Cancer affects our feelings and impacts our emotional wellbeing, whether we are the one with the illness, family or friends. What to expect and how to cope well?
It is not unusual to have mixed feelings about reading books others write about their cancer experience. I am particularly mindful of that as a writer and also as a reader. There are times when we can do both [READ MORE]
Cancer good news stories cannot take away from an important truth. Here are 7 important points to remember. When it comes to health and illness (whether physical or mental) some good news stories and topics can divide opinions, a lot more [READ MORE]
You do not need to have cancer to sense that cancer awareness days, weeks or months can be complex, helpful, annoying, divisive and frightening. They can throw us off balance. Having been diagnosed and treated for breast cancer twice, [READ MORE]
When we are ill, we can be at our most vulnerable. We may want to be a good patient and not rock the boat, for fear of annoying those we depend on. Yet we also may want to feel [READ MORE]
Whether you are going through or have finished treatment, live with cancer, are family, a friend, a colleague or a health care professional working in the field – cancer will affect you emotionally and mentally. And this is not because [READ MORE]
Whatever our circumstances in life, metaphors can give us clarity, meaning and stability. And so, like many other people diagnosed with cancer, I used to look at my life as a cancer journey. But at some point the metaphor started to work against me. I had outgrown it. What happened? [READ MORE]
If you are affected by cancer (whether you have been diagnosed, treated, or a relative, friend), then you will know how painful it can be, when someone else dies of cancer. How can we honour the pain of the [READ MORE]
What is cancer anger? When does it happen? Who gets it? And what can you do about it? Cancer anger is a normal response to fear, despair and grief – a range of feelings which cancer brings into our lives. [READ MORE]
Cancer survivor guilt exists; it is real; I had it, too. But it is a feeling and attitude that is conditioned and not justified. Cancer survivor guilt is someone else’s anger and despair. It is not ours to take [READ MORE]
Chemo brain is one of many possible side effects of cancer treatment. Not everyone will get it, but I did. And I did not really know what to expect and how to cope. Why Chemo Brain? During cancer treatment [READ MORE]
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