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Footsteps
I like to walk the roads near my home. I enjoy the beauties of the outdoors and the chance for silence and listening to myself. As I walk, I find myself being careful not to step where others have...
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Breast reconstruction, choices and you: Fat grafting
In this series on breast reconstruction, we have looked at a number of different options. Many patients with any of the previously considered reconstructions may benefit from fat grafting. Fat...
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Following doctor’s orders: My first mammogram at 40
When you’re a physician, there is a lot of responsibility you feel. I’m concerned for not just my patients’ care, but for their well-being. I want to make sure they know the facts and are properly...
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The Perfect Side Dish: Roasted Vegetable Medley
Vegetables contain many nutrients that are helpful during and after cancer treatment. Roasting vegetables will bring out many interesting flavors. This recipe is a great way to easily add in...
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Burdens
Where did the notion, that we should never be a “burden” to someone, come from? If you are a parent, did you view your newborn baby as a burden? New parents are awed with the special love they...
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Control
I met with a patient who was tearful and overwhelmed. She was experiencing very usual emotions after a cancer diagnosis. It was difficult for her to understand why she was feeling this way. She was...
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Book Review: The Anatomy of Hope
Book Review: The Anatomy of Hope The anatomy of hope: how people prevail in the face of illness. Jerome Groopman, MD. New York: Random House, 2005. 272 pp. Hope is essential to our feeling of wellness...
View ArticleMindfulness for Real People: Loving Kindness Meditation
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Living with uncertainty Overcoming the fear of recurrence
How does one learn to live with a cancer diagnosis? Upon an initial diagnosis of cancer, one is educated about his or her specific disease and treatment, usually proceeding positively with courage and...
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The Impact of Parental Cancer on Children
A cancer diagnosis is devastating at any stage of life, but for those with young children at home, it can take an especially hard toll on the family. The diagnosed parent can struggle with being a...
View ArticleMindfulness for Real People: Gratitude Practice
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Cognitive effects of cancer better understood
Treatment for cancer may include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy or a combination. Each treatment has the potential to lead to different effects on cognition. Surgery...
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Holding on to hope
1 Love God, all you saints; God takes care of all who stay close to him…Be brave. Be strong. Don’t give up. Expect God to get here soon. — Psalm 31:23-24 Some events are so life-changing you never...
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How is your cancer treatment determined?
Oncologists make decisions regarding the best treatment for your cancer based on scientific evidence. Still, you may wonder how these determinations about which drugs are best to treat your individual...
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Breast reconstruction, choice and you
One of the most important things to know about breast reconstruction is that you have choices — you have the choice to have reconstruction. Or not to. Also, you may have different types of...
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The impact of cancer on siblings
Each year 15,780 children are diagnosed with cancer. Breaking this down, approximately one in 285 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed by their 20th birthday. That’s 15,780 families affected. Often,...
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The link between cancer and alcohol usage
Learning you are at high risk for cancer or developing health problems indicating you could be symptomatic of cancer can unsettle your world. And a conclusive cancer diagnosis can turn the world...
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Another reason to eat your veggies
2 “Eat your vegetables.” It was good advice when you were a child, and it’s still good advice today. What you might not know is that cruciferous vegetables — a group of mustard family plants with...
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