Cancer Truth Note: #137 Fear of recurrence can be a strong motivator or demotivator, depending on your action style.   In cancer truth 128 I talked about preferences. How much information do you...

Cancer Truth Note: #136 Chronic pain can increase fears of recurrence.  Since we do not always know how common chronic pain is and the fact that this can be random and lifelong, when we continue to...

Cancer Truth Note: #135 Chronic pain resulting from surgery does not always need to be solved with more surgery. Alternative treatment modalities like massage therapy and acupuncture may be more...

Cancer Truth Note: #134 Chronic pain is a common long term effect of cancer treatments.  Several years ago our vet learned that she had the BRCA gene. She decided to have surgery to reduce her risks...

Cancer Truth Note: #133 Hair grows back. (Except eyebrows, can anyone tell me why these seem to not come back the same?)  I feel like I am saying some potentially unpopular things this week. It is...

Cancer Truth Note: #132 Cancer can impact our identity.  The language around survivorship is interesting. The recognized term is survivor, then we have thrivers, fighters, etc. Everyone has feelings...

Cancer Truth Note: #131 Everyone loves a drama llama.  This is a fact. The success of the bachelor and the bachelorette is living proof. Everyone loves the drama llama. I often see on social media,...

Cancer Truth Note: #130 Living through a cancer diagnosis and treatment comes with trauma for patients AND their loved ones. It is physical trauma.  It is a mental trauma.  It is emotional trauma....

Cancer Truth Note: #128 Doctors do their best to navigate everyone’s preferences. Tell them how much information you want to make their job a little easier. Everyone is different. People come in all...