Cancer Truth Note: #24

Cancer Truth Note: #24 Changing your view can boost your wellbeing, physically and mentally! This is not about exercise. It can be done by most people on most days. Even if moving around is a little challenging. Get up from wherever you are chilling, step outside, and...

Cancer Truth Note: #23

Cancer Truth Note: #23 Giving and receiving is good for our mental health and wellbeing.  This original post happens to be happening on Christmas day in the U.S. a great day to talk about giving and receiving. Today I want you to think about not giving things but...

Cancer Truth Notes: #22

Cancer Truth Note: #22 Asking for help is necessary for mental health. Whether navigating a diagnosis, treatment, or the unavoidable new normal of survivorship, asking for help and being open to receiving it is important for maintaining good mental help. We all need...

Cancer Truth Notes: #21

Cancer Truth Note: #21 Physician burnout affects access to providers and patient care.  In a study published by the Mayo Clinic in September of 2022, 62.8% of U.S. physicians reported burnout in 2021 compared with 38.2% in 2020. In the same study the Mayo clinic...

Cancer Truth Notes: #20

Cancer Truth Note: #20 Doctors offices are called a practice for a reason. Expertise is earned not assigned by a title. When we go to school, we leave with a baseline of skills to build expertise upon. A friend recently was talking about what it takes to be an expert....

Cancer Truth Note: #19

Cancer Truth Note: #19 Doctors do not always have all the answers. Stop expecting them to. For decades, maybe even the last two centuries, doctors were trained to be the authority and patients were trained to do what they say, sometimes without question. This model...