Knowing in advance can help you prepare, or it can overwhelm you. What do you wish you had known?
Category: Insights
Coping Insights
The Victim and the Guilty Survivor
Finding the balance between control and acceptance helps us deal with somewhat predictable cancer emotions.
Testing Your Way to Treatment Success
Often the benefits of participating in a clinical trial outweigh the downsides. But how do you know?
The Trouble with Intimacy
Maintaining intimacy is hard enough without cancer, but throw in a little anxiety, surgery and treatment side effects...
Coping with Cancer in the Age of COVID
Coping with cancer is never easy. Here are some ways to counteract the added stress of COVID
Heartache and Sorrow
Loss is an intrinsic part of the cancer experience, bringing with it, heartache and sorrow.
Straight Talk About Cancer
Metaphors shape our conversation and emotions around cancer.
Palliative, Supportive and Hospice Care
A scary name keeps us from getting the support we need and deserve.
Double Whammy
Coping with cancer is hard enough, but we have to deal with the high cost of treatment too.
Why Me?
Understanding the recipe for cancer can shed some light on the question we all want answered.
Getting the Right Care
Partnering with your medical team helps you get the best care.
What’s Your Coping Style?
Coping is hard. Trying new ways to think and act can help you learn what works for you.
You Are Not Alone
Panic, fear of death, stress, anxiety, a sense of isolation and depression are common cancer emotions.
The Chemistry Experiment in Your Brain
Changes in brain chemistry contribute to the emotional turmoil of cancer. But you can quiet the storm.
Caregivers Get Cancer Too
Cancer caregivers experience complex emotions when caring for a loved one. Learn what to expect and how to help yourself be a better caregiver.
Finding Resiliency
Resilience is a muscle built by practice. Here are some things you can try to strengthen your resiliency.
Breast Cancer is Bad for your (Mental) Health
Anxiety and depression are common side effects of breast cancer, but not commonly addressed
“Alternative” is No Alternative
Alternative medicine is no cure for cancer. But complementary and integrative care can help.