Wellness
Thank You Child Life Specialists
March is National Child Life Specialist month. If you were treated in pediatrics, you know these specialists are angels in disguise.
Read More...Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
What we put in our bodies can have a major impact on how we feel throughout treatment, so it’s important to think of good nutrition as part of your treatment plan, and to make it a priority.
Read More...Mom’s 6 Tips: Staying Well During Cancer Treatment
We know that a cancer diagnoses is incredibly stressful and frightening. A person’s emotions are usually over the top – and yet, we know that in order to survive this horrible ordeal the patient needs physical and emotional nourishment while in treatment.
Read More...Raising Your Energy Level (and adding spoons!)
Have you ever heard of the spoon theory? Look it up- it’s incredible. It’s a simplified way of telling the non-cancer world that we have limited time and energy to spend with them as even the simplest daily tasks like a shower will use up our finite number of spoons.
Read More...4 Steps to Stay Ahead of Flu Season
Meet Jen Anand. Every week Jen will be providing a new tip or two on approaching life during and after cancer to help inspire others. Jen was diagnosis with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in January 2012, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatments for 8 months. Jen is now a survivor and just celebrated her 5 year anniversary […]
Read More...Have You Heard Of Chemo Dates?
Having young adult cancer can definitely put a crimp in your dating life. If you thought dating as a young adult was hard, add in loss of hair, other body changes, fatigue, and everything else cancer brings into the mix and you’ve got an emotionally complicated situation. Everyone deals with this in a different way.
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