Cancer Truth Note: #311 Art therapy is a popular cancer survivorship activity. In fact research shows doing something creative every day can boost your overall feeling of well being. A New Zealand...

Cancer Truth Note: #310 There are A LOT of adjectives to describe a cancer diagnosis! Those adjectives do not define you. No one thinks a cancer diagnosis is great. Usually there are a lot of...

Cancer Truth Note: #309 The process of diagnosis can be slow, scary, and frustrating. ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE. Diagnosis is a difficult time. A process that leaves you waiting for appointments...

Cancer Truth Note: #308 The more we share our stories, the more we share our gifts and learn from the gifts of others.    In cancer truth #307 I mentioned the invisible gifts that we all have. Those...

Cancer Truth Note: #307 Your gifts, much like your habits, are often invisible to you. What seems obvious or easy for you may be HARD for someone else.   There are the gifts of a circumstance and...

Cancer Truth Note: #306  Every circumstance comes with a gift. Even if you cannot see it yet!  Truly every circumstance. Some may take years to see the gift in them. If you look, the gifts are...

Cancer Truth Note: #305  A LOT of breast cancer survivors HATE pink! True story. I have never been a big fan of pink, I am more of an autumn it just isn’t my color. A couple of years ago I was...

Cancer Truth Note: #304 Screening, Screening, Screening… If you are overdue for a check up, well woman exam, colonoscopy, mammogram, cardiologist or some other specialist appointment, STOP what you...

Cancer Truth Note: #303 We can strongly disagree and still be friends. Right?  One of the things I appreciated about Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was their friendship. When...