Cancer Truth Notes: #30

Cancer Truth Note: #30 Every day is a new opportunity to try again. Today happens to be New Years Day. We often link the new year to setting goals. Here is truth, every day is an opportunity to set a new goal or try a new form of exercise or reconnect with an old...

Cancer Truth Notes: #29

Cancer Truth Note: #29 Getting moving again, after cancer treatment or during it, might look like starting over. Be bold, take the first step. Getting moving again is HARD. Treatment is challenging, getting moving, maybe again or for the first time can be tricky. For...

Cancer Truth Notes: #28

Cancer Truth Note: #28 Should is someone else’s priority. I heard them all when I was diagnosed with cancer. You should eat more kale, switch to a raw diet, exercise more…. Really, I needed to exercise more? There are things we WANT to do and things we NEED to do....

Cancer Truth Notes: #27

Cancer Truth Note: #27 It seems far more common for people to talk about what didn’t work or about what they don’t like related to a cancer journey. When acceptance blends with success, those wins rarely get a mention. Shortly after my reconstruction was finished, I...

Cancer Truth Notes: #26

Cancer Truth Note: #26 Humans are not one feeling or state of being. – Depression and anxiety can coexist in a human on a human day with happiness and curiosity.  None of us are only made up of one feeling or state of being. I shared 5 areas of psychosocial...

Cancer Truth Notes: #25

Cancer Truth Note: #25 These are ALL COMMON long or late occurring side effects of cancer treatment for survivors and family members. Depression, anxiety, fear of recurrence, difficulty returning to work, and post-traumatic stress. This was part of a New England...