By Jason Decent and Jeff Tomczek Image credit: CSG LTD, https://www.cheapsurfgear.com As high-school friends, we complained about bad teachers, girls and minimum wage. As young adult cancer patients both facing the greatest challenge of our lives, we realized there are far worse cards to be … [Read more...] about Thanks, Cancer! 5 Things to be Grateful for Despite Disease
Gratitude
Holding Hands and Hearts
by Nancy Novack In my experiences as a woman diagnosed 13 1/2 years ago with stage 4 ovarian cancer, a clinical psychologist, and the founder of Nancy's List and Nancy's Club, I have had the privilege of many conversations with many people living with cancer ... children, teens, adults, and their … [Read more...] about Holding Hands and Hearts
The Doctor-Patient Relationship
by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF School of Medicine and Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal. She is one of the best-known of the early pioneers of Wholistic and … [Read more...] about The Doctor-Patient Relationship
This Might be the Best Day Ever
by Anne Lamott My six-year-old associate, who sleeps down the hall about thirty feet away with both our doors wide open, wakes up on many mornings and predicts, This might be the best day ever! Then, in the dead of night, a tiny voice calls out to me, Nana, will you ever get sick or … [Read more...] about This Might be the Best Day Ever
Relieving the Emotional Pain of Cancer
by Paul Brenner, M.D., Ph.D. In medicine, we are amazingly successful at alleviating physical pain, but are too often at a loss for how best to relieve emotional pain. The mind is the greatest stressor known to humankind, and nowhere does that become more apparent than when a loved one or … [Read more...] about Relieving the Emotional Pain of Cancer
Being Thankful, Even Through Cancer
by Stand Up 2 Cancer Blog Happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. … Friedrich Koenig You know the phrase, Make every day Earth Day. Consider giving thanks regularly –– even when it seems like life is … [Read more...] about Being Thankful, Even Through Cancer
The Generosity of Strangers
by Nancy Novack PhD Many of you may have heard me speak of the generosity of strangers, those who became angels in my healing process, and how they opened my heart emotionally and spiritually and gave me permission to live and love with wild abandon. The strangers taught me what I needed to … [Read more...] about The Generosity of Strangers
Many Simply Need to Talk
by Nancy Novack PhD In my experiences as a woman diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer, a clinical psychologist, and the founder of Nancy's List and Nancy's Club, I have had the privilege of many conversations with many many people living with cancer ... children, teens, adults, and their loved … [Read more...] about Many Simply Need to Talk