxiety and depression may sneak up on us. Chronic pain is an invisible...

Cancer Truth Note: #155 It is ok to tell people who are not experiencing your side effects what your truth is. Don’t let their discomfort or lack of understanding that the end of treatment isn’t the...

Cancer Truth Note: #154 Saying your fears out loud can take away their power. Yesterday I shared how our brain can try to protect us and unintentionally keep us stuck. When I was sitting on the side...

Cancer Truth Note: #153 Sometimes the voices in our head, with the very good intentions of keeping us safe, are actually keeping us stuck.  Have you ever noticed this? Often we may not even know...

Cancer Truth Note: #152 Changing your scenery and adding some play for 5 minutes can shift your mood.  For the past several days I have been posting about how sneaky depression can be. One of the...

Cancer Truth Note: #150 Anxiety, agitation or restlessness can exist on their own, be the result of a longer than expected recovery period or may be a sign of depression.  So many of the things we...

Cancer Truth Note: #149 Fixating on past mistakes may be an effort to find reasons for a cancer diagnosis or it may be a sign of depression.  Often when receiving a cancer diagnosis there is a...

Cancer Truth Note: #148 Unusual emotional responses to everyday situations may be a sign of depression or another condition entirely.  I know many people who have experienced this differently....

Cancer Truth Note: #147 Not answering the phone, not calling friends back, and not responding to text messages may be a need for space or a sign of depression.   In episode 76 of Unspoken Cancer...