Psychosocial

As we celebrate the holidays, wish lists are made for gifts. I have a wish list for cancer.

Making peace with radiation can be a challenge, even if high doses of targeted radiation can silence cancer cells. It took me almost two weeks to tame the beast of fear. What have you done to trick yourself into handling difficult situations during cancer treatment?

Here are the top 5 CURE stories for December 2018.

It's the approach we take when handling trauma in our life that can make all the difference.

Whenever I thought about my brother and his death, I used to feel tremendous survivor's guilt. He never knew he had Lynch syndrome when he was diagnosed with colon cancer.

When bad things happen to friends we care about, we often stand in silence because we don't know what to say.

It's not the actual hand we are dealt when live throws us a curve. It's how we play it.

A person’s relationship with food can change after a cancer diagnosis, stirring up feelings of anxiety. A recent seminar discussed strategies that can help.

Instead of fighting the roadblocks that cancer can prevent, what would happen if we embraced them?

I try so hard to be positive, but in the back of my mind, I am constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop, for my blood counts to worsen, for the results of the next bone marrow biopsy to be haywire, for the chemo with its side effects to be administered, intensified or changed.

People with cancer who subscribe to a strong spiritual belief system report a better ability to cope.

Winter Storm Diego delivered two things... three days off from work and a set of clean scans!

There are methods to cope with ongoing cancer research and worry.

When I was diagnosed with a hereditary cancer syndrome, I had feelings of death anxiety.

Four years' worth of high-stakes scans have made me an expert in four excellent ways to ease intense anxiety.

Once you or someone you love has been diagnosed with something big, the times between scans become sacred in-between times where you do your best to live in light of the ever-changing circumstances of your body. Sometimes that can be a time full of fear, but others it is a time full of hope.

Feelings of sadness and depression are common among those affected by cancer, but there may be another reason behind those feelings.

Emotions are not an either/or proposition when it comes to metastatic cancer.

The challenge of caring for yourself and your child while dealing with cancer is daunting.

A new television show, as well as a recent CURE campaign, gave insight to life with cancer.

I would tune out or give an unsympathetic nod when I would hear people talk about anxiety because I didn't understand what it really was or how paralyzing it could be. That was until I got cancer.

Forgiveness is more than just words, it's feelings. Learning how to forgive others can help us in our cancer journey as well.

A smartphone app helped significantly reduce pain and hospital visits for patients with metastatic solid tumors.

When I was first diagnosed, I searched for the stories that would give me hope in the darkness that surrounded me. Seven years later, I continue to pay it forward by putting my own story out there for the next person who needs it to find.

We all have our cracks, and cancer provides a huge one. Perhaps for the first time ever, we present (and look) weak, vulnerable, sick and needing to ask others for help.

Here are some tips on coping with the disease that seems to affect us all.

Here are the top 5 CURE stories for October 2018.

Cancer can affect all areas of life, in both good and bad ways.