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Travel Gently

By Coping Magazine 27 Aug, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR COPING WITH CANCER, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS

I first heard the words “travel gently” at a meditation class in New York that I attended with my daughter.

Keeping Up Appearances

By Coping Magazine 06 Aug, 2017 CANCER, HOW TO COPE - SURVIVOR, SURVIVOR COPING WITH CANCER, ORAL HEAD NECK AND THYROID CANCER

Where I come from, looking good was all that mattered. In Grosse Pointe, MI, in the 1950s, what you wore to church on Sunday was more important than how you behaved during the week.

Cancer is Only the Beginning

By Coping Magazine 06 Aug, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR CHILDHOOD AND YOUNG ADULT CANCER, COPING WITH CANCER, LEUKEMIA

An acute myeloid leukemia survivor shares how he survived the cure and chose to live.

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.

Sean Swarner — Defying the Odds

By Coping Magazine 04 Jun, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR CHILDHOOD AND YOUNG ADULT CANCER, COPING WITH CANCER, HODGKINS LYMPHOMA

For two-time cancer survivor Sean Swarner, nothing’s impossible. Not even the Explorers Grand Slam.

Talking Bladder Cancer with Marilu

By Coping Magazine 21 May, 2017 CANCER, CAREGIVER, SURVIVOR BLADDER CANCER, CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS, LUNG CANCER, RELATIONSHIPS, UROLOGICAL CANCER

Marilu Henner and her husband open up about his bladder cancer, her role as caregiver, and how to talk frankly about the disease.

Lessons That Cancer Taught Me

By Coping Magazine 21 May, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR CHILDHOOD AND YOUNG ADULT CANCER, MELANOMA, OSTEOSARCOMA, SARCOMA, SKIN CANCER

This year I celebrate a special anniversary – 20 years as a cancer survivor.

I’m Not Dead Yet

By Coping Magazine 07 May, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR COLON CANCER, COPING WITH CANCER, GASTROINTESTINAL

Katie Suss, who is 15 and has a nice voice and a long history of theatrical camps, said I needed a theme song and she had just the one for me: “I’m Not Dead Yet” from Spamalot.