Get your affairs in order when you’re still healthy, so you can focus all your energy on getting well when you’re not .
GoFund me should not be a replacement for your rainy day fund. Your savings can literally save you.
Your personal resilience plan needs to include having health insurance and regular wellness screenings.
Create a plan for the worst-case scenario, so you and your family can have one less thing to worry about later.
Most of the time during treatment we aren’t up for big meals. Our taste buds change; they become very metallic and the foods we once loved no longer taste good, and can even make you gag. 
Ironically, a lot of the food available in the hospital does not meet the PREhab clean eating guidelines. I discovered that the food offered in the “pantry” was loaded with sugar, preservatives, and ingredients I couldn’t pronounce.
But when you’re battling cancer, it’s more important than ever to turn to good food that keeps you nourished, including:
Take care of the business of life so you can focus on what really matters.
Finding ways to ease the financial (and accompanying emotional) burdens on cancer patients and their families benefit cancer care for patients at every stage. Imagine if patients could worry less about affording their medications, and more about remembering to take them.
You know your child better than anyone, and it’s up to you to decide when, how, and what to tell your child based on their developmental level. Just keep lines of communication open and listen to your child’s concerns. Let them know it’s okay to talk and ask questions even if they feel sad or upset.
After I passed that five-year mark and entered the survivorship phase, I decided to make a career change and put the skills I had gained fighting cancer to good use.
One of the greatest challenges in facing cancer is the fact that you suddenly have a million medical details to manage (appointments, records, bills, medications) and they’re on top of all the regular-life stuff you’re already juggling. Here are some online tools to help you keep the non-cancer parts of your life functioning
Ring theory is a very simple way to understand where you are in relation to a patient and how to avoid saying the wrong things.
Fighting cancer is tough. Fighting it alone is even tougher. Asking for help is critical to getting through the journey.
Are your affairs in order? One health catastrophe is all that stands between most families and financial ruin.
Finding ways to ease the financial (and accompanying emotional) burdens on cancer patients and their families benefit cancer care for patients at every stage. Imagine if patients could worry less about affording their medications, and more about remembering to take them.
When it comes to undergoing radiation for breast cancer the trick is to minimizing skin irritation to the areas of the chest that receive radiation. Too much skin desquamation (peeling) can interrupt or shorten treatment, so it’s important to stay ahead of the game to preserve and protect the skin.
You know your child better than anyone, and it’s up to you to decide when, how, and what to tell your child based on their developmental level. Just keep lines of communication open and listen to your child’s concerns. Let them know it’s okay to talk and ask questions even if they feel sad or upset.
Cancer’s no joke, but you can’t feel bad about it all the time. Sometimes you just need to laugh in its big dumb face. Laugh till you cry and then laugh again.
I don’t believe in the God presented by organized religions, but I am certain the universe contains divine elements. And that the divine works in mysterious and surprising ways. Sometimes it even uses the telephone.
Podcasts are a great tool for cancer patients; I learned this firsthand. Just hearing how people found ways to cope always made me feel better. Listening to new episodes gave me something to look forward to each week and hearing others share similar experiences reminded me that I was not alone.
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