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Potential Cancer Cure (c) KarinSieger.com

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Potential cancer cures – do you get excited?

11th February 2019 Karin Sieger

How do you feel hearing about potential cancer cures? Many claims are made. And I don’t want to single out any one in particular here. As someone living with cancer, I want to talk about what it’s like hearing about potential cancer cures. I [READ MORE]

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Talking about cancer diagnosis – is it ok with you?

9th February 2019 Karin Sieger

Talking about cancer diagnosis – Helpful, or not? What to do? Many people affected by cancer struggle with how to communicate about what is happening. When is the right time? How do you do it? Do you tell everybody [READ MORE]

Health Anxiety - Why false hope is worse than no hope (c) KarinSieger.com

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Health anxiety – Why giving false hope is worse than no hope

23rd January 2019 Karin Sieger

Health anxiety is normal and often part and parcel of serious health issue. Being able to separate the real from the unreal – that’s what matters. Often people give us false hope, because they think it can help with health anxiety. [READ MORE]

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Should you celebrate when someone else is seriously ill?

25th December 2018 Karin Sieger

When someone close to you is seriously ill, then it can feel like your own life is on hold. But some responsibilities and events do not stop. What to do, when fear, guilt, uncertainty and life collide? 1. What [READ MORE]

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Chemo brain explained: What is it? Symptoms? Coping?

4th December 2018 Karin Sieger

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]

About Therapy

What’s the use of cancer counselling?

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

Cancer affects the whole person – physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I firmly believe in the role therapy can play in an integrated approach to cancer treatment. However, it is not uncommon for people (with or with no cancer) to [READ MORE]

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Cancer infertility and middle age

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

Cancer infertility can happen as a side effect of cancer treatment, regardless of your gender. What if cancer infertility happens at a time in our lives, when due to age, we may have already decided not to have any [READ MORE]

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How a change to my LinkedIn profile helped with the way I feel about cancer and myself

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

Whether you are on LinkedIn, or not, you and I, we have something in common. We are statistics and we experience crises in our lives. What I did with my LinkedIn profile tells how I dealt with a crisis and [READ MORE]

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One minute you are ok, the next helpless and frail: Coping with sudden life-changing illness or injury

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

Every day I walk past a bridge, and every day it reminds me to take nothing for granted, especially my health. Because there was a time, when in a matter of weeks I had physically and mentally aged, unable [READ MORE]

Cancer Self Exam Anxiety (c) KarinSieger.com

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Cancer self exam anxiety is real. What to do?

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

How to overcome cancer self exam anxiety? Self examining our breasts, skin, testicles, poo – it is all talked about and it makes sense, but why do we find it difficult to follow the advice? Whether you have been [READ MORE]