By Elaine Magee — 2010
If you are undergoing chemotherapy, you want to stay as healthy and comfortable as possible during treatment. What you eat during treatment can make a big difference in helping you achieve that goal.
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As more employees are working remotely and there are more nuances in the workplace, this topic is as relevant as ever. Understanding how to set boundaries at work while managing a cancer diagnosis can help you and your patients to stay in control and empowered.
For Elodie, starting a new job was a positive experience where she felt that she could start regaining the confidence she lost following her cancer diagnosis. "When they did find out, they treated me the same and I hadn't had that experience before".
You're not alone! Cancer and Careers is here to provide working people with cancer the support, coaching, advice and resources you'll need as you fight cancer. We offer career coaching/counseling, personal stories from other survivors, legal advice and so much more.
Receiving a diagnosis can be overwhelming and the considerations can be numerous. What are the next steps? Getting yourself organized and having a plan can help create a better sense of control over the situation.
Dealing with cancer while in the workplace may be a concern for you. In these two “Moving Forward” videos from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn more about job-related issues from oncology experts and young adult survivors.
eva Harrison was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 37. In this brilliant and inspiring graphic memoir, she documents through comic illustration and short personal essays what it means to live with the disease.
Each year, 1.8 million people are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. Upon learning this difficult news, individuals also have a minefield of complex information to navigate regarding treatment plans, insurance coverage, clinical trials, and more.
When longtime Zen practitioner and world-renowned writing teacher Natalie Goldberg learns that she has a life-threatening illness, she is plunged into the challenging realm of hospitals, physicians, unfamiliar medical treatments, and the intense reality of her own impermanence.
Cancer exists in nearly every animal and has afflicted humans as long as our species has walked the earth.
An irreverent and uplifting documentary about a young woman looking for a cure and finding her life. Weeks after she was diagnosed, filmmaker Kris Carr began documenting her story.