Coping with Cancer
A wide variety of professionals share their knowledge and experience in easy-to-read, relevant articles, and patients, caregivers, and survivors share their strategies for coping with cancer.
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Cancer Lessons
Jim Hunter, pictured here with his youngest grandson I’m not sure of the exact wording, but it was something along these lines: “Your scans look...
For Cancer Survivors: Three Keys to Becoming Resilient
The day I became a person with cancer, my life shifted. I found myself embodied anew in a world of uncertainty and unknowing. All of...
How to Own Your Sexuality in the Face of Cancer
Cancer treatment may change the way you experience your sexuality. It may change the way you sexually respond. It may even alter the sexual dynamic...
Wrestling with Cancer
David Gillaspie Cancer survivorship and the sport of wrestling have at least one thing in common – there are some things you get into that you...
How Expressive Writing Can Help You Heal
Whether you’ve just received the diagnosis, you’re in the midst of treatment, or you’re acclimating to post-treatment life, cancer can impose a great deal of...
Here’s What I Know about Coping with Cancer
Melanie Stachelski When I talk to people who are coping with the turmoil of a cancer diagnosis, I have so much I want to share...
Composing a New Normal
My relationship to music is a major part of my identity. I started playing violin when I was eight years old, and, as I could,...
The Power of Hope
Dr. Wendy Harpham Being diagnosed with a type of cancer with no known cure can leave a person feeling hopeless. I felt that firsthand when...
Communities to Recognize Cancer Survivors, Raise Awareness on National Cancer Survivors Day® — Sunday, June 3
On National Cancer Survivors Day® – Sunday, June 3, 2018 – cancer survivors and supporters in communities around the world will come together to celebrate...
Get Your Camera Ready!
FIVE TIPS FOR TAKING AMAZING PHOTOS OF YOUR SURVIVORS DAY CELEBRATION Coping® with Cancer magazine is featuring local National Cancer Survivors Day events in the July/August...
Tend to Your Spirit
Merriam-Webster’s first definition of the word heal is “to make sound or whole.” So when we talk about healing, we have to address all the...
Quitting Smoking after a Cancer Diagnosis
Why quit smoking after you’ve been diagnosed with cancer? The damage is already done, right? Isn’t it too late to worry about quitting now? Besides,...
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