Cancer Truth Notes: #250

Cancer Truth Note: #250 Belated celebration of International Flat Day! Choosing to go flat after mastectomy surgery is a good and valid option. The more we talk about it the more we normalize it.  Reconstruction is a big topic among breast cancer survivors. I was...

Cancer Truth Notes: #249

Cancer Truth Note: #249 Remembering that people are weird and share their weirdness with others, the kids in our lives need to know it is ok to share what people say to them, so that they can separate fact from other people’s fears or fictions. When we talk...

Cancer Truth Notes: #248

Cancer Truth Note: #248  Kids say the darndest things. They also repeat the comments of the adults in their life. If a kid has a family member with cancer there is no telling what comments they may hear from other kids.  It happens. When you hear a kid with an...

Cancer Truth Notes: #247

Cancer Truth Note: #247 Children pick up more than we may think they do. They may also be more resilient than we give them credit for.   In Cancer Truth #236, we were talking about the pros and cons of telling kids about a cancer diagnosis. Here is the thing. kids are...

Cancer Truth Notes: #246

Cancer Truth Note: #246 How and when you share information about cancer with your kids is a personal choice. What do you think, tell your kids or not tell them?  When, if, and how you share your cancer diagnosis is very personal. Everyone has a different approach....