By Macmillan Editorial Staff — 2019
Cancer and treatments can cause changes to your body. These can affect how you think and feel about your body.
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CLEAR ALL
For the first time in forever, Nathan Adrian truly has no idea if he’ll have a strong swim Friday. And at this point, it doesn’t really matter to the five-time Olympic gold medalist. He’s simply elated to be back.
‘Skin cancer worked its way into my lymph nodes. I was devastated.’
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I had spent years disliking my body and now I would give anything to have it back!
For women like me who lose our nipples to breast cancer, learning to love our changed bodies can be a journey.
The scar represented the loss of my younger self’s sense of invulnerability, and — no surprise — triggered a fear of death.
A cancer diagnosis brings a wealth of psychological challenges. In fact, adults living with cancer have a six-time higher risk for psychological disability than those not living with cancer.
Getting enough sleep is important for overall health and may be related to cancer risk.
While some may say cancer does not discriminate, certain demographic groups bear a disproportionate burden as it relates to incidence, prevalence, mortality, survivorship, outcomes, and other cancer-related measures.
Information and conversation are key to facing the challenges of care
We each have the power within ourselves to make this diagnosis seem like a gift. Use it to weed out the toxic relationships and reinforce the positive support squad you deserve.
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