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Yesterday’s post on My Personal Independence Day was part of another theme day round up here at b5media’s health and wellness channel.
Across the channel bloggers were told to write a post about independence and the topics ran the gamut.
Some of my favorite posts included those covering ways to gain not just freedom from cancer, but […]
I was never more dependent on others, since my childhood days, than I was after my TRAM flap reconstruction, immediately following my double mastectomy.
I mean seriously, I was cut hip-to-hip, hardly able to walk upright let alone lift anything for weeks, all the while nursing a seriously sore chest that had been to battle and […]
Often, on a Sunday morning, I’ll head over to the display of candles at my church and light one in memory of someone in my life that has passed away. Lighting a candle reminds me, when I’m grieving, that God is light. Even in times of great darkness, like in death, God is light. My […]
Have you ever tried to get away from cancer? To spend some time away from the disease that has already taken up so much of your life? To give your psyche a reprieve from all the negatives that cancer conjures up?
I have.
Yes, me. A woman dedicated to raising breast cancer awareness, I tried to […]
Back in 2006, the American Cancer Society issued three recommendations on healthy lifestyle behaviors:
Get at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-strenuous exercise, or an hour of strenuous physical activity, every week
eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily
quit smoking.
But research done in the U.S. and Australia has shown that many cancer survivors do not […]
All that talk about PTSD last week had me thinking … when does one cross the line from being down to being depressed and needing professional help? Well, I received some answers to that question from Dr. Rausch at Massachusetts General Hospital:
“It may be hard to know exactly when some down mood becomes depression or […]
As you might know if you read my post yesterday on PTSD and breast cancer, yesterday was theme day for b5media’s Health and Wellness channel — each of the bloggers on the channel wrote a post recognizing mental health month — here’s the round-up provided by Alicia at Mental Health Notes. I just wanted to […]
People newly diagnosed with breast cancer have very specific mental health needs. Check out the facts cited in a 2006 Psych Central article:
“While nearly half of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients experience clinically significant mental anguish before treatment begins, the disorders are often unrecognized and undertreated. In a new study by Dartmouth Medical School researchers, […]
When I was in the midst of my breast cancer treatment, I felt so needy. The last thing I wanted to do was impose on people (I’d felt I’d imposed enough), but I needed help and I needed it badly. Getting around, feeding my family, caring for my kids, running my errands, keeping up with […]
As you might have been able to glean from yesterday morning’s post, I find myself in a bit of a funk on those days when I have to drive up to Yale for follow up care. I woke up feeling a bit nauseous, unsettled, and yeah, depressed. Happens every time.
But I’m not alone. Up to […]
Dedicated to raising breast cancer awareness
Written by Karen Lynch [email] for b5media.
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