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Radical Remissions: Cancer Survivors Who Defy the Odds
Editor’s Note: Roxanne Nelson is a freelance journalist for Medscape Oncology. This blog post first appeared July 8, 2014 Medscape Oncology which owns the copyright to the post. By Roxanne Nelson According to statistics, Lola Baltzell should have died 3 years ago. Instead, she celebrated the fifth anniversary of her diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer…
Journaling: A Starter Kit for Patients, Survivors and Caregivers
By David Tabatsky Whether you call it expressive writing, journaling or keeping a diary, writing about one’s deepest thoughts and feelings can be a therapeutic tool for those struggling with cancer. A research study in The Oncologist medical journal found that patients who participated in a single 20-minute writing session improved their outlook on cancer…
CancerForward Survivor Stories: Everyone Has a Wonderful Story, But How To Tell It?
Editor’s Note: Lisa Gualtieri, PhD, ScM, is Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine. She teaches Online Consumer Health, Social Media and Health, Mobile Health Design (online), and Digital Strategies for Health Communication. This post first appeared on February 19, 2014 on her blog on…
I Never Wanted To Be a Cancer Expert, But Then My Wife Got Sick. A Caregiver’s Tale.
Editor’s Note: Saul Schwartz is a labor and employment attorney who lives in Maryland. This blog post first appeared February 17, 2014 in The Washington Post which owns the copyright to the post. By Saul Schwartz It was my wife’s first colonoscopy; it turned out to be the only one she ever had. She was…
Cancer, Redefined: ‘Survivor’
By Rick Boulay, MD Editor’s Note: A board-certified gynecologic oncologist, Dr. Boulay blogs regularly at Journey Through Cancer. This blog first appeared February 26, 2013 on HuffPost and was re-published by its author on CancerForward. Sur-vi-vor, noun [ser-vahy-ver]: a person who continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition, hardship, or setbacks. As we…
Laugh Yourself Well
By Rev. Susan Sparks Editor’s Note: Portions of this blog are excerpted from “Laugh Your Way to Grace: Reclaiming the Spiritual Power of Humor,” 2010 by Rev. Susan Sparks. Permission granted by SkyLight Paths Publishing Woodstock, VT. “Is this going to take long?” I asked the nurse. I needed to know, because I had wedged…
Remember to Sing in the Lifeboats
By Heather Millar Editor’s Note: The following blog article first appeared December 19, 2012 in “Cancer Realities: From Diagnosis and Treatment to Remission and Survival” on WebMD. ©2012, WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved. The headline above is a quote from “Anonymous,” one of my favorites from that prolific author. I’ve been thinking a lot about…
What Is A Survivor’s Role in Survivorship Care Planning and Why Is It Important
By Tayla Salz, PhD I am a researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and I am interested in determining if cancer survivors get the information they need to get the best possible health care after they finish cancer treatment. After finishing cancer treatment, many cancer survivors become lost in the medical system….