All posts in CANCER

Sexuality and the Woman with Cancer

By Coping Magazine 16 Jul, 2017 CANCER, UNDERSTANDING CANCER COPING WITH CANCER, SEXUALITY

Female sexuality is complex and multifaceted. In the past, researchers have described the sexual response cycle using a linear model consisting of five phases.

4 Things Every Survivor Should Know about Cancer Rehabilitation

By Coping Magazine 09 Jul, 2017 CANCER, HEALTHY LIVING, HOW TO COPE - SURVIVOR COPING WITH CANCER, REHABILITATION

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with cancer, there’s a good chance – scientifically speaking – that rehabilitation can help improve your daily function.

Nourishing Your Emotional Health during Breast Cancer

By Coping Magazine 02 Jul, 2017 CANCER, HEALTHY LIVING, HOW TO COPE - SURVIVOR COPING WITH CANCER, EMOTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL

There’s no doubt about it; a cancer diagnosis – of any kind – has a way of challenging your emotional well-being.

Collateral Damage

By Coping Magazine 02 Jul, 2017 CANCER, SIDE EFFECTS, UNDERSTANDING CANCER CANCER TREATMENT, COPING WITH CANCER

Dry, itchy skin. Yellow, cracked nails. Cancer treatment can do a number on your skin and nails.

Tackling Cancer-Related Fatigue

By Coping Magazine 23 Jun, 2017 CANCER, SIDE EFFECTS, UNDERSTANDING CANCER COPING WITH CANCER, FATIGUE

Fatigue is one of the most prevalent and troubling side effects cancer survivors face, both during treatment and after treatment ends.

Advice for My Teenage Self

By Coping Magazine 23 Jun, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA, BLOOD AND BONE MARROW CANCER, COPING WITH CANCER, LEUKEMIA

Seven things I would tell the girl diagnosed with cancer at age sixteen.

Grief

By Coping Magazine 18 Jun, 2017 CANCER, HOW TO COPE - SURVIVOR COPING WITH CANCER, GRIEF

It’s more than just a feeling – it’s a process. It is grief.

A Husband’s Journey Through a Double Mastectomy

By Coping Magazine 18 Jun, 2017 CANCER, CAREGIVER BREAST CANCER, CANCER TREATMENT

Tips on coping, supporting your wife, and what the doctors don’t tell you.

When Cancer Comes Calling

By Coping Magazine 12 Jun, 2017 CANCER, HOW TO COPE - SURVIVOR COPING WITH CANCER, GRATITUDE, WRITING

Choosing gratitude in any circumstance and using it as a source of meaning, hope, and strength.

Coping with Bladder Cancer

By Coping Magazine 12 Jun, 2017 CANCER, UNDERSTANDING CANCER BLADDER CANCER, COPING WITH CANCER, UROLOGICAL CANCER

Understanding your diagnosis and treatment plan and communicating with your healthcare team.

The 5 Rules of Cancer Caregiving

By Coping Magazine 04 Jun, 2017 CANCER, CAREGIVER COPING WITH CANCER

Although I’d like to tell you these are the five definitive rules for all cancer caregivers, the truth is that there really is no rulebook for this experience.