I can’t remember when I started reading the obituaries. I didn’t even turn to that page before I got cancer. During treatment, the newspaper was a welcome distraction and I actually read it...
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New Year’s Resolutions For Survivors |
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It’s that time of year. Time to make resolutions for 2007! All the routine ones are boring and overused: Lose weight. Work out. Clean out the closets. Be nicer to____(fill in the blank with my...
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Letting Cancer Patients Take Control |
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Thanksgiving has long been my favorite holiday. Kitchen aromas fill the house. My grandmother's best china is brought down from the top shelf. The day is both exhausting and fulfilling. For me, it is...
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How we deal with cancer is half the battle |
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I can't remember when I started reading the obituaries. I didn't even turn to that page before I got cancer. During treatment, the newspaper was a welcome distraction, and I actually read it instead...
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How do you talk to a cancer patient? |
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How do you talk to a cancer patient? A question I am asked almost daily. Usually, it comes from the patient in stirrups in the exam room. “Doctor, can I ask you something personal? “ My mind...
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I've never been a hard-bodied beauty, even at my most fit. I could train for a marathon for months and still boast cellulite and jiggly inner thighs. But, I knew I'd done my best and would proudly...
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Cancer: Mountain or Molehill? |
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With school just back in session, mornings in my house are still not running smoothly. I try to get the four kids up and showered, get their lunches packed, and put their roller backpacks in the car...
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For every black cancer cloud, there's always a silver lining |
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Of all the things I mourn after being treated for cancer, I miss not having the keen senses I did before chemotherapy.
It isn't all bad. Before cancer, I could smell a dirty diaper on someone...
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Cancer and the meditation misfit |
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When I was first diagnosed with cancer, I started reading volumes about alternative treatments. Not that I was going to skip my surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, but I wanted to complement it...
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