Cancer Truth Note: #293 Are you feeling stuck, anxious, depressed? Try stepping outside and change your view for 10 minutes. Fresh air and a change of scenery can lift our mood. Going for a walk or...

Cancer Truth Note: #292 Question everything until you understand the WHY behind it.  If you have been reading regularly you may recall, I am a fan of the 5 WHYs. Basically, when you are working...

Cancer Truth Note: #291  Today a question to ponder a piece of your truth. When you question someone’s medical choices, do you do it with curiosity to learn why or with judgment to make the choice...

Cancer Truth Note: #290 Stop judging people's choices. Seek to understand them. Be curious.  People are weird and say insane things. Yup it is true. When this topic comes up I often get asked, “How...

Cancer Truth Note: #289 Choosing to stop treatments that are not working and make your quality of life worse is a hard choice. It is not giving up. It is a brave choice.  Deciding to stop treatment...

Cancer Truth Note: #288  Being in community with people who have been where you have been is not the same as attending a formal support group. It is better. Support groups were not for me. It could...

Cancer Truth Note: #287 Recovery is not black and white. There is what is normal and what is not ok. Short of the things that could set back physical recovery or require us to seek immediate medical...

Cancer Truth Note: #286  Just because someone says you won’t be able to do something, does not mean you can’t try. Same disclaimer as Cancer Truth #285…This does not apply to the law or specific...

Cancer Truth Note: #285 Anyone can tell you who you are and what you can do. Only you can decide they are right. As a cancer patient I found a lot of people had opinions about what we should or...