Learning About Lung Cancer
When it comes to lung cancer, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who didn’t know that it is linked to smoking. If you don’t want lung cancer, you don’t…
How Can You Best Support A Friend With Cancer?
What happens when someone close to you has been diagnosed with cancer? How do you find the right words to say? What is the best way to support them? And…
Cancer Trauma: How To Know If You’re At Risk and Key Strategies for Recovery
The impact of cancer extends beyond the merely physical. While treatment targets cancer specifically in the body, the experience doesn’t leave the mind, spirit or emotions untouched. The toll it…
Understanding Clinical Trials: A Jargon Buster Guide
When it comes to cancer treatment you or a loved one may be considering participating in a clinical trial as a treatment option. Clinical trials are designed to evaluate the…
Ten Things I Wish I Had Known When I was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
As soon as the first golden leaves of autumn appear on the trees a feeling of sadness starts to descend over me. I’m catapulted back over the years to a…
Is Chemobrain Real? Coping With Cancer-Related Cognitive Changes
A familiar name on the tip of your tongue, keys misplaced, a train of thought derailed in the middle of a sentence. If what I’ve just described sounds familiar, you…
5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Lung Health
The lungs provide the body with life-giving oxygen on a moment-by-moment basis while expelling carbon dioxide waste along the way. Considering how essential these tasks are, it’s no surprise that…
What You Should Know About Caregiver Burnout and How to Avoid it
Taking care of a loved one can be one of the most rewarding experiences, especially if you have had a great relationship with that loved one. While the overall involvement…
Beating Burnout: Self-Care Strategies for Patient Advocates
As patient advocates we are highly motivated to make things better for others. Our commitment and passion for the work we do can lead us to take on more activities…
Putting the Human Back in Healthcare
I recently listened to one of my favorite podcasts, “What Should I Read Next.” The premise of the podcast is the host, Anne Bogel, chats with a guest about their…
How Do You Deal With Cancer Guilt?
It may come as a surprise to those who have not experienced cancer to learn that many cancer survivors suffer a form of “survivor guilt.” Survivor guilt is most often…
Before You Share Your Cancer Diagnosis at Work
When Marybeth heard the word “cancer” she felt like the floor had fallen out from under her. She had a million questions. So many, in fact, she was too overwhelmed…