Building Your Cancer Care Team

Being diagnosed with cancer can feel isolating. Relationships will change, boundaries will need to be set, and you will feel a plethora of emotions that you will come to cope with. This post serves as a guide to some of the resources available to you to add to your cancer care team. Through all of...

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International Childhood Cancer Day

February 15 marks International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD). On this day, the global cancer community recognizes ICCD in a collaborative campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer. In addition, the campaign encourages all to express support for children with cancer, survivors of childhood...

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Coping With Emotions During Cancer

Last month, we covered some of the most commonly experienced emotions associated with receiving and living with a cancer diagnosis. Now, as part two, let’s go over some methods to get through those emotions. Express Your Emotions Don’t bottle up your emotions. It is important...

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Emotions that Follow a Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer affects your mental health by stirring up a wide range of emotions within yourself, many of which you may not be used to dealing with. At any stage after receiving a cancer diagnosis, you might experience times of distress, most commonly experienced as a combination of disbelief, fear,...

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