by Marnie | Oct 22, 2014 | How To Support Someone With Breast Cancer |
Image Source: freedigitalphotos.net / artur84 How To Support Someone With Breast Cancer – Part 2, Treatment Phase If someone you know has just received a breast cancer diagnosis, and you are looking for tips on how best to support them, this series of articles is...
by Marnie | Mar 28, 2013 | Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Staging |
An Explanation of Breast Cancer Staging If you have just been diagnosed with breast cancer, you will be anxious to learn in which stage your surgeon considers you to be, because that will more than likely determine the treatment protocol suggested for you. Your...
by Marnie | Sep 18, 2012 | How To Tell Your Child You Have Cancer |
How To Tell Your Child You Have Breast Cancer A few of my newly diagnosed readers have intimated to me that they are having some difficulty with how to tell their children they have breast cancer. I do have a little experience with this, and I have asked a friend, a...
by Marnie | Aug 23, 2012 | All Those Questions, Anxiety, Coping, Decision Making, Fear of Death |
The Paralysis of Analysis When you are first diagnosed with any life-threatening disease, it is easy to be overwhelmed by all of the decisions you have to make. Sometimes you might make the conscious decision NOT to make any more decisions until you have more...
by Marnie | Aug 18, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer and Radiation, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Choosing Your Oncologist |
Choosing the Right Oncologist for YOU When a person is newly diagnosed with breast cancer, the last thing on our minds is whether or not we will have the right oncologist – someone who cares about us and understands what we’re going through. Yet it is...