Even when we are in the best of physical health, our minds can be filled with negative thoughts about the future and the past, obscuring the present moment. How often do you find yourself worrying about something that hasn’t even happened, or that happened long ago? Try keeping track over the course … [Read more...] about You Are Not Your Cancer by Paul Brenner M.D., Ph.D.
I Am with You
Forming Attachments, Near and Far
by Susan Gubar Although we reside sixty miles apart and will never visit each other’s homes, if I am frightened or fraught by a fever or ache, I email her with confidence that she will advise me. I know next to nothing about Alesha’s personal life, but I feel deeply grateful and connected to … [Read more...] about Forming Attachments, Near and Far
Got Cancer: Now What?
by Paige Davis There is really nothing that can prepare you for a cancer diagnosis. It is a shocking and momentary devastation that is overwhelming on so many different levels — physically, emotionally, and spiritually. But perhaps the greatest challenge is identifying the immediate … [Read more...] about Got Cancer: Now What?
With Immense Gratitude
The Cancer Centers listed below have placed I Am With You in new patient binders, at the bedsides of hospitalized patients, in the infusion and radiation centers, the anxiety-provoking waiting rooms, the libraries, and in the gift shops. University of California Helen Diller Family Comprehensive … [Read more...] about With Immense Gratitude
More Love Letters
More Love Letters to Cancer Patients to come from John Smith Annie Sprinkle Dr. Jerome Freedman Aenea M. Keyes Elana Rosenbaum Allison W. Gryphon Rachel Naomi Remen Sue Glader Molly Ivins Sophia Kercher Terri White Tate Marcy Westerling Mark Garza Aisling Carroll Cindy Finch Leslie … [Read more...] about More Love Letters
The Art of Falling
by Steven Baum I know how to fall. I realized this in midair. After a year of training for a triathlon, and just days before the race, I crashed my bike at 40 mph into the side of a crossing pickup truck. Doctors and nurses were all shocked that I survived. They repeatedly told me I should be … [Read more...] about The Art of Falling
Hope
by Dagmar Herbstreuter The three little words that turned my world upside down came on March 13, 2013. They were not the I love you fairy tale happy ending kinda words, but the devastating diagnosis, “You have cancer.” Talk about a soul punch. Never having experienced such pain before, the only … [Read more...] about Hope
Keeping Hope Alive
by Russ Messing, Ph.D. KEEPING HOPE ALIVE has turned into a nationwide community event, thanks to the work of Nancy Novack. Nearly 14 years ago, when my dear friend Nancy told us about her cancer diagnosis, shock, then sadness, and then the incredibly rapid dawning that this could be the end for … [Read more...] about Keeping Hope Alive