Cancer Truth Note: #90 A cancer diagnosis can remove your tolerance for nonsense.  Just like reimaging what your life looks like and choosing to live it differently, so many cancer survivors have no...

Cancer Truth Note: #89 People ask cancer survivors the craziest questions.  I heard some doozies. One person asked me if I was going to exercise more. That was fun. The biggest theme was around...

Cancer Truth Note: #88 A cancer diagnosis causes people to reimagine their life choices. This is one, I think everyone can relate to though not always straight away. I have talked with lots of...

Cancer Truth Note: #87 People you thought would show up to support you disappear and people you didn’t know cared at all show up in big ways.  This is one of those tough truths we are likely to deal...

Cancer Truth Note: #86 When people had strong reactions to learning I had cancer, it never had anything to do with me, it was a projection of their bias or experience with the word cancer. The World...

Cancer Truth Note: #85 Cancer tumors can be painful. I hear this from breast cancer survivors a LOT. The doctor told me I had nothing to worry about, the lump was painful and cancer tumors are not...

Cancer Truth Note: #84 Do you use the five whys? If you are avoiding a scan, a checkup, personal interactions, certain kinds of movement, fill in the thing you are avoiding at all costs, asking why...

Cancer Truth Note: #83 Everyone experiences pain differently. We have all been asked the question, “what is your pain on a scale of 1 to 10, where one is super happy no pain and ten is a crying...

Cancer Truth Note: #82 The fear of potential pain can evoke a stronger emotional reaction than actual pain; Resulting in avoidance of activities or movement you think might lead to pain.   Whether...