Cancer Truth Notes: #315

Cancer Truth Note: #315 Breast cancer survivors who have surgery, chemo, and/or radiation have a lifetime risk for breast cancer related lymphedema. If you had 2 or more of these treatments your risk is estimated at 40% or higher.   These comments today look a lot...

Cancer Truth Notes: #314

Cancer Truth Note: #314 Cancer survivors who had lymph nodes removed or radiation treatment could be at risk for lymphedema. Ask your medical team for a baseline screening.   I am often asked, “What do I do if I have never been screened?” It is never too late to get...

Cancer Truth Notes: #313

Cancer Truth Note: #313 You don’t know what you don’t know. Sometimes what we think we know changes as we learn more. This is even more true as it relates to cancer. Treatments are constantly improving. How we stage cancers and the treatment recommendations can also...

Cancer Truth Notes: #312

Cancer Truth Note: #312 Words, colors, symbols, songs, places, etc can all be triggers for memories. Some good, some not. I mentioned recently that breast cancer survivors may be triggered by the color pink. I had a professor recently who was raised in a communist...

Cancer Truth Notes: #311

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 study published in the Journal of Positive Psychology in November of...