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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Catch Those Zzz’s
Everyone needs a good night of sleep – and on a regular basis. Both good quantity and good quality sleep are essential for good health. The...
Am I Lucky?
Michelle Burleigh The 10-year survival rate for acute promyelocytic leukemia is 80 to 90 percent. This is what I was told when I was diagnosed...
How Mindfulness Can Help You Reclaim Your Life After Cancer
As a clinical psychologist, I have had the privilege of introducing thousands of cancer survivors and their family members to mindfulness meditation over the last...
Transform Your Hurt into Healing
“Why did this happen to me?” At some point during your cancer experience, you will ask this question. You may ask it aloud of one of...
Take Control of the Cancer Conversation
As cancer survivors, we’ve all had at least one “bad” conversation. One in which we reveal our cancer diagnosis and receive • False empathy: “I know...
Finding Calm in the Midst of Chaos
A cancer diagnosis is almost always unexpected. The words “You have cancer” understandably provoke feelings of fear and confusion, and a sea of questions floods...
Coping® Magazine’s Guide to Lodging Assistance
Some housing facilities provide a home-like environment for cancer survivors and their families.There are several reasons why people with cancer and their families may decide...
With Thanksgiving and Resilience
I was diagnosed with cancer in late January 2015. Three tiny vaginal blood droplets were the single symptom alerting me to this emerging health scare....
Expert Advice For Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Cancer is a difficult experience for anyone to go through. But coping with the overwhelm, stress, and raw emotions that a cancer diagnosis and treatment...
8 Tips to Make the Most of the Holidays
The holiday season can be a wonderful time of year, filled with cherished traditions and quality time spent with loved ones. However, the holidays can...
Lung Cancer Packs a Psychological Punch
The diagnosis of lung cancer is a stressful and life-changing event for the person diagnosed, and for their entire family, with psychological, social, and emotional...
How to Cope with Endometrial Cancer
The experience of being diagnosed with endometrial cancer and undergoing cancer treatment will affect your life in many ways. It may change the way you...
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